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American Kestrel Coordination
An American Kestrel who knows how to coordinate with her background. Starting today, I might switch to noting when my raptor subjects *aren’t* wet.
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Curly Dock
That feeling when the wildlife isn’t showing up and you start photographing plants just to feel something again. Sadly, while Curly Dock is a very attractive plant, it’s an invasive weed in North America.
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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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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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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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Badger Profile
An American Badger sniffs the air before heading out on her early evening hunt. It is said that spotting a badger in your birth month portends a very productive year.
