Looking at things is very different from seeing them
The neighborhood of our hotel….
After a rainy morning we went for a walk from our hotel up Murphy Canyon Road in the afternoon. It was very windy and chilly but blue sky again.
Scarface and her companion were back at the Riparian Preserve this week. The pair spent much of the morning chasing and playfully nipping at each other across the nearly dry settling ponds. Despite all the activity,…
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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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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…
Read MoreAs we have done on our past trips to Page, we stop at the Navajo Bridge to see if there are any Condors.It’s late morning when we get there and we learn that there is…
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Not too long after the setup of the 3 ponds had been established Marco struggles to keep the water temperature down and algae are taking over, all the rocks and the walls of the ponds…
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Temperatures have dropped considerably during the last few nights - At 38F (3C) a cold morning greets me at the San Clemente Canyon today - there is even some ice on the puddles and there…
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