I got quite a surprise last week, when I came back from hiking. I parked my car in the garage, got my photographic gear out of the trunk, walk around my wife’s car since there is more space than between our cars. And there it was, right in the middle of the path: our “Unusual …
Last Saturday, as we were coming back from our after-dinner walk, this is what we saw at the corner of our garage door. I was shocked as I immediately guessed what it was: a huge spider. And I have lived in San Diego long enough to know that it’s probably a tarantula. I don’t know …
One day as I was following the flight of a hummingbird, I saw it landing on his nest. I took a bunch of pictures. Then I came back a couple of days later, she was still brooding. A week later I found the chicks were born and I couldn’t believe my luck to have spotted …
On the previous day, I had been hiking for a couple of hours and was on my way back when I suddenly heard the yip-yapping of a coyote to my left. It was the first time I heard that sound while hiking. Usually I hear many of them up on the hills at night. Talking …
My latest reptile encounter: a beautiful California Kingsnake. Unfortunately he was very shy and slithered away so fast I got too little time to get better photos. The bees pictures were taken just in my yard using my macro lens. They were so busy collecting pollen they didn’t care about me hovering close by. I …
Last night, as I was taking my usual after dinner walk with my wife, I noticed some movement on the sidewalk. Of course, as usual, I was on the lookout for some wildlife to take pictures of. And, lucky me, it turned out it was a praying mantis. I had just discussed the fact that …
JUST FROM MY WINDOW. That’s right, you read correctly. All the pictures in this installment were taken right from my office window. I look up a hill and there is a dead tree, which birds love to perch on. As you can see, I paid attention. Also, I will not write all the captions at …
Alright, time for a another set of wild life pics. Looks like Facebook fixed the photo posting GUI. I was able to add captions before posting. Nice
This morning I decided to hit the trail early. I left at 7 AM. I hiked out of the trail and up the hill, making my way in the wilderness, looking for interesting wild life. I found it. I highly recommend you take a look at these pictures in the posted order and read the …
I have been going on the neighboring trails for the last month. Here are a few interesting pics I took. The close-ups were made using my new Sony macro 90 mm lens which my wife bought for my “super early” birthday. The snake is a gopher snake, very common in our area. The mushrooms I …