To look at things is very different from seeing it – Oscar Wilde
An easy day at the beach…..
… watching surfers – young and old, they all seem to enjoy themselves!
Plus some other more or less permanent guests at the beach:
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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More than 20 years ago, we took our first steps toward a new life in the U.S. – from finding an immigration lawyer to receiving our Green Cards to settling into a new home. Today,…
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Lately, I've had the pleasure of observing a group of four juvenile Cooper’s hawks. According to Wikipedia, the Cooper’s hawk (Accipiter cooperii) is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from…
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Odometer, 51,645Time: 08:15The weather has improved again and Marco is feeling better (he had kind of a flu the last couple days) so we hit the (gravel) road again.Starting in Big Water with Warm Creek…
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Odometer: 49,648Time: 08:00 amWeather: mostly sunny and still hotFrom Gila Bend south on HWY 85 all the way almost to the Mexican Border the road leading there is offering some spectacular views of blooming Saguaro…
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