BirdShare on Flickr

I recently joined the Cornell Lab of Ornitholgy “BirdShare” Flickr pool and have been adding some of my own digiscoped bird images to the collection. I was perusing the Cornell web site and discovered my name listed as a contributor in their monthly series of  Featured Photographers. Pretty cool. My photo was a very cooperative Baird’s [...]

Super Bowl XLIII Prediction

 Just a hunch.

Originally uploaded by wildphotons

A Few Illustrations

I pulled out some old pen-and-ink sketches from several years ago hoping maybe it would motivate me to draw again. These are about 15 years old. The White-breasted Nuthatch and Olive-sided Flycatcher were very early works with pen-and-ink. This Magnificent Frigatebird was my first ever published sketch. I was requested to contribute an illustration to help fill-up some empty space for an article published in Western [...]

Anna, Duchess of Rivoli

Hummingbirds are among the earliest of nesters here. As evidenced by finding two Anna’s Hummingbird nests in as many weeks where I work. Each in a different tree- Monterey Pine, and Blue Gum eucalyptus. The first on January 14, and the second one week later on January 21. One female is sitting on her nest, [...]

Lunch Hour Walks #1

BLOG LAUNCH, and an introduction of sorts. Here is the habitat where I work on Vandenberg AFB in California. I walk these roads and trails during my lunch break and look for anything that moves from birds to mammals, insects to reptiles. The habitat is mainly coastal dune scrub and soft chaparral with the occasional eucalyptus [...]