Looking at things is very different from seeing them
Here some pictures of Lake Miramar – a peaceful and quiet oasis in busy Southern California and San Diego:
At the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, water is carefully managed through a series of settling ponds - an engineered landscape that has become a refuge for wildlife over the years. Some ponds sit nearly…
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Every year around this time, I start watching the ground a little more closely - and right on cue, they return. The “aliens” of the desert are back. Digger bees, often from the genus Anthophora, are…
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At this time of year, a few miles from our home, several great horned owls are raising their young. It’s incredible to see how quickly these tiny, downy chicks grow - in what feels like…
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After a morning shoot along the Salt River photographing otters and wild horses, I came home to a pretty unusual visitor in our backyard - a Gila monster. Gila monsters are one of the most…
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When I was out in our yard with Gizmo after dinner last night he suddenly showed interest in something in the wash right outside of our back yard. I went over and saw a Gila…
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While Europe is facing terribly cold weather at the moment with record lows, the weather here is just gorgeous. Therefore, we decide to go for a longer walk around Torrey Pines today. We park the…
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Odometer: 60,042 Time: 09:15 HWY 180 east gets first through orchards again and then up to over 6,400 feet (1’950 Meter) elevation where the entrance to Kings Canyon National Park is. From there we soon…
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Shortly after 9:00 we drive out to Big Water to the Bureau of Land management to get more information about some rock formation (hoodoos) we have seen in the visitors guide. We are told that…
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