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A San Diego morning… part 2… (special ‘bird’ segment)…

Yeah… this guy… Coots! I wonder where he is going in such a hurry? Oh… right… I am pretty sure that is an Osprey sitting on that smokestack. I mean, I know it is, but you can’t tell from my … Continue reading

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A bird and a sunset…

My daughter spotted this young hawk in our pine tree yesterday, helped by the falling snow of feathrs from the bird it was eating. I think it is a young Redtail, but it might be a Peregrine Falcon? A very … Continue reading

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Throwing shade; A study in light and shadow… part 8… special animal edition…

A crow, on that beach near the Golden Gate Bridge, silhouetted by the sun. That might be the perfect picture for a photographic series about light and shadows. That very young Redtail Hawk I spotted near the elementary school I … Continue reading

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I promised you some new birds… part 2… (or); is that the Thanksgiving Day parade???

Every morning, a huge herd of wild turkeys pass my mom’s house. These are almost all females. There is also a group of Tom’s, just three or four, that roam around. I don’t pretend to be an expert on turkeys, … Continue reading

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I promised you some new birds… part 1…

Every time I visit my mom in the Bay Area, I take lots of photos of the birds at her feeder. Not this time. That is a very young Redtail Hawk that I spotted when I was doing something that … Continue reading

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Random photos of assorted living things that I took near the Golden Gate Bridge…

With friends like these, who needs anemones? The tide was so low that sea life was left high and dry. Well, sort of dry… There were still the waves. A seagull on the wing. I like taking pictures of flying … Continue reading

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Saving Christmas; part 1…

Well, I am back in the San Francisco Bay Area again, and there is a long story behind this trip. But the main point of this adventure is to save Christmas for my family. We haven’t had Christmas yet. Our … Continue reading

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Well, these are almost the last of the photos from my recent adventure to the Bay Area…

I will have a post or two of the sunset photos I took from the Berkeley Hills, of the sun setting over San Francisco. And some pictures of the city itself. I don’t know what those are called. Cat Tails? … Continue reading

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More random photos from my long drive in a motor home to socially-distant visit my 97-year-old-mom in the San Francisco Bay Area, so we can wrap this thing up…

A turkey taking a walk. A weird squirrel I met in the Berkeley Rose garden… what does he have in his mouth? It looks like the stuffing from a plush animal doll. Is he building a nest? Is he a … Continue reading

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The garden where I played as a child…

The old plum tree on the top level of our backyard. Every year, mom would say “don’t eat too many plums” and every year at least two of us, my three brothers and I, would get tummy aches… or worse. … Continue reading

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