2014 Early August Around Mono Lake

During my stay with friends Carmine and Mark at June Lake California, I made several excursions in the surrounding area’s well known (and some not so well known) scenic attractions.…

2014 Late July At The Salton Sea

Whoever said “you must suffer for your art” must have been thinking about photographing birds at the Salton Sea in mid-summer. Temperatures here often elevate to over 115°F in the…

2014 Late June At Garner Valley

I recall a lot of MacGyvering to my Samurai before this trip. I wanted to provide sleeping quarters, suspended from the side of the vehicle, and a tent on a…

2014 Early June On Santa Rosa Mountain

I never grow tired of visiting Santa Rosa Mountain, a sky island in southern Riverside County California, a stone’s throw from the border with San Diego County. Part of me…

2014 Early April In Tecolote Canyon

I’d been hearing reports of a Swamp Sparrow at Tecolote Canyon for over a week from the local birding hotline. I don’t consider myself a ‘chaser’ like some folks who…

2014 At The Ramona Grasslands

Just inland from where I live in Poway California, and 900 feet higher in elevation, sits the community of Ramona California. This high valley historically has been an agricultural area,…

2012: Year In Review

In the past couple months I’ve been occupied with projects in preparation to sell my home and begin an extended ‘traveling lifestyle’ in my small RV. I’ve not been able…

2012-07-13 A ‘Ruff” Day At Famosa Slough

On Friday the 13th, I had a scheduled errand to deliver a friend to the airport and launch her on a trip to the UK. After getting her there and…

2012 Poway Kites In April

The grasslands in Poway between Metate Road and the South Poway Industrial Park has in years past been a good place to find White-Tailed Kites. Sadly, this is not the…

2005 Alaskan Chronicles

On May 18, 2005 I left for a ‘trip of a lifetime’ that covered 12,000 miles and 73 days. All did not go as planned, but it truly WAS a…