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Quail’s First Dance
A juvenile California Quail looking like an awkward teenager going to its first dance.
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Tell NPS to Stop Fencing in Wildlife
This photo of a rutting tule elk bull was taken at Point Reyes National Seashore. It’s a great park just an hour’s drive from San Francisco. It’s a happy place for me and nature lovers all over the Bay Area (I’ve visited 30 times just in the past year!) Point Reyes is also home to…
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Molting Coyote Encounter
From the beginning of the summer, a glimpse of a molting coyote. It still has its thick winter coat on its hindquarters and head, while its front legs and torso are showing the summer coat.
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Towhee’s Rage
Few jobs in the animal kingdom are harder than being a Spotted Towhee.
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Scenic Heron
While Great Blue Herons are best known as wading birds, they’re also a common sight in the fields of Point Reyes, hunting for worms, gophers, and other tasty snacks. I really love this photo. The composition looks like it should have a coyote or an elk, but instead there’s a heron. I managed to get…
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Old Salt River Otter
This river otter really needs a pipe and a cozy pub in which to recount his glory days at sea.
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Anna’s Hummingbird
An Anna’s Hummingbird feeds at Fort Mason Community Garden in San Francisco.
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Quail of the Golden West
This photo of a California Quail in a late May sunset brings me back to spring at Point Reyes every time I look at it.
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Indignant Coyote
This Coyote had been napping in a field when a Tule Elk bull stumbled into its personal space. The Coyote was very indignant, barking and howling to try to stand its ground. The bull bugled back, refusing to be dislodged. Eventually the Coyote left in a huff and the Elk to returned to bugling at…
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Returning to Point Reyes
I first visited Point Reyes almost exactly a year ago, at the beginning of August 2022. Since then, it’s become my favorite wildlife photography destination, with over 30 trips in just in the past year. I wasn’t able to do much photography in June and July. Finding myself in need of a short vacation, and…