Mallards at Bonelli Park, California
on Nov 21, 2009 in Camera Critters Birds Albino Mallard ?Here is the Mallard with no color next to two normal males.  I am not certain it is an albino Mallard but I don't really know what else it could be.  If you have any ideas please leave a comment. See more Camera Critters.

tree trunk
on Nov 16, 2009 in Monochrome Monday Trees See more Monochrome Weekly.

Quiet
on Nov 11, 2009 in ABC Wednesday California Ranch Santa Ana Botanical Gardens, CaliforniaWhen my city friends come to visit they often remark that it is so quiet at my house and I just laugh because I know it is really noisy with calling hawks and fussing crows. I’ve been thinking about this...

Be careful where you sit.
on Nov 9, 2009 in Monochrome Monday California Taken at Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Graden, Claremont, California, November 9, 2009.Monochrome Weekly...

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California
on Nov 8, 2009Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, November 8, 2009This week I am in Southern California and will be birding and taking photos of plants.  My first stop was Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont, California. This is one of my favorite...

Common Checkered Skipper
on Nov 7, 2009 in Camera Critters insect butterfly I was lucky to have spotted this little critter.Here's more about the little Common Checkered-Skipper I photographed on my walk last weekend. In the scientific community they are known as Pyrgus commonis, belonging to the subfamily Pyrginae (spread-w...

Sun Pillar
on Nov 5, 2009 in Sky Watch Sky April 14, 2007, 5:48 A.M.Two years ago while on my way to a Master Naturalist training session I spotted this Sun Pillar shooting up from the sun as it rose to start the day. Quickly I pulled off to the side of the road and began taking photos. Most...

the unexpected
on Nov 3, 2009 in Snail Beetles Trees SSWMA My World Tuesday Mushroom insect butterfly I returned to the Blue Ridge Tract to see how it had changed since the 19th of October, just two weeks ago. The leaves were darker and more of them were on the ground this time. When I came to the fallen tree I found mushrooms as usual but this time...

Poison Ivy
on Nov 3, 2009 in ABC Wednesday SSWMA Safety Carnivorous Plants Poison Ivy is one of those plants that I have not paid much attention to until recently. I am one of the 20% of the people who are not allergic to the urushiol produced by Poison Ivy. They say that if you are around it a lot then eventually you will...

Waiting
on Nov 3, 2009 in Water river Birds Watery Wednesday Great Blue Heron waiting for fish to fall over the dam along the Shenandoah River.Still waiting.See more water adventures at Watery Wednesday.