Yesterday was quite the day for reptiles. On my hike at Windy Hill I saw ten lizards and five snakes! There were two rattlesnakes, one normal looking garter snake, one garter snake with a red stripe on its belly (which I think is rare and endangered) p...
Elephant Seal Pup Now on his own, an elephant seal pup is rebuffed as he tries to make friends. Taped at the elephant seal rookery at Point Piedras Blancas, near San Simeon California in February 2003.I think this pup had been recently weaned. I'm...
Point Piedras Blancas A short clip showing the unique roar of an adult bull Northern Elephant Seal. You can hear these guys from a mile away. Video shot near San Simeon, California in February 2003.Download: Bull Roar, 2.5MB, 18 seconds
Deer at Leidig Meadow These mule deer were grazing just a few feet from the sidewalk, not caring much about the tourists walking by. One doe did get a bit spooked though when someone tried to feed her a handful of grass. Later I found out that the...
Nevada Fall A trip down the Merced river starting at the rim of Yosemite Valley, down the cascade at Illilouette Creek, then over to the top of Nevada Fall, down to Vernal Fall with a jump off Swinging Bridge into the river in Yosemite National Pa...
Click To Play play_blip_movie_261632();Snowy Egret Chick on blip.tv A snowy egret chick thinks real hard about the next branch, which he eventually jumped over to. Shot at Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, California. Download: MPEG4 Video (.mp4)
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Click To Play play_blip_movie_261505();Egret Family on blip.tv Snowy Egret parents feed their chicks at the Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, California. Download: MPEG4 Video (.mp4)
Click To Play play_blip_movie_261435();Juvenile Black Crowned Night Herons on blip.tv Juvenile Black Crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) in their nests at the Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, California. Being brown, the chicks were hard...
Long Water on VimeoDownload: longwater.mp4 ,1.8mbTwenty three seconds of birds chirping and water dancing in the sun in the reflecting pool at the Pulgas Water Temple on Cañada Road in San Mateo County.