Today I saw our 1st Duckies of the 2022 season.
Category Archives: Animals
Turtle Lagoon
I was told there are turtles in our lagoon, I always thought, “Yeah I’ll believe it when I see it.” I guess I believe it now.
Tiny Fish Hunter
I spent too much time photographing this night heron hunting down a tiny fish. In the end it was so small, it hardly seemed like it was worth it. That would be similar to me spending half and hour to cook one piece of bacon.
Natural Hummer
Lately the hummers (3 I think) have been consuming their liquid diet just as fast as we can fill it. In those moments when we are “too slow” to meet their demands they can be seen going to natural means. I just happened to be at the right place when this occurred and this whole …
Banana Baby
We’ve spotted a baby hummer and its favorite spot to hangout is the top of a banana tree. Sandy has proclaimed it as the Banana Baby.
Koa 2009-2022
Sad news, my friend Koa passed away recently. We dropped by 3 weeks ago and she was as sweet as ever. That was the last time we saw her.
San Francisco Zoo 2022
Sandy gave me a membership to the SF Zoo for Christmas, so we finally made the trip out.
Hummer Shoot
I shoot whatever is in my backyard and lately that has been the Hummingburds. I don’t always get it right as sometimes I catch them in these awkward positions or angles. I eventually get something though.
Hummer Portrait
Humphrey allowed me to get close enough to shoot this.
Edible Insects
I watched a interesting episode of Nova and they made a compelling argument for eating insects, mainly good gut bacteria. On the environmental side they make a much smaller footprint. Therefore I decided to give it a try by starting easy… ground crickets in a smoothie. Sandy said if I start chirping at night she …