"Both photography and art open my eyes to the infinite beauty of nature in her every detail."
~ Kim Moore
California Wild Women
August 02, 2020
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What a wonderful way to start the month! The 2020 International Biodiversity Champions hip is Monday, 3 August 2020 - 6 August 2020, under the auspices of the Natural History Section of the Ecological Society of America. I am a member of the team "California Wild Women". This was a group I connected with through iNaturalist. We each separately expl...
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Sights of July 2020 - Five Months In
August 01, 2020
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COVID19 flourishes, politics rages, tempers and patience flare. Two lovely people passed away within four days of each other, not of COVID19, but succumbed to chronic illnesses. One was our friend Wanda Bell. Wanda was the wife of my husband's shipmate on the Pilgrim. She was a strong supporter of the crew. Among many of her wonderful attributes an...
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Sights of June 2020 - Nature during crazy times
July 02, 2020
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A month of babies. Another month has gone by with incredible speed. My family got a little larger with the addition of my new granddaughter. Her mom had a hard time, but is now recovering. It is hard to consider what is best, visit or not. We want to protect everyone from an unwitting spread of COVID19. Family and friendships are maintained despite...
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Sights of May 2020 - Nature during a pandemic and civil unrest
June 01, 2020
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I start writing my blog at the beginning of each month and make some additional edits and updates as the month progresses. Now on the last day of the month, everything I have written so far seems like a distant memory. The last few and continuing days, the civil unrest in my city and the country leaves me grief stricken. Our history, structural sys...
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Sights of April 2020 - Covid19 continues
April 30, 2020
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April's sunshine did not alleviate all my stress as much as I hoped it would. With concern for my family, my friends, my community, the world, and myself, I tried to counterbalance it with moments of peace and redirected focus. My friends and family have all had varying reactions to the shutdown. Some seem to think that COVID19 is no big deal, and...
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Sights of March 2020 - Apocalypse Month 1
April 01, 2020
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Wow. What a difference a few weeks make. In the beginning of the month I was enjoying the days getting longer and Spring in the air. And now this. Once a week, or less if I can, I touch the outside world. I go shopping trying to touch as little as possible and distance myself from others. I come home and empty as much as I can out of the packaging...
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Sights of February 2020
February 29, 2020
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Happy Valentines Day. Romance is in the air. Birds have started singing their songs of love, and I have seen some early courtship. Butterflies are flying and flowers are starting to bloom. I went out to some local parks and saw some usual and less usual birds. The California Towhee had some unusual white feathers. I thought it was a female Summer T...
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Sights of January 2020
February 01, 2020
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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 happy. I started the year on January 1 with my annual LB100 birding marathon. We try to find 100 species of birds in Long Beach on the first day of the year. We found 98. That is down from last year. The number of birds in general...
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Sights of December 2019
December 31, 2019
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Happy Holidays to all. I avoided the Christmas crowds and commercialism by celebrating with family and friends, and with the Audubon Christmas Bird Count. The CBC has been going on all over the country in December for more than 100 years. This year again, I participated with two different groups and had a splendid time with good company and good bi...
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Sights of November 2019
November 30, 2019
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Quite a difference from the beginning of the month until the end. Much of the month was very hot and dry, with temperatures in the 80's. However, we end the month 30 degrees cooler and with bucketing rain. I guess winter finally arrived. I have been seeing so many fewer birds than this time last year. I don't know the cause, but I hope they are jus...
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Sights of October 2019
October 31, 2019
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October has been quite hot, and I missed my butterfly survey for a third month in a row. However, I did see some butterflies and other insects on local trips. The winter birds are finally returning. I do love the mournful song of White-crowned Sparrows. Finally at the end of the month, it turned into a fantastic month for birds for me. At Cabrillo...
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Sights of September 2019
September 30, 2019
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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 the Steve Miller Band.)
Forget the age old pronunciation debate, they really are 'cute' with large eyes, small bill, and long legs. I got a chance to see several species and look closer at the details. Killdeer (which are plovers)...
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Sights of August 2019
September 01, 2019
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To avoid the summer heat, I stayed home a few more days than usual. I experimented with various art media and styles, from realistic to abstract. It challenges my brain.
I also took some time to post a few of my historical photo observations into iNaturalist. I still have so many more to post, but at least that's a start. By posting in iNaturalist...
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Sights of July 2019
August 01, 2019
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I spent some time on artwork making monoprints. I'm still experimenting with various techniques and am pleased with some of the results. I am enjoying it, despite the effort to setup and cleanup. When I haven't done it in a while, I say to myself "Now how did I do that?" I get to learn it all again each time.
Nothing says summer like Dragonflies,...
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Sights of June 2019
July 01, 2019
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Yay! I got my Tamron 150-600mm lens back from repair (fourth time, but who's counting). It makes all the difference. I am happy to go back to my routine of random walks. At this time of year, the migratory birds are elsewhere, and we are left with the babies of our locally nesting birds to amuse us. The babies are the ones begging for food. It's al...
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