Mourning Dove, Black Phoebe and a Red Admiral Butterfly
I’ve been lazy in posting some of my new “finds”. Since the weather is nasty today, I thought I’d catch up with my latest photos. This Mourning Dove was kind enough to land close by, a bit too close to frame the whole body. Last year I saw one Black Phoebe in the trees and [...]
Awana Grand Prix 2010
We had our Awana Grand Prix this afternoon. The weather was perfect, nice and sunny. What a difference from last year when it was overcast and very cold. This year Hannah made a cell phone, which was appropriate, since she wants a cell phone. Sarah is always playing with her Nintendo….so we made one. Hannah [...]
The CPF/POTN Meet-Up at Yosemite
A few days ago I mentioned that I went up to Yosemite for the day. You can read about it and view the photo here: Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite. After meeting everybody, we headed over to Mirror Lake. I was going to hike the one mile with everybody else, but decided against it because it would [...]
Orange-crowned Warbler and a Rufous Hummingbird
I have been processing photos from my latest Yosemite trip all afternoon. I happen to see a larger bird flying away….definitely NOT a hummingbird. I figured it was our Orange-crowned Warbler again. I saw him once last year, but I never got a good picture of it. I wasn’t going to try again since feeders [...]
Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite
Went up to Yosemite on Friday to meet some of the members at POTN (Photography on the Net) and CPF (California Photo Forum). We met at the Bridalveil Falls parking lot at 8 AM. I figured I’d get up early and see if I could capture something before we all met. I decided on Cathedral [...]
I post all of my new nature pictures, random thoughts, and even my family pictures here. Some of those pictures never get posted to my 