New Gallery: Super Bloom 2019
Super Bloom 2019
After a long winter of rain the hills were alive with wildflowers. I took a trip to Southern California to photograph the Poppies and Joshua Trees blooming fro miles in the high desert. Around Malibu Canyon and Thousand Oaks you had black charred trees surrounded by fields of yellow mustard.
New Gallery: Harris's Hawk - Parabuteo unicinctus
Harris's Hawk - Parabuteo unicinctus
A handsome hawk of the arid Southwest, Harris's Hawk is a standout with bold markings of dark brown, chestnut red, and white; long yellow legs; and yellow markings on its face. The most social of North American raptors, these birds cooperate at nests and hunt together as a team. When hunting, a group of hawks surround their prey, flush it for another to catch, or take turns chasing it.
New Gallery: Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
This is probably the most common hawk in North America. If you’ve got sharp eyes you’ll see several individuals on almost any long car ride, anywhere. Red-tailed Hawks soar above open fields, slowly turning circles on their broad, rounded wings. Other times you’ll see them atop telephone poles, eyes fixed on the ground to catch the movements of a vole or a rabbit, or simply waiting out cold weather before climbing a thermal updraft into the sky.
Black Leopard (Panthera pardus)
"Panther" is a generic work used to describe many large cats, especially black ones, but also Florida panthers which are just a subspecies of cougar. A The Cat House they have both black leopards and black jaguars there - they're often born in the same litter as the normal colored cats, because the black color, called melanism, is due to a recessive gene. So, melanistic cubs can be born to two spotted parents. The cats are actually dark brown, with the same pattern of black spots as any other leopard. There are no solid black big cats.
Northern Africa and Middle East Sand Cat
Sand Cat
(Felis margarita) These tiny (3-11 pound) cats live in sandy and stony deserts in northern Africa and the Middle East. They can live far from water sources by utilizing moisture from their prey (rodents, snakes, etc). They are a pale yellow color with a ringed tail. The sand cat's ears are large and set widely apart and low on the sides of the head. They are nocturnal in their native habitat.
Caracal Turkmenistan Subspecies
Caracals are sometimes called desert lynxes, they have short tails and tufted ears like the lynx and bobcat, but they have short, solid reddish colored fur. They're still common in southern Africa but in the
middle east they're more rare. This Caracal is a Turkmenistan subspecies.
Photographed at The Cat House
EFBC's Feline Conservation Center are dedicated to the protection and preservation of the world's endangered felines.
http://www.cathouse-fcc.org/
The Critically Endangered Amur Leopard
People usually think of leopards in the savannas of Africa but in the Russian Far East, a rare subspecies has adapted to life in the temperate forests that make up the northern-most part of the species’ range. Similar to other leopards, the Amur leopard can run at speeds of up to 37 miles per hour. This incredible animal has been reported to leap more than 19 feet horizontally and up to 10 feet vertically.
The Amur leopard is also known as the Far East leopard, the Manchurian leopard or the Korean leopard.
Status: Critically Endangered
Population: More than 84 individuals
Scientific Name: Panthera pardus orientalis
Photographed at The Cat House
EFBC's Feline Conservation Center are dedicated to the protection and preservation of the world's endangered felines.
http://www.cathouse-fcc.org/
A Place In Time
I live in Sonoma County where the Russian River meets the Pacific Ocean. Recently we have been battered with Atmospheric River Storms. Our river could not handle all of the rain and has flooded it banks and submerged towns. Sometimes in the mist of all of this rain I think about a spot I would like to transport back in time. September 2018 in the redwoods in northern California. I sat on this bench and took a deep breath of the forest air and closed my eyes.
Sonoma Art Pop Up Extened To December 31st
The Sonoma Art pop up gallery at 156 N. Main Street, Sebastopol has extended it dates. The will be open till December 31st open from 11am to 6pm. They will be closed for Xmas. I have several pieces of work as well as one of a kind items on sale.
Sonoma Art Gallery Pop Up in Sebastopol
I am excited to be asked to be in the Sonoma Art pop up art gallery in Sebastopol. The artist reception will be on December 8th, 5pm to 7pm with music, food and beverages. The gallery will be open from December 8th to December 23rd, 11am to 6pm each day.
New Gallery: Oregon Sunsets
On a 8 day exploration of the Oregon coast I visited many coastal areas with whales, seals, sea lions among the sea stakes looming out of the water. I was treated to golden and blue twilights to red flaming sunsets. At Harris beach the sky had smoke and ash from a fire in central Oregon. The sun was aglow in bright orange. At Show Acres near the seal and sea lion rookery the clouds were ablaze in reds to blues.