BLTN = Better Late Than Never π In this post, we continue the visit to the Anza-Borrego desert with Rowshan which occurred last year as I mentioned in this previous post. Today, we are going to take a look at a kangaroo mouse, an ash-throated flycatcher, some desert iguanas, and a strange tiny creature: a …
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2023/07/29 – BLTN – 2022/08/05 Desert trip with Rowshan – part 1 of 2
You might wonder what BLTN stands for. Although I have been unable to find either the time or the energy required to work on my pictures and create new posts, it did not prevent me from thinking about it. And it has been bothering me a lot that I have amassed so many interesting pictures, …
2023/01/14 β Short visit with the wildlife of Maryland β Part 2 of 2
Today let’s take a look at the second set of the 12 most interesting pics taken during my little visit to the wildlife of Maryland. We have in order of appearance, a garter snake, a grass hopper, an eagle, and a cardinal. The first 3 pics in this post show a cute little garter snake, …
2023/01/02 – Short visit with the wildlife of Maryland – Part 1 of 2
First of all, Happy New Year everybody! I know I haven’t been posting much last year, well, too many things happening in my life made it very hard for me to keep updating my site. Let’s try to rekindle things this year with pics which I took in October last year when I went to …
2022/06/05 – Vultures are back in France!
Last April I traveled with my wife to France, my home country. As planned we went to meet my family at the HΓ΄tel des Voyageurs which was recently acquired and revamped by my niece, Ariane and her boyfriend, Olivier. I highly recommend this charming little hotel. It is located in a little village of La …
2022/04/02 – Birds in love
Well, once again, it’s been longer than expected since my last post, dated February 24th. I have been very busy with the planning of our trip to France coming up next week. But I thought I wouldn’t leave without showing you this series of birds in love. All these pictures show a few different kind …
2022-02-23 – A few beautiful birds
Finally I am back. It’s been hard to find time lately. I have been unable to go hiking as often as I would like. And I have not published new pictures for the last 3 months. It’s certainly not because I am lacking new pics. In fact I have way too many, and that brings …
2021/12/05 – Spotlight on the dragonflies
These insects have fascinated me for a long time, but somehow I never seem to find a way to include them in a post. Well, no more. Today I am putting the spotlight on a few of the pretty dragonflies I have encountered over the whole last year. I have added the type of dragonfly …
2021/10/30 – This California kingsnake was just too hungry
During one of my recent hikes in the jungle next to lake Hodges, I chanced upon a California kingsnake who was about to eat a mouse it had just killed. Afraid of me, it slithered away. I looked at its prey, took a few pictures, and then thought: I wonder if it will come back …
2021/10/10 β Desert trip with Rowshan β Part 2 of 2
All the pics in part 2 of our desert trip were taken the next day. Night in the desert is not as quiet as you might think. I often woke up hearing scratching noises, which I can imagine were probably little rodents such as the kangaroo mouse, which we saw many times crossing the road …