Central Valley California
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Lunar Eclipse and Winter Solstice
It has been raining and cloudy for the past week, so I didn’t think I’d have a chance to photograph the latest Lunar Eclipse. As a matter of fact, I didn’t even charge the camera battery. As it got closer to the big event, I poked my head outside and what do you know….the clouds…
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An Evening at the Merced NWR
I haven’t driven out to the Merced National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in over 6 months. I figured it was time to make the short trip and see what was happening. As I figured, the pools are starting to fill again and the Snow Geese and Ross’ Geese have returned. Since I had a late start…
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Black Phoebe
A few months ago I saw a pair of Black Phoebes hanging around my backyard habitat, but they never got close enough to take a decent picture. I saw them yesterday hanging around near the back porch and on top of the pool. I put a stick in grass a within an hour I had…
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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. I’m not a Butterfly Photographer, but I saw this Red Admiral…
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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…
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Merced NWR 3-24-10
It about a month since I’ve been out the Merced NWR. I normally stay until sunset, but since the time change and because the kids are done before sunset, I only stayed for a short time. One of the pools are now dry, the Geese are gone too. I found several Killdeer to be cooperative,…
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15 Minutes of Excitement!
Spent the afternoon at the “Matenkosky NWR” or maybe “The Backcountry NWR”, haven’t decided what to call my backyard ‘refuge’. Anyway, it was a pretty boring afternoon. I had hoped for the Yellow-rumped Warblers that I’ve been courting these last few days to get closer, but no luck…..until near sunset. All of the sweet light…
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My First Lawrence’s Goldfinch!
I had a two hours to kill until I had to pick up the kids at Awana. I got my camera, tripod and cushion an headed to the Matenkosky NWR….my backyard. I was hoping to capture a better photo of one of the Yellow-rumped Warblers that I’ve been seeing, but no luck. Instead, I saw…