In marshes and meadows across America, if you are very lucky, you may have the opportunity to see a steel gray hawk with piercing yellow…
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Dreams on the Wing
I’ve heard it said that dreaming is the mind’s way of making sense of things it can’t figure out in more linear ways, so it…
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The Need for Speed
Peregrine Falcons are the fastest animals in the world. When the birds attack their prey (typically other birds) they launch into a “stoop” which is…
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Walkabout 1/23/22 – LA River
The LA River is a conundrum. Once a natural body of water that flowed through the San Fernando Valley and nourished crops along its banks,…
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In-Depth Review: MrJanGear Boris Backpack – Dealing with THE BIG LENS
Wildlife photography is a “gear intensive” pursuit. The goal is to make images of animals in their natural habitat, and ideally we don’t want to…
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Walkabout 1/21/22 – Homecoming
I’m back from Costa Rica but my mind is still in the jungle. I love it, it makes me feel like a part of the…
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The Colors of Costa Rica
My journey began in a little fishing village called Esterillos Oeste, where my friend has a house and had graciously offered to let me stay.…
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“Don’t worry darling, we’ll always have parrots”
(apologies to Bogart and Bacall) If you live in or near Burbank you probably know that we have large flocks of wild parrots here. These…
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Edge of Extinction – Endangered Birds of Hawaii Project
OK, finally finished editing the photos from my Hawaiian adventure. If you haven’t been following this story, I got enlisted for a project working with…
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Walkabout – 12/15/21
I had hatched a plan. Yesterday was pelting down rain all day and last night was freezing, so I knew that if I got up…
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