Water’s edge
The Adventure Continues… Hummingbirds
I don’t know about you, but where I am both the news and the weather this week have been gloomy and chilly, and I’ve spent a lot of time indoors wondering what happened to the spring-like weather (with temperatures in the high 70s) we had just a few days ago. That is why, to lift our spirits just a bit […]
Words that end in ‘ock’
My entry for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week.
Hummingbird morning
I saw quite a few hummingbirds out at Folsom Lake this week, along the trail to Doton’s Point. I feel lucky that I managed to shoot a couple of them — especially with those amazing colors! They really are very cool little birds.
The letter “K”
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Needs to have the letter “K” anywhere in the word. I had already made up a list of potential words to use in my entry this week, but this morning on my walk I saw so many birds with “K” in their names I had to go in that direction […]
Morning is for the birds!
A collection of local birds I’ve seen in the past few weeks.
Lake Natoma shore birds
Ducks and geese are not the only birds who like to hang around the water at Lake Natoma!
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Mockingbirds sing all through the day, and often into the night. Most nocturnal singers are unmated males, which sing more than mated males during the day, too. Nighttime singing is more common during the full moon — All About Birds
New Year’s Day at Willow Creek
I started out the new year with a wonderful First Day Hike on Lake Natoma, led by FOLFAN. We met up at the Willow Creek Recreation Area at 8 AM; luckily the weather was perfect — cool but too cold, with the sun making an appearance by mid morning. Here are a few photos of the area around our starting […]