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Getting Close

Using Macro lenses and focus bracketing, many flowers, galls, bugs, etc. are quite beautiful.

Galling through the Oaks

Those little things you might see on oak leaves at the end of summer are Galls. I saw several different types of galls on the smaller oak...

Sarcodes sanguinea

Mid-May of this year, we were exploring areas in the northern reaches of Tahoe National Forest (elevation about 5,000 ft.) and came upon...

The Granary Trees – mid-October, 2020

We often saw woodpeckers pecking hard on several old trees here in our Lincoln Hills community. As many as half-dozen birds at a time...

Epipactis gigantea

We’ve seen the Stream Orchid, Epipactis gigantea, in a number of wet areas around Central and Northern California. The toughest place to...

Hibiscus

I’ve found an interesting plant in multiple locations in our community of Lincoln Hills (Placer County). In our Placer County, Lincoln...

Mornings at Ferrari pond

We were walking towards Angler’s cove early morning and saw a Green Heron land on the lower pond. Apparently hungry, he waited very still...

Cypripedium californicum

Earlier this year, we found the Cypripedium californicum, California lady’s slipper at quite diverse elevations – in a Humboldt County...