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Sights of September 2021 - New York, New York
September 30, 2021 - This was a busy month. Not only was it full-on migration season, but I went to New York, and I created some short video...
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Photographing Dragonflies
September 23, 2021 - (See a transcript below)
One of my favorite things to photograph is dragonflies in flight. I love the challenge. I lo...
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Photographing Insects - Part 3 Techniques and Tips
September 06, 2021 - (See a transcript below) Getting the Shot
The old joke goes: A man goes to New York to attend a concert, but gets lost.
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Photographing Insects - Part 2 Cameras and Lenses
September 05, 2021 - (See a transcript below)
My Gear
I have often heard something like, ‘You take good pictures, what kind of camera do yo...
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Photographing Insects - Part 1 Before You Begin
September 05, 2021 - (See a transcript below)
Intro
Several people recently have asked me to share how I get good photos of insects.
One t...
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Sights of August 2021 - Is it hot out there or is it just me?
August 31, 2021 - Sometimes I read my past blogposts for the same month from prior years to see where I went and what I was seeing. I noti...
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Sights of July 2021 - Seasonal Migrations
July 31, 2021 - Every day is getting hotter, and our hottest months are ahead of us. For many humans, we are still thinking of summer va...
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Sights of June 2021
June 30, 2021 - Finally June is in full swing with post-pandemic life (if you haven't gotten your vaccine yet, what are you waiting for?...
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Sights of May 2021 - Sprung-time
May 31, 2021 - Spring has sprung. We started with spring but inched into summer. Migration action comes to a close. By now, there are f...
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Sights of April 2021 - Go home and go small
May 01, 2021 - Spring bird action includes courtship, nest building, migrating birds, and hummingbirds! It has been very dry yielding n...
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Sights of March 2021 - A Joy Shared
March 31, 2021 - “A joy shared is a joy doubled.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
So let me share some joy.
Mid-March is the most wonderfu...
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Sights of February 2021 - The future is looking brighter?
March 01, 2021 - Foggy mornings give way to sunny skies. Daylight hours are getting longer. Spring is in the air.
The Covid/political fo...
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Sights of January 2021 - Not a good start
January 31, 2021 - My 4th annual January 1st LB100 (find 100 bird species in Long Beach) was re-planned as an elaborate scavenger hunt to b...
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Sights of December 2020 - The end of 2020
December 31, 2020 - Finally, the end of a very strange year. With the pandemic surging, year end traditions had to be altered. We had no fam...
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California Wild Women
August 02, 2020 - What a wonderful way to start the month! The 2020 International Biodiversity Champions hip is Monday, 3 August 2020 - 6...
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Sights of July 2020 - Five Months In
August 01, 2020 - COVID19 flourishes, politics rages, tempers and patience flare. Two lovely people passed away within four days of each o...
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Sights of June 2020 - Nature during crazy times
July 02, 2020 - A month of babies. Another month has gone by with incredible speed. My family got a little larger with the addition of m...
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Sights of May 2020 - Nature during a pandemic and civil unrest
June 01, 2020 - I start writing my blog at the beginning of each month and make some additional edits and updates as the month progresse...
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Sights of April 2020 - Covid19 continues
April 30, 2020 - April's sunshine did not alleviate all my stress as much as I hoped it would. With concern for my family, my friends, my...
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Sights of March 2020 - Apocalypse Month 1
April 01, 2020 - Wow. What a difference a few weeks make. In the beginning of the month I was enjoying the days getting longer and Spring...
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"I wish I brought the other lens"
April 10, 2017 - As a nature photographer of birds, insects, occasional plants, mammals, and reptiles, it is hard to leave the house in t...
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