I invite you to see nature through my eyes, to experience all the beauty I've found in this wonderful yet very fragile world we share.
I hope my photography evokes a sense of wonder and inspires you to explore our planet with curiosity, astonishment, and hope.
A nesting Red-tailed Hawk Aspires to Fly _ Amador County
Blue Heron Sunrise
Crescent Moon over Creekside Church, Sutter Creek
Caples Lake Winter Milky Way
Yosemite Falls Winter Rainbow
Blood Moon over Caples Lake
Black Phoebe Feeding over Sutter Creek
Winter Oaks - Central Valley, CA
Salt Springs One Room Schoolhouse - Calaveras County
Sunset Commute, Highway 88
Fire in the Sky - Eastern Sierra Range
Bath Time - Volcano
Cataract Creek Falls - Marin County, CA
Papa and Baby Quail, Sutter Creek
Autumn Stroll on Sutter Creek
Sutter Creek Crossing
Young Mallards Feeding, Sutter Creek
Aspire to Fly (nesting Red-tailed Hawks) - Amador County
Masked Moonrise, Amador County
Lady and the Tramp
Sutter Creek Sunrise
A Morning Meditation, Sierra Foothills
Portrait of a Kestrel, Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Rreserve, LA
Bonsai Sunset, Caples Lake
Point Mugu Sunset II, Ventura County
Whispers of Dawn - Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve LA
Comet C/2023 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS follows the setting sun in the Santa Monica Mountains
Osprey at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve
Tidal Dance , Malibu
Osprey at Dawn, Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, LA
If Ghosts Could Talk... (Bodie State Park)
Osprey Stretch, Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, LA
Wings of an Angel, Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, LA
Knock, knock...anybody home? Sutter Creek
Blue-eyed darner dragonfly, Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, LA
Malibu Sea Cave Sunset
Grace in Flight II, Sutter Creek
Point Mugu Sunset, Ventura County
Red-shouldered Hawk over Sutter Creek
Twilight on the PCH, Ventura County
Don't Mess with Me! (Red-shouldered Hawk), Woodland Hills
After Sunset - Ventura County coastline
Osprey Dive, Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, LA
Dark-eyed Junco, Volcano, CA
Symmetry in Flight - Black Phoebe - Malibu
Sunset Splash
An American White Pelican in beautiful light, Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, LA
Beach camping under the Strawberry Moon, Ventura County
Loudmouth Steller's Jay - Volcano
High Sierra Moonrise, Round Top Peak, Alpine County
Sanderling and the Crab, Malibu
Patience on Sutter Creek
Arch and the Milky Way (Mobius Arch in Alabama Hills)
Sunset over the Santa Monica Mountains
Grace in Flight, Marin County
Sunflower and the Honeybee - Volcano (note the pollen on the hind leg)
Moonrise and Mansion - Santa Monica Mountains
Bonsai Moonrise, Caples Lake
Wild Horses near Washoe Lake, Nevada
Balanced Rock, Santa Monica Mountains
A Snowy Egret along the Ventura County coast
No Name Arch - Santa Monica Mountain
Sweet Nectar - Volcano
Twilight Moon and Venus over the Santa Monica Mountains
A Snowy Egret fishes the LA River
Wildfire Sunset, aftermath of the Caldor Fire
Sunset on the Malibu Creek Estuary
Sutter Creek Gold
Peregrine Falcon. Malibu State Park
Rock Hopping Snowy Egret, Malibu State Park
Sanderlings at Sunset, Malibu
Blood Moon over Black Butte (lunar eclipse in Alpine County)
California Quail in Snow - Volcano
Coyote Eyes - Yosemite
Little Schoolhouse on the Prairie, Calaveras County
A Winter Crown - Volcano
Morning Bath - Volcano
Mom's Taxi (Merganser mom and her chicks) - Silver Lake, Amador County
Sunset Reflection on a Malibu Beach
Sunset Magic at Bowling Ball Beach, Mendocino County
Crescent Moonset - Santa Monica Mountains
Nature's Jewels (oceanside spiderweb) - Mendocino
The Catch (a bald eagle snatches a helpless seagull) - Gualala
Salt Springs Waterfall (a seasonal waterfall in Amador County)
A Morning Kiss - Volcano
Blood Moon (lunar eclipse)
Sunset Landing - California Delta
Made in the Shade - Volcano
Winter Stroll - Volcano
A Country Road - Calaveras County
Close Encounters - Volcano
Sanderlings in Flight - Malibu
Milky Way over Caples Lake
A Winter Treat - Volcano
Frog Lake Sunset - Alpine County
High Sierra Milky Way - Carson Pass, Alpine County
Sunset Rain - Alpine County
Cedar Waxwing - Sutter Creek
TBlack and White Tidal Flow - Malibu
Moonrise over Alcatraz
Storm Clouds and Milky Way, Silver Lake - Amador County
Mystical Twilight - Schooner Gulch, Mendo cino County
Picture Perfect Pose - Volcano
Bunny Hop - Volcano
Siblings - Volcano
Winter Nap - Volcano
Carson Pass Super Moon
Fire on the Mountain (Mobius Arch frames Mt Whitney at sunrise)
The Chase - Volcano
Salt Point Waterfall - Sonoma County
A Stellers Jay Builds Her Nest - Volcano
Quack, Quack - Sutter Creek
Snowy Treat - Volcano
Sunlit Wings - California Delta
Super Moon Windmill - Amador County
Two-Toned Moonrise over San Francisco
A River Runs Through It - Calaveras County
Once in a Blue Moon - Richmond - San Rafael Bridge
Anna's in Flight - Volcano
Sierra Snow Cave - Carson Pass
Comet Neowise - Hope Valley
Portrait of a Hummingbird - Volcano
Lone Tree Hill - Amador County
Cormorant Tail Drag -Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve LA
Peeping Tom or What's for Dinner? - Volcano
Sunset Gold - Carmel
Peanut Thief - Volcano
Nuthatch Bandit - Volcano
Harvest Moon over San Francisco
Bubble Play - Volcano
Porcupine in a Pine - Carson Pass
Tree Hugger - Volcano
Sunset Moonrise over the Vineyard - Amador County
Shelter from the Rain - Volcano
Shelter from the Snow - Volcano
Turkey Chicks - Volcano
Lake Tahoe Twilight
Sweet Contentment - Volcano
Heavenly Halo over Caples Lake and Elephants Back
One Twig at a - Volcano
Frog Lake Milky Way
Merganser at Sunset - Caples Lake, Alpine County
Snow Cave Sunroof - Carson Pass
Sunset on the Rocks - Marin County
Crescent Sun (a partial solar eclipse) -- Volcano
Rocky Oaks, Santa Monica Mountains
Stormy Sunset - Monterey