Green & Blue Herons and a Duck

Photos from The Woodlake area

It was a buggy day yesterday.  As long as they were posing, I was a clicking away.  By the way, did you know it is very difficult to get a picture of a dragonfly in flight?

Raptor photos from the Kayner Garden

   Juvenile Kites will perch in our neighborhood trees vocalizing for their parents to feed them.                  Someday they will be great hunters just like their parents

   This beautiful Kestrel appears to be new to the neighborhood.  He was checking on the Kites.

 

Photos from Sedona & Tucson AZ.

             Sedona, AZ is just naturally picturesque

                  Beautiful art, mountains and sky in Sedona

                             I saw this creature like saguaro cactus while driving in Tucson. 

                           A very thorny plant you would not want to fall onto

Photos from my new favorite spots off the trail

                                                   Wood Duck on a rock

       This was a very patient Dragonfly.  It let me photo it for several minutes without flying away

                  Reflection of the River Park trees at the American River

       This Grasshopper decided to hide in the shade-hoping I would not see it....

Really good Figs!

                         Macro shot of our first Figs from the Kayner Garden!

Interesting Wildlife on the Bike Trail

    Juvenile Red Tail Hawk - I decided to take photos of it from a different perspective.  He/She was    perched right above the trail

  I decided to take this pic from an upside down point of view.  I laughed when it looked down at me.

             Same pic as above - but it is rotated. 

         Damselflies are so intriguing.  Their colors and body shape are so beautiful.

   I have been wanting to catch a Dragonfly in flight for sometime.