Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “California”
Common Yellowthroat, Borrego Springs, California.
I have been trying for a couple of evenings to get a nice clean image of this beautiful bird, but it likes to stay in the thick reeds watching for bugs to pounce on. So, I decided to embrace the reeds by including the plants. 🙂 As Janine pointed out, seems like such a beautiful bird shouldn’t have “Common” as part of its name.
Leonard Knight, creator of Salvation Mountain.
According to the L.A. Times Leonard Knight pasted away on Monday. Leonard was the builder of Salvation Mountain, you might have seen it in the movie Into The Wild.
This image is from 2009. We had the pleasure of meeting him, and getting a tour of his creation. He was a very friendly, interesting gentleman who lived year around in the back of a truck and worked on building Salvation Mountain. Even in the middle of the brutally hot Summer, he worked continued adding new elements. I’m glad we had the pleasure of meeting him, I don’t think it was too long after this he had to move into a retirement home. Rest in peace Leonard.
Cover RV Life Magazine
Well I’ll add this cover to my category of shameless self promotion It arrived this past week and features an image I captured from on of my favorite RV resorts – in fact, we will be back there in about two weeks!
A Greater Roadrunner, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
Beep Beep, these guys are cool! While we were in Anza-Borrego earlier this month I would spot this guy cruising through our campsite from time to time hunting for bugs – fun to watch.
Canon 5D Mark III, 70-200 f/2.8 lens with 1.4x converter at 300 mm, ISO 400, f/5.6 and 1/1600 of a second.
Great Horned Owl nesting in a palm tree, Borrego Springs, California.
I was watching this nesting Great Horned Owl in 90 degree temperatures last week. As I sit here and watch a half of foot of fresh powder snow fall from the sky this morning at my home office in Alaska, I must admit that it seems more like 6 months ago then 6 days.
As a kid we called these guys “horny toads”. They look like something that should be roaming with the Dinosaurs! This Flat-tail Horned Lizard was in Coyote Canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
This was captured with a Canon 5D III, 70-200 f/2.8 lens with a 2x converter at ISO 200, f/5.6 and 2,000 of a second shutter speed.
I spotted him on my way to a mountain bike ride. Fortunately it rain across the trail or I don’t think I would have ever spotted it. Look at how well it blends into the desert.
A blooming Fishhook Cactus, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
Another storm pasted through this area late last week, but didn’t bring too much in the way of precipitation. Temperatures forecasted to reach into the 90’s this week won’t do the limited and late wildflower bloom any favors.
The best area in the Park that I have seen has been along the Elephant Tree Trail. Here you can find some nice cactus blooms especially Beaver-tail and Barrel. There are a wide variety of other wildflowers – not the thick fields that get photographers excited, but a nice variety that should interest the flower peepers including poppies, phacelia, lavender and Desert Chicory to name just a few. There are many small blooms that I didn’t take the time to identify.
In Borrego Palm Canyon you can find more lavender, lots of Chuparosa and a little Brittlebush along with other wildflowers.
Yesterday in Coyote Canyon I spotted small patches of Sand Verbena, but it is very limited. The famous fields along Henderson Canyon Road are empty.
On a positive note, I’m seeing lots of cactus with buds – I think there will be widespread cactus blooming later this month.
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