Arches, Domes, and Half Circles
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Arch, Dome or Half Circle.
Spying on eagles
We are so lucky to have a pair of bald eagles nesting at Lake Natoma for the second year in a row. Their aerie is located high in a pine tree which hangs over the edge of the bluffs, only a short walk from my house. A couple of days ago I hiked down below the bluff to the bike […]
Ground
My entry for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week. Your photos can show anything that covers the ground like: sand, dirt, grass, paths, walks, trails, etc. This is a topic you can really enjoy. Let’s see how creative you can get.
Family outing
Mallard pairs form long before the spring breeding season. Pairing takes place in the fall, but courtship can be seen all winter. Only the female incubates the eggs and takes care of the ducklings — All About Birds
Beauty among the ruins
The rock slide that has blocked the bike trail since January 2017 remains, but hikers and wildflowers will always find a way through.
River walk
Even if I’m not lucky enough to spot a blacktail deer while hiking near Lake Natoma, there are still plenty of great details for my camera — if I keep my eyes and my mind open.
Goose island
I’m never surprised to see Canada geese along the shores of Lake Natoma. But this pair it seems have found a safe nesting spot on a tiny island, shielded by Himalayan blackberry bushes and almost completely invisible from shore. The only way I managed to take pictures was by balancing awkwardly on some rocks and sticking my camera lens through […]
Rabbit or Hare?
It was about 7:30 in the morning, and I was headed to Slate Bar when I first spied this guy sitting about 30 yards away from me in a field; after I finally realized it wasn’t just a stump, I thought he looked like a cottontail. However, it’s rare to see cottontails this near the river — according to the […]
Roughing it
As we hiked out on Mississippi Bar recently, we found piles and piles of driftwood and debris that washed down into Lake Natoma during the winter storms. I’m not sure exactly where all this stuff came from, but there certainly is a lot of it. We also found a couple of carefully constructed driftwood “teepees” — as the Big Guy calls them — a perfect place to escape the bright morning sun and rest your legs for a few minutes before moving on. These structures remind me of the ones I saw out at Folsom Lake last September while hiking the sandy shore north of Beals Point.