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Sights of March 2024 - No bad weather, No bad birds, No bad birders
March 31, 2024 - There is an expression that "There is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothing". I always counter that with...
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Sights of February 2024 - Wetlands
March 01, 2024 - Our very wet winter continued into February. Along with rain came snow in the mountains. On a sunny day, after the rains...
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Sights of January 2024 - Proof
February 01, 2024 - I hope all of you have been waterproof this month. As is typical in Southern California winter, we get our rain, but sum...
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Sights of December 2023 - Another year around the sun
December 31, 2023 - While most of the month was spent packing and moving my mother from New York City to live with us in California, we arri...
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Sights of November 2023 - Near and Far
December 01, 2023 - I spent most of the month of November making arrangements to move my mother from New York to live with us in California.
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Sights of October 2023 - Always Something New
October 31, 2023 - There is always something new to find or learn. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the number of videos about nature that I...
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Sights of September 2023 - Change of Seasons
October 01, 2023 - September is a month of change. It is both Summer and Fall. Butterflies and Dragonflies are abundant, and at the end of...
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Camp de Benneville - Art Camp 4 Grown Ups
September 14, 2023 - This month I attended an art camp held in the San Gabriel Mountains. I never went to sleep-away camp as a child, but now...
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Sights of August 2023 - Moments
August 31, 2023 - They say, "Live in the moment". I live for the moments. It is the special moments I have with my camera and nature that...
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Sights of July 2023 - Hot Under the Collar
July 31, 2023 - July 2023 was the hottest month recorded on the planet, and that's not just hyperbole. Locally it was hotter than usual,...
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Sights of June 2023 - Fast and Slow
June 30, 2023 - June gloom continued for much of the month. It was gray and overcast. It kept temperatures down which made it pleasant t...
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Sights of May 2023 - Welcome Visitors
June 01, 2023 - One of the great things about visitors is taking them to see our local nature. At the beginning and the end of the month...
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Sights of April 2023 - Full-on Springtime
April 30, 2023 - Every year I look forward to April, even though it is usually a very busy month. Spring migration ramps up and one must...
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Sights of March 2023 - Staying in
March 31, 2023 - In my blog last month, I said I might take a break in March. I did, at least from birding and photography. Between the r...
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Sights of February 2023 - Spreading my wings
February 28, 2023 - I enjoy birding and looking at nature close to home, but this month I really spread my wings and ventured out of county...
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Sights of January 2023 - Gearing up for the new year
January 31, 2023 - I started the year the same way I have for several years now, running the LB100. We try to find 100 bird species in Long...
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Sights of December 2022 - That's a Wrap
December 31, 2022 - I am posting this on the last day of 2022. In addition to going to parties and wrapping presents, I find myself trying t...
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Sights of November 2022 - Novembrrrrr
November 30, 2022 - The month sure started off and ended cold. Although we did have some warm, bordering on hot, days in between, the heater...
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Sights of October 2022 - Birdtober
October 31, 2022 - Last month I set a goal for October to do less, be mediocre, and be ok with that. I wound up doing more, successfully be...
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Sights of September 2022 - Keeping a list
September 30, 2022 - Between heat canceling and changing schedules and an out of town trip, I missed a peak time for migrant birds, my butter...
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Sights of August 2022 - This and That
August 31, 2022 - I usually write my blog in little pieces throughout the month, and then at the end of the month I wrap it all up with a...
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Sights of January 2022 - A Fresh Start
January 31, 2022 - Just two days into the new year and I did some marathon birding, artwork, worked on a jigsaw puzzle, and had a minor plu...
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Sights of December 2021 - Another Year Wrapped-up
December 31, 2021 - That's a wrap. Or is it? Just when you think we are getting past COVID, along comes Omicron leading us into the next yea...
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Sights of February 2020
February 29, 2020 - Happy Valentines Day. Romance is in the air. Birds have started singing their songs of love, and I have seen some early...
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Sights of January 2020
February 01, 2020 - It seems to be a little late to say Happy New Year, but this is the January blog, so I hope the New Year will indeed be...
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Sights of December 2019
December 31, 2019 - Happy Holidays to all. I avoided the Christmas crowds and commercialism by celebrating with family and friends, and with...
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Sights of November 2019
November 30, 2019 - Quite a difference from the beginning of the month until the end. Much of the month was very hot and dry, with temperatu...
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Sights of October 2019
October 31, 2019 - October has been quite hot, and I missed my butterfly survey for a third month in a row. However, I did see some butterf...
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Sights of September 2019
September 30, 2019 - I'm a rover
I'm a mover
I'm a midnight lover
You're the cutest thing, That I ever did see: Plover (My apologies to th...
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Sights of August 2019
September 01, 2019 - To avoid the summer heat, I stayed home a few more days than usual. I experimented with various art media and styles, fr...
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Sights of July 2019
August 01, 2019 - I spent some time on artwork making monoprints. I'm still experimenting with various techniques and am pleased with some...
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Sights of June 2019
July 01, 2019 - Yay! I got my Tamron 150-600mm lens back from repair (fourth time, but who's counting). It makes all the difference. I a...
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Sights of May 2019
May 31, 2019 - By going out more frequently during spring migration, I have observed some interesting things about birds. One day I wou...
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Sights April 2019
May 02, 2019 - "Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo. I do believe it. I do believe it's true." I went birding with a group at...
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Sights March 2019
April 01, 2019 - Did anyone notice Painted lady Butterflies? I don't think anyone locally could have missed them, even if only on the win...
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Sights February 2019
March 01, 2019 - I started the month in Anza-Borrego for an art retreat with two dear friends. We were fortunate to have a day between ra...
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Sights January 2019
January 30, 2019 - It has been a very busy month for me. I am taking a couple of nature and art related classes. It is always rewarding to...
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Sights December 2018
December 31, 2018 - December means Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) with Audubon. Each year, across the country, people are counting birds on a d...
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Sights November 2018
December 01, 2018 - My best bird lens (Tamron 150-600) has been out for repair ALL month. It came back once, but promptly failed, and had to...
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Sights October 2018
November 01, 2018 - October is a wonderful month. There are insects flying, birds migrating, warm days and cool nights great for being outdo...
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Sights September 2018
October 01, 2018 - September was a great month. It started with a Bordered Mantis that was lurking in the bush outside my front window. It...
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Sights August 2018
September 01, 2018 - August always starts out slow birding until the end of the month when the shorebirds come in. At the end of August I vis...
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Sights July 2018
August 01, 2018 - A major restoration was completed at DeForest Park, the area they now call Deforest Wetlands runs along the river from D...
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Sights June 2018
July 01, 2018 - All my trips this month were local. Some of the places I went were my usual El Dorado Nature Center (where I unexpectedl...
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Sights May 2018
May 31, 2018 - For me, the skunk stole the show. Maybe it's because I have my own black and white fur baby. I went with friends early t...
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Sights April 2018
May 01, 2018 - Spring has sprung and birds are migrating through. It has been a very colorful month with butterflies and birds. Lazuli...
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Sights of March 2018
March 29, 2018 - I stayed close to home for some local birding, checking out the insects in my own yard, and playing with different media...
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Sights of February 2018
February 28, 2018 - Art: I worked on a botanical style colored pencil painting of a blood orange. It was hard not to eat the subject matter...
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Sights of January 2018
January 31, 2018 - Art: I tried a little printmaking this month. I like the process and you may see more to come. I find it more 'artistic'...
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Sights of December 2017
December 30, 2017 - I love the light in winter. It makes for beautiful sunsets and golden colors. Our December was quite mild and I got out...
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Sights of November 2017
December 01, 2017 - Holidays, household maintenance, and a broken lens have slowed down my naturalist activities. However, there are still m...
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Sights of September 2017
October 02, 2017 - At the start of the month it was so hot (and humid). How hot was it? It was so hot that I passed on my monthly butterfly...
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Sights of August 2017
August 31, 2017 - Summer is slow for some birds, but towards the end of the month, the shorebirds and few warblers are showing up as they...
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Sights of July 2017
August 01, 2017 - Wow! What a great month for observing nature. I didn't expect much and went to a few local places, but there were bobcat...
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Sights of June 2017
June 30, 2017 - June Gloom and Record Breaking Heat
Cloudy gray mornings in the beginning of the month gave way to a heat wave. I was o...
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Sights of May 2017
June 01, 2017 - Birds, Bugs, Travel, Computer Crashes.
I saw some of the May migrating birds, but missed quite a few. Between my travel...
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Sights of April 2017
May 01, 2017 - So many birds, so many insects, so little time. I get distracted by everything all at once, so I had to visit some place...
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Sights of March 2017
March 31, 2017 - Crazy weather in March; one day it is 80F and the next it is 50F. It has been wet enough and warm enough to bring out so...
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Sights of February 2017
March 01, 2017 - It is wonderful to see snow on the mountains and green all around. Our rain is finally improving our dire drought condit...
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Sights of January 2017
February 01, 2017 - Happy New Year. It has certainly been a wet January. We have desperately needed rain, so we finally got some...in record...
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Sights of December 2016
December 31, 2016 - I got an early Christmas gift of a new Tamron 150-600 lens for photographing birds. I immediately went out to my local p...
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