La Jolla Cove
I don’t mean to only post updates on Sundays, but….here we go again! No formal race event today, but the training group did invite us out for some open water swim time at La Jolla Cove. While they were in the water, I took pictures. Some of the swimmers, some of the wildlife all around [...]
Pelicans!
Over the last weeks anyone driving along the coast has been treated to the sight of huge flocks of Brown Pelicans soaring along the water line. I’ve been enjoying the views on my way home and saying to myself “I need to snap a picture of this!” Of course I never remember to put my [...]
Friday Beauty – in the eye of the beholder
I kept it traditional yesterday, but I can’t resist sharing a couple of more politically oriented Veteran’s Day today – and yes, I consider these beautiful because sometimes it takes a proper visual representation of an issue to get a very very critical point to be made: And one more traditional representation of beauty (in [...]
Cleaning the birds soiled by the BP Oil
Please visit the International Bird Rescue Research Center. Donate. Read. Watch the videos. These people are doing the hard work and research on how best to rehab the birds impacted by the oil spill in the gulf. Here’s some screen shot samples: Further down in the FAQ’s they say that they are using Dawn dishwashing [...]
Gulf Coast Birds + Blog Post of the Week
If you follow me on twitter then you saw my statement that I know I will not be able to look at any of the photos of oil-covered birds that will be appearing as the oil spill continues and spreads to the shore line. I couldn’t handle the Exxon-Valdez photos either. I love our feathered [...]
Signs of Spring at the feeder
I noticed the fledglings yesterday. There are 5 total with this one male going back and forth from the feeder to an open, squealing mouth. They are quite annoying when they are all lined up whining for food (gee, not unlike human children eh?!) Interesting behavior note – my backyard flock is made up of [...]
I resolve not to make any resolutions
Except maybe to walk along the beach below the Torrey Pines trails more often – here’s why: ….just a little further up the beach Sportsboy & I noticed an interesting looking “ledge” of the green sandstone at the base of the cliff & we went for a closer look and I was about to take [...]
My 45th birthday present
The highlight of hiking on the trails today (besides my son & friends being there) was our walk along the beach below afterwards when two Peregrine Falcons whooshed right past Sports Boy and out over the beach chasing a shorebird who eventually escaped. Then the smaller falcon landed on this cliff face above us while [...]
Birdie num num, part 2 – a Very Special Visitor
I swear this wont turn into a bird blog, but since the feeder is new and exciting and I am home to enjoy it..well… My hope was to get some fun varieties in the yard, and today has been a jackpot day. Since I finished in my bedroom yesterday…oh yeah…here’s that set of pics..solid day [...]
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