To shoot a mockingbird was the ultimate quest. After a year of waiting, it finally happened. Meet the many-tongued mimic – the Northern Mockingbird Continue reading Northern Mockingbird – the many-tongued mimic
Cary Glen in North Carolina has little cosmic significance. It is a little lake in a little town. But nature thrives here, and it provides a much-needed escape from life’s machinations Continue reading Cary Glen – Images of a lovely North Carolina lake
Why go on an expensive safari to watch birds when your backyard is just as well endowed as any forest? Continue reading Balcony Safari – The idle joy of birding
When a sunset that seemed improbable only a moment ago bloodies the sky, it becomes the fulcrum balancing idle desolation and mad euphoria. A photographic meditation Continue reading Chasing a Sunset
One thing is clear after watching this Carolina Anole wrestle a stick-fast caterpillar off its leafy perch – this picky eater really loves its greens Continue reading Encounter with a picky eater – Carolina Anole
Epiphany on wandering into a gentlemen’s club of sexually exhausted Northern Elephant Seals on a beach in Point Reyes Continue reading Slumbering Giants – Northern Elephant Seals of Point Reyes
The George C Page Museum of Tar Pit Discoveries in Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California features some stunningly well-preserved mammal fossils from the Pleistocene. It’s a journey back in time but — shudder! — those Sabertooth canines are unnerving! Continue reading Rancho La Brea – a time machine in asphalt
Meeting Anna’s Hummingbird, with its startling metallic pink head and dazzling green plumage, is nothing short of birding epiphany Continue reading Encounter – Anna’s Hummingbird
As Winter Storm Thor freezes North America in his icy tentacles, Sandeep Somasekharan wriggles free to reveal some stunning snowscapes. Continue reading Whiteout: Winter Storm Thor shows his artistic side
Our November wallpaper comes to you, born of a moment of peace at Natural Bridges beach, Santa Cruz, CA. Download. Enjoy. Share. Continue reading Peace prevails in November: Download the wallpaper
