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  • Great Horned Owl At Sunset

    Great Horned Owl At Sunset

    This Great Horned Owl was kind enough to perch out in the open in front of an interesting sunset. At first I was annoyed by the branches in the foreground, but I used them to frame the owl and was pretty happy with how it turned out.

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    October 17, 2023
    Great Horned Owl, Marin, North Bay
  • Rutting Tule Elk

    Rutting Tule Elk

    It’s that time of year.

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    October 11, 2023
    Marin, Point Reyes, Tule Elk
  • Coyote Bulletin Board

    Coyote Bulletin Board

    Another coyote’s announcement to the neighborhood got scrambled by a passing car, requiring careful parsing by this youngster passing through the neighborhood.

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    September 26, 2023
    Marin, Point Reyes
  • Tule Elk Staredown

    Tule Elk Staredown

    Rutting Tule Elk. You better believe I backed up. After snapping the photo.

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    September 11, 2023
    Marin, Point Reyes, Tule Elk
  • Bobcat in the Thistles

    Bobcat in the Thistles

    A bobcat looking non too pleased after muffing a bobcat pounce in a freshly mown thistle field. Having tried sitting down in that same field, I empathize.

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    September 5, 2023
    Bobcat, Marin, Point Reyes
  • Molting Coyote Encounter

    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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    August 24, 2023
    Coyote, Marin, North Bay, Point Reyes
  • Quail of the Golden West

    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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    August 9, 2023
    California Quail, Marin, North Bay, Point Reyes
  • Returning to Point Reyes

    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…

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    August 6, 2023
    California Quail, Coyote, Great Blue Heron, Marin, North Bay, Point Reyes, Tule Elk, Turkey Vulture
  • Scenic Quail at Point Reyes

    Scenic Quail at Point Reyes

    I’ve been working on a project to showcase California Quail in scenic vistas. I’m convinced there’s no landscape that can’t be improved by a quail standing proud. So far, this is my best result yet. I saw the quail on a post on the side of the road in Point Reyes. I pulled off on…

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    June 15, 2023
    California Quail, Marin, North Bay, Point Reyes
  • Scouting Oakwood Valley Trail

    Scouting Oakwood Valley Trail

    I tried out Outwood Valley Trail in the Marin Headlands this weekend. The trail is at the bottom of a gulley, looping around both banks of a stream. Going clockwise from the trailhead, the trail goes uphill as Oakwood Valley Trail and then back downhill as Oakwood Meadow Trail. eBird just lists the whole loop…

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    June 11, 2023
    Marin, North Bay, Wilson's Warbler
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