It was a foggy October day. I arrived in Cannon Beach, Oregon at the perfect time. A heard of Elk were on the beach, and the tourists were watching excitedly. The dogs started to bark and the Elk ran into the middle of Ecola Creek. There were about 15 of them in total, including a… Continue Reading
Sunning on the beach, after an early morning crab and fish breakfast There were plenty of Sea Gulls and Caspian Terns on the beach this morning. It was a sunny August morning in Long Beach, Washington. The tide was out far, which exposed the long beach. The sand was rippled and little puddles of water… Continue Reading
This was a special day because there were hundreds of birds on the beach. There were Pelicans, Caspian Terns, and Gulls. You can see how the Pelicans are so much bigger than the Sea Gulls. Can you spot the Caspian Terns flying among the pelicans? They have orange beaks and black caps. Like many Long… Continue Reading
Both Chickadee parents feed their young. They take turns feeding and guarding the nest. Above is a photo of one of the chickadees bringing a green caterpillar to the nest. Somewhere there must be a lot of these caterpillars, as hour after hour, these cute little birds find them. It’s hard to believe, but… Continue Reading
I went outside to birdwatch and take photographs with my new lens. (These Duck photos were taken with the Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 AF APO DG OS HSM Telephoto Zoom Lens.) I expected to see House Finches or American Goldfinches at our feeder, but not Mallard Ducks! To my amazement, these ducks flew into our… Continue Reading
“We’re back to beach weather,” he said. It was May, 2018, my first month in Long Beach, WA, USA. After a few sunny days, clouds and rain had returned. I wish “Long Beach, WA” had a more unique name, as this small beach town in Washington State is nothing like the other Long Beaches of… Continue Reading
Here are a set of old black & white photographs taken of my childhood house located in the Hudson Valley, New York. Actually, the house was only partially completed when these photos were taken. It looks like it was a cold winter, with a frozen pond and snow. I love the stark look and someone… Continue Reading
Photography is really about seizing the opportunity! It snowed only once this past winter. What an exciting day that was! Squirrels dug through the snow to find seeds under our bird feeder and Oregon Dark-Eyed Juncos hopped on top of the snow.
My Grandma was an amateur Mycologist (mushroom scientist). I’m not sure when she first got into studying them, but she was in her 70s when she was teaching me about them. When I was a kid, we would go foraging for mushrooms in our backyard woods. We lived in the mixed deciduous and coniferous forests… Continue Reading