Blacktail doe
Yellow spring flowers
Our hike out to Rattlesnake Bar revealed all sorts of abundant spring growth in a wide variety of colors and shapes — including some giant-sized poison oak!
Purple milkweed
I had no clue what plant this was when I first photographed it, and Google’s image search didn’t provide much help. Part of my trouble was that I couldn’t guess what the flowers would look like once the buds opened. So I waited for about a week and then went back to check on developments. This purple milkweed (Asclepias cordifolia) […]
Tree swallow
I was hiking the Rattlesnake Bar trail on Folsom Lake with the Big Guy when I was lucky to find this handsome male tree swallow who didn’t mind sitting still for my camera. I had never seen this type of bird before, but after checking out the video from All About Birds, I’m certain I’ve heard them plenty of times.
WPC: Lines
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of April 25, 2018. As you look through your lens this week, pay attention to lines.
Purple lupine
Punk rock
Flash of red
These small black birds gather in the tops of our neighborhood trees to raise a continual chorus of high-pitched trills and warbles. When disturbed, they simply migrate to another tree, and the din rises again. We tend to call them starlings, although I’m not sure what they actually are. I decided to shoot this noisy group sitting perched in a […]
Flurry
Pigeons, ducks and some smaller birds regularly gather on this corner for the breakfast on offer; but it doesn’t take much to set them to flight… at least temporarily!