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Western Kingbird at Famosa Slough
I stopped at Famosa Slough, San Diego, for a a few minutes this afternoon and found this beautiful Western Kingbird. I couldn’t resist taking several photos! I love these large flycatchers. Filed...
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Celebrating Anna’s Hummingbirds
There are no hummingbirds where I lived as a child. I grew up in the beautiful Irish countryside but hummingbirds remained something exotic that I only saw in pictures. Then I came to California and...
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Wandering Tattler – Shorebird Nomad
I love the name – wandering implies a nomadic lifestyle and tattler suggests gossip! These lovely shorebirds do migrate long distances and have a wide distribution. Their alarm call is a high pitched...
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Around for 500 Million Years
They are 95% water but jellies – ancient marine invertebrates – never cease to fascinate me! These are a few snapshots I took recently of some of the jellies at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. The...
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Bewick’s Wren trying to distract me
Back in San Diego I noticed a Bewick’s Wren gathering food in the garden. The wren tried to distract me so the nest must be somewhere near. I raised my camera and took several photographs of this...
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Beautiful Desert Near San Diego
In the hills above Ramona in San Diego County lies beautiful desert country. I went for a walk there last weekend. It was hot and and still even in the early morning. Lovely vistas of Chaparral and...
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Summer in San Elijo Lagoon: Raccoons
Even in the heat and silence of mid-day there is a surprising amount of activity on the short loop trail by the Visitor Center at San Elijo Lagoon. Some birds are busy collecting food for their young....
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A Guided Walk Around San Elijo
Last Saturday I went for a guided walk on the Rios Trail at San Elijo Lagoon. I wanted to learn more about some of the habitats surrounding the lagoon. The docent leading the walk was very...
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Green Katydid on the Road
I found a slightly stunned Katydid on the street. It looked fine but was missing half an Antenna and not moving. I carefully picked it up and put it on a table in the garden. I took photographs as it...
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Early November in San Elijo Lagoon
I arrived at noon just as the mist rolled in from the ocean Soon the sun broke through again lighting up the Dodder plants growing over vegetation. I noticed a shorebird below me on the edge of the...
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San Elijo Lagoon in the Evening
I arrived at that golden hour when the landscape glows and the sun is about to set. Song Sparrow Evening light on the Lagoon Teal in shadows Busy Spotted Sandpiper American Wigeon A high Turkey Vulture...
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A Wet and Windy afternoon at San Elijo Lagoon
Yesterday I went to San Elijo Lagoon between Cardiff and Solana Beach, California. There were heavy showers all day long and bouts of glorious sunshine and rainbows. The rain made everything shine and...
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Aggressive Great Blue Heron
Late yesterday afternoon in the fading light at San Elijo Lagoon I stopped by for a quick visit. I was rewarded by some wonderful Great Blue Heron behavior. I was watching a gull eating a fish on the...
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Rattlesnake waits for Prey
I have always been fascinated by snakes and so I was delighted to see a Speckled (I think) Rattlesnake move across from one resting place to another when I visited Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary in San...
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Wildflowers of Wildcat Canyon
On a beautiful day in May this year I went birding in Silverwood Reserve near Wildcat Canyon, (San Diego Audubon). I am going to post photographs of some of the birds I saw but I could not resist...
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Some Spring Birds at Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary, San Diego
Every Spring I try to visit Silverwood wildlife Sanctuary run by San Diego Audubon. This is a very species reserve of over 750 acres near Lakeside. There is an observation area close to the...
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Flowers from a La Jolla Garden in March
Spring came early to Southern California this year. The blue skies and riot of color in a peaceful La Jolla yard was wonderful after the freezing Boston weather and piles of snow. Hummingbirds rested...
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Anna’s Hummingbirds in La Jolla
During the winter in Southern California the hummingbirds are as busy as ever defending their territory and this male Anna’s Hummingbird was no exception. He was so focused on defending his patch that...
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