- 2026 Calendar
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The Badger Returns
An American Badger returns from her evening hunt.
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Quail Habitat
Is anyone as excited as I am for the start of quail season? Okay, probably not, but you should be! At least in the Bay Area, California Quail get a lot skulkier late in the fall. They start emerging and becoming more visible in the spring. My best guess is that they spend more time…
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Out of the Shadows
A Coyote emerges from shadows. I’ve fallen into kind of a default style over the last few years, which is more or less “decent to good light, edited to be bright and vibrant while staying realistic.” At this point I can basically dial it in on autopilot if I have a good raw file to…
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Badger Claws
An American Badger outside her burrow. This is the best shot I’ve gotten of a badger with claws showing. Just a bit of grass in the way, but I’m still pretty happy with it. Let’s see what I can manage when I get my next sighting… in three months if the trend continues.
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Song Sparrow on Fern
A Song Sparrow perches on an Australian tree fern. While Golden Gate Park is a real treasure for the city of San Francisco, it is unfortunately filled with non-native plants. Many birds don’t seem to mind, as it’s teeming with a variety of species some of which are hard to find elsewhere in the city.
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Black-Tailed Jackrabbit
Happy Easter from Point Reyes! To go with our Black-Tailed Deer, the west has the Black-Tailed Jackrabbits. Many other species of hare also have black tails, so I can only assume the taxonomists decided to go easy on us with coincidental naming.
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Nuthatch Building a Nest
A Red-Breasted Nuthatch hollows out a nest in a tree. It would tap at the wood from inside the cavity and then carry it out of the hole one beakful at a time. This cavity was deep enough to completely hide the nuthatch when it dropped down to excavate. Mated pairs build the nest together,…
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Early Morning Coyote
A Coyote emerges from the woods at dawn to see what the day has in store.
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Stellar’s Jay Portrait
A Stellar’s Jay sits for its annual portrait. I’m looking forward to getting another clear shot at one of these birds sometime in 2025.
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The Thinker
Contemplating existence as a Bobcat.