Yosemite in Early Spring

by Earthwatcher, posted in California, Earthwatcher, Eastern Sierra, Fujifilm Cameras, landscape, landscape images, landscape photos, left brained, nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Uncategorized, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park
A photograph of the Merced River and the iconic Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. The foreground is predominantly the green colored Merced River. The left of the river is flanked by a red-brown meadow lined by evergreen trees and a few spots of white snow. The right side of the river is flanked by evergreen trees with white snow at their base. The gray cliff face of Half Dome and the cliff to its right rise above trees just to the right and above the midpoint of the photo. The cliffs have a small amount of dark mottling and carry a white cap of snow. The sky is bright sky blue.
Half Dome from Sentinel Bridge;
Yosemite National Park, California, USA; APR 2023

A few images from our trip to Yosemite in early April 2023. I was surprised by the lack of snow on the valley floor. At least there was enough for my son and granddaughter to play and have a snowball fight.

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A photograph of a portion of Bridal Vail Falls in Yosemite National Park. The white, misty, waterfall is the center of the picture. Bordering the lower portion of the waterfall is a dark colored tree with branches but without leaves. The exposed cliff face flanks both sides of the waterfall. Next to the waterfall, the cliff face, on both sides, is covered with ice. On the left side of the image is the grey-blue exposed rock of the exposed cliff face with green and brown of an evergreen tree at its base. There is another evergreen tree in the bottom right corner of the picture.
Bridal Viel Falls in Winter;
Yosemite National Park, California, USA; APR 2023
A photograph of Yosemite Valley from a spot called Valley View in Yosemite National Park. It includes the valley, El Capitan, Bridal Veil Falls, and Half Dome. The foreground is the wide, U-shaped Yosemite Valley. It is covered in trees, mostly evergreen, some with and some without foliage. On the left side of the valley is a gray rock outcrop with grey patches of rock fallen from the outcrop above. The middle ground is the snow-capped cliff faces. Those in the front are gray and brown. Those further back are gray. To the left side is large, sheer walled, snow-capped, El Capitan. Proceeding down the right side of the cliffs is the white vertical Bridal Veil Falls. Deeper into the valley, atop the cliffs, is the dome shaped Half Dome. The sky is bright sky blue with wispy white clouds.
Yosemite Valley from Tunnel View;
Yosemite National Park, California, USA; APR 2023
A photograph of Yosemite Falls and the Merced River at Yosemite National Park. In the foreground and leading into the middle ground is the Merced River. At the bottom of the photo, the river is brown and rippled. As the river leads into the picture it becomes a mix of gray and green. The cliff face is gray mottled with brown soil and rows of brown and green foliage. The waterfall is white and is flanked on both sides by ice. The river is flanked by light brown soil and trees. The sky is bright, sky blue. The colors of the river result from the reflection of the waterfall, cliff face and trees reflecting in the water. The waterfall makes a prominent, white, reflection in the river.
Yosemite Falls and Merced River from Swinging Bridge;
Yosemite National Park, California, USA; APR 2023

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Some Photos from the Alabama Hills in Eastern California

by Earthwatcher, posted in Alabama Hills, California, Earthwatcher, Eastern Sierra, Fujifilm Cameras, nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Uncategorized, USA
A photograph of the Alabama Hills in Eastern California at sunset. The foreground of the photo is a desert landscape with clumps of green foliage on gray-brown and white sand. To the left side is a large mass of brown boulders of irregular shape. There are more boulders, foliage, and gray-brown soil to the right of the boulders. The middle ground is the snow-capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains. In this picture they appear blue with white snow. One of the peaks on the left and two on the right are gold, highlighted by the sun. The sky is light blue. A large portion of the sky is highlighted by thin clouds that are creamy gold colored, caused by the reflection of the sun.
An Atypical Sunset ;
Alabama Hills National Scenic Area, Lone Pine, California, USA; APR 2023

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A photograph of a portion of the Sierra Nevada mountains at sunrise from the desert valley of the Alabama Hills of Eastern California. The foreground is the desert landscape of the valley. It is mostly clumps of green foliage on tan soil. It is strewn with gray boulders. On the right, set further back, is a steep slope of brown boulders. The middle ground is the snow-capped mountains. At their base is the dark brown alluvium eroded from the mountains which is dotted with dark spots of foliage. Rising, the mountains are mostly blue, mottled by white snow. The peaks are a red orange, mottled with snow. This color is the Alpen glow as the rising sun paints the top of the peaks. The upper section of the image is the blue sky.
Sunrise in The Alabama Hills;
Alabama Hills National Scenic Area, Lone Pine, California, USA; APR 2023
A photograph of a portion of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at sunrise, from the desert valley of the Alabama Hills of Eastern California. The foreground is the desert landscape of the valley. It is mostly clumps of green foliage on tan soil. The left two thirds of the foreground are brown clumps of irregular boulders tapering to the ground on their right side. To their right of the boulders is a slope of brown boulders with soil at its base. The middle ground is the snow-capped mountains. Their base is dark brown, mottled with snow and some nearly indistinguishable dark clumps of foliage. The peaks are a red orange, mottled with snow. This color is the Alpen glow as the rising sun paints the top of the peaks. The upper section of the image is the blue sky.
Sunrise in The Alabama Hills;
Alabama Hills National Scenic Area, Lone Pine, California, USA; APR 2023

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Mono Lake – A Winter View

by Earthwatcher, posted in California, Earthwatcher, Eastern Sierra, Fujifilm Cameras, landscape, landscape images, landscape photos, Mono Lake, nature, Nature Photography, Photography, volcano
A photograph of Mono Lake with four snow covered volcano craters directly across the lake and a ring of snow-covered mountains further in the background. At the bottom of the image is a snow-covered band of land bordering on the near side of the lake. Because of shading, the snow has a blue tint. There is a line of trees, dark in color, stretching from left to right across the land. From this perspective, the trees are very small. Beyond the land is Mono Lake. Most of the lake has a bluish, satiny sheen from ice covering it. But there are some more reflective areas where the water is not frozen. The volcanic craters are on the large hill across the lake. The craters are the four distinct hillocks on the top. The hill is mostly snow covered but mottled with brown from the dirt and vegetation where the snow is melted. In the far background, on the left is a brown colored mountain ridge with snow covering its right flank. In the background is a series of snow-covered peaks. Above the mountains in is a soft aqua colored sky with some dark clouds on the right side.
Mono Lake Early in the Golden Hour;
Mono Lake Vista Point, Lee Vining, California, USA; APR 2023

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A photograph of Mono Lake featuring an island in the mid-ground area and surrounded by snow covered mountains. The bottom 1/3 of the picture is snow-covered land along the shore of the lake. The snow has a bluish tint due to being shaded. The background is lake shore and hillocks. The hillocks are mostly snow covered, mottled by the tan colored dirt where the snow has melted. The far background is snow-covered mountain peaks. There is a gray cloud in the blue sky. The lake is in the middle. It is predominantly light blue where the lake is frozen and a darker blue where it is not ice covered. In the middle of the lake are two large islands. They appear connected from this perspective. Negit Island, the smaller one is on the left side of the islands. It is mostly dark colored mottled with some snow. It has a small crater on its right side. Pahoa Island behind Negit and is considerably larger. It is mostly tan colored mottled with white snow.
Mono Lake Early in the Golden Hour;
Mono Lake Vista Point, Lee Vining, California, USA; APR 2023

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A Few Birds from Our Recent Trip

by Earthwatcher, posted in Bird Photography, bird watching, birding, Birds, Earthwatcher, Effie Yeaw Nature Center, Fujifilm Cameras, Goose, nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Sacramento, Uncategorized, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography
Photo of an adult and a juvenile Great Horned Owl at the opening of its hillside nesting cave. The hillside is a sedimentary mix of mud and ovoid river rocks. The background color isa sandy beige. The rocks are a mix of grays and browns. In the lower right corner is green foliage with yellow flowers – California Golden Poppies. There is some other green foliage dotting the hillside. The 2 owls are standing side by side at the entrance to their cave. The adult is the larger bird standing on the left, the juvenile is the small gray bird with gay beak standing on the right. Both birds are facing front with their head bent down, partially obscuring their eyes. The adult’s breast is mostly white, but orange in some areas, all with gray horizontal stripes. The top of the adult’s head is triangular patch with the point at the top of the beak. The patch is gray, outlined by a white stripe and further by a gray stripe. Its face is gray, outlined by a black stripe that makes it almost heart shaped. Its beak is gray.
Nimbus Fish Hatchery,
American River Parkway, Rancho Cordova, California, USA; APR 2023

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Photo of a Snowy Egret perched on a fallen tree in a pond. The fallen tree is two large main branches projecting from the water in the lower left of the picture. They project upward, across the picture toward the right at about a 30-degree angle. There are supporting branches on each of the main branches that project back into the water in the lower right quarter of the picture. The branches are dark gray, streaked with light gray on the top by the sunlight. The water is green in the lower third of the picture then changing to a greenish gray as it progresses to the opposite side of the pond. The bird is in the upper right quadrant of the picture. It is bright white with a black beak, black legs and yellow feet. Its eye is a small black dot where the beak meets the head. There is a small yellow patch on the end of the beak at the eye. There are many smaller branches in the water around the fallen tree. The river bank on the opposite site is out of focus river rocks capped with out of focus brush.
Snowy Egret;
Effie Yeaw Nature Center, Sacramento, California, USA; MAR 2023
Photo of a Snowy Egret perched on a fallen tree in a pond. The fallen tree appears as several medium gray to light gray, twisted, large branches. They appear to project from the lower right corner of the picture, curving upward; one into the middle, the other to left side. The bird is perched on one leg, on one of the branches, in the middle, vertically and one third of the way from the right side of the picture. The bird is white. It has a black beak and leg with a yellow foot. Its feathers are fluffed from the wind. Its eye is a tiny black dot at the base of the beak. There is a yellow patch on the base of the beak and around the eye. The background is the pond. The water is green in the lower third of the picture. It is mostly blue with greenish brown streaks in the rest of the picture.
Snowy Egret;
Effie Yeaw Nature Center, Sacramento, California, USA; MAR 2023
Photo of a Black Oystercatcher standing on a rock along the water’s edge. On the left side of the image is a triangular shaped, granular looking rock, sandy brown on type grading to dark gray. Across the bottom of the image, is a flat-topped rock which is light beige on the left and golden brown on the right. The water in the background is blue with some brown, shimmering rocks just below the water’s surface. The bird is standing upright atop the flat top rock, facing left. The bird has a black body, pink legs and a red beak. The bird is holding its prey, a black circular object, likely a shellfish, in its beak. Its eye is yellow with a red ring around it.
Black Oystercatcher;
Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California, USA; APR 2023
Photo of a Black Oystercatcher on a rock along the water’s edge. Across the bottom of the image, is a flat-topped rock which is light beige on the left and golden brown on the right. The water in the background is blue with some brown, shimmering rocks just below the water’s surface. The bird is standing hunched over, atop the flat top rock, facing left. The bird has a black body, pink legs and a red beak. The bird is holding its prey, a cream-colored circular object, likely a shellfish, in its beak. The shell from its prey sets just below the beak on the rock. Its eye is yellow with a red ring around it.
Black Oystercatcher;
Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California, USA; APR 2023
Photo of a Canada Goose on its nest which is on a hillside. The hill side is a dark, sandy beige color. The upper third is rock, the lower two thirds is dried mud. The dried mud is dotted with green foliage and yellow flowers. The bird has a black head, neck and bill. There is a small white patch on the right side of its head. Its breast and under parts are white. Its wing feathers are brown. The wing feathers are folded and extend to the length of its body making a “V” between the wings and underbody.
Canada Goose on Nest;
Nimbus Fish Hatchery, American River Parkway, Rancho Cordova, California, USA; APR 2023

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Sequoioideae

by Earthwatcher, posted in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, California, Earthwatcher, Fujifilm Cameras, landscape, landscape images, landscape photos, Muir Woods National Monument, nature, Nature Photography, Photography
Photograph of the lower portion of giant sequoia and pine trees. The pines are the two trees on the right side. The trunks of the giant sequoia are reddish-brown. The trunks of the pine are also reddish-brown but lighter in color. The ground is flat but with a slope sweeping right up a hillside. It is covered in white snow striped by gray shadows. Between the trees are their branches with their green coniferous leaves. Behind the trees is a background of green forest.
Giant Sequoia and Pine in Early Spring;
Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Arnold, California, USA; APR 2023

In our recent visit to California, we stopped at Muir Woods National Monument and Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Both of these places are homes to giant redwood trees. Muir Woods is home to Coastal (AKA California) Redwoods; the species that is the tallest trees in the world, some reaching nearly 400 feet tall. Calaveras Big Trees is home to a large grove of the Giant Sequoia, the biggest trees, in bulk, in the world. The largest in the grove has a diameter of 30 feet. They are wonderful to behold.

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Photograph of a small segment of a creek. The water is pale grey-green capped with streaks of white foam. The lower part of the image is in shadow and is dark. Across the river are yellow-green moss-covered trees and rocks. In the upper left corner, the tree is standing and leans to the left. In the upper right corner, the tree has fallen across the creek. Between the trees are gray rocks that are partially moss covered as well as some green ferns. The upper edge of the image is scattered brown forest debris.
Early Morning on Redwood Creek;
Muir Woods National Monument, Marin County, California, USA; APR 2023
Early Morning on Redwood Creek;
Muir Woods National Monument, Marin County, California, USA; APR 2023
Photograph of four giant Sequoia trees surrounded by snow and a moat of meltwater. The reddish-brown trunk of one tree dominates the left side of the image. Following along the bottom of the image is the snow-covered ground. Above the snow is the meltwater moat. It is dark and reflects some of the snow. Above the moat is a group of three, dark reddish-brown, giant sequoia tree trunks with a pile of snow at their base. To the right side of the image are gray tree trunks. The background of the image is the green of the forest beyond and some blue sky.
Giant Sequoia in Snow;
This day, they are surrounded by a moat of meltwater.
Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Arnold, California, USA; APR 2023
Snowmelt Stream Meandering Through the Giant Sequoia;
Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Arnold, California, USA; APR 2023
Photograph of the lower portion of two coastal redwood trees, both dark reddish-brown. Between the trees is a background of pale green foliage covered hillside receding upwards with more reddish-brown redwood tree trunks. In the foreground, at the base of the trees, are sprouts from the tree on the left. They are the green foliage sprouting from brown foliage.
New Coastal Redwood Sprouts around the Mother Tree;
Muir Woods National Monument, Marin County, California, USA; APR 2023

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Birds and Surf – Monterey California Coast

by Earthwatcher, posted in Bird Photography, bird watching, birding, Birds, California, Earthwatcher, Fujifilm Cameras, Seascape, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography
This image portrays a rough surf crashing over a large, triangular rock. Two Brandt’s Cormorants are flying low over the surf. The ocean water is pale gray-green. The rock is black with a brown peak. The surf is a mix of pale gray-green and white. The birds are black and are flying left to right, low above the surf.
Brandt’s Cormorants Traversing Crashing Surf
17 Mile Drive, Carmel By The Sea, California, USA; APR 2023

We returned to northern California for 2 weeks and visited many familiar spots. So, for the next few weeks, I will be featuring photos from that trip. I was intrigued by the birds thriving in the rough rocks and surf of the Pacific Ocean around Monterey and Carmel-By-The-Sea, California, USA.

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This image is a Brandt’s Cormorant flying left to right while carrying some type of sea grass for nesting material. The background is the blue-green water of the Pacific Ocean, capped with some white foam. The bird is black; the nesting material is in its beak and is a green color. The strip of water at the top of the image is pale gray-green. There is a large black object just below the surface of the water just to the right of the bird. It appears to be some type of marine plant.
Brandt’s Cormorant in Flight Carrying Nesting Material;
17 Mile Drive, Carmel By The Sea, California, USA; APR 2023
This image is a Western Gull flying towards the viewer, banking to the viewers right, over rocks. The waters of the Pacific Ocean are a green-blue with a strip of darker blue-green at the top of the image. Some of the waves are capped with white foam. The rocks are brown. White surf is flowing over some parts of the rocks. The bird is white and gray with a yellow beak.
Western Gull In Flight;
17 Mile Drive, Carmel By The Sea, California, USA; APR 2023




This image portrays a rough surf crashing over a large, triangular rock. The ocean water is pale gray-green. The rock is gray and is mostly covered with surf and water spray. The surf is a mix of pale gray-green and white becoming deeper blue in the upper right corner.
Crashing Surf;
17 Mile Drive, Carmel By The Sea, California, USA; APR 2023
Brandt’s Cormorant in Flight;
17 Mile Drive, Carmel By The Sea, California, USA; APR 2023
This image is a Western Gull flying towards the viewer, banking to the viewers right, over rocks. The waters of the Pacific Ocean are a green-blue with a strip of darker blue-green at the top of the image. Some of the waves are capped with white foam. The rocks are brown. White surf is flowing over some parts of the rocks. The bird is white and gray with a yellow beak.
Western Gull In Flight;
17 Mile Drive, Carmel By The Sea, California, USA; APR 2023

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Riparian Landscapes

by Earthwatcher, posted in Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee National Recreation Area, Earthwatcher, Fujifilm Cameras, GA, Georgia, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, landscape, landscape images, landscape photos, nature, Nature Photography, North Carolina, Photography, Uncategorized
Image of a forest alongside the boulder strewn Chattahoochee River, under a blue sky. The forest is primarily spring green with darker green trees in the background. The river is darker brown-green in the lower left transitioning to blue then to some silvery reflections from the ripples on the right. The boulders are irregular dark gray mounds in the river.
Early Spring Morning Along the Chattahoochee;
Cochran Shoals, Chattahoochee NRA, Marietta, Georgia, USA; MAR 2023;

Two landscapes; one from this week and one from last October.

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Image of a waterfall in Autumn. The waterfall is white, broken by some green. The white river projects from the bottom of the water fall, widening to the bottom of the frame. The boulders along and inside the river are light gray and strewn with golden brown and yellow leaves as well as some green moss. There is green foliage along the side of the river and some green, red and orange foliage above and to the back of the waterfall.
Yellow Creek Falls Tail,
US Route 129, Robbinsville, North Carolina, USA; OCT 2022

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Tale of Two Finches

by Earthwatcher, posted in Bird Photography, bird watching, birding, Birds, Chattahoochee National Recreation Area, Earthwatcher, Fujifilm Cameras, GA, Georgia, nature, Nature Photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography
Image of a male House Finch perched on a gray tree branch, facing left. The bird is surrounded by small twigs, The background is a blurred gray tree on the left fading abruptly to black on the right. The bird’s head and neck is a coppery orange fading to light gray over the breast. Its beak and legs are gray. Its eye is black. It has a gray-brown patch starting at its beak, across and below the middle, of its eye and finishing as ½ ellipse extending to the back of its head and down to the shoulder.
Male House Finch;
Roswell, Georgia, USA; FEB 2023

Most House Finches are red. However, its color comes from the food it eats during molt. Orange and yellow house finches can occasionally be seen.

I am sharing images of 2 male House Finches. These are very common birds whose range includes all the continental United States. One of the 2 images shows a bird with a red head and neck: the predominant color for these birds. The other showed up in our backyard a few weeks ago with this beautiful coppery-orange colored head and neck. It wasn’t the effect of the lighting; it was true color. I researched this condition and learned that House Finches can also come in Yellow. It all depends on what they ate or maybe they didn’t eat. The color derives from organic pigments known as carotenoids.

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Image of a male house finch perched on a gray tree branch, facing right. The background is blue sky crossed by gray tree branches of varying sizes. The bird’s head and neck is red, fading to light gray over the breast. Its beak and legs are gray. Its eye is black. It has a gray-brown patch starting at its beak, across and below the middle, of its eye and finishing as ½ ellipse extending to the back of its head and down to the shoulder. Its tail feathers are black with white tips at bottom corners.
Male House Finch;
Island Ford, Chattahoochee NRA, Roswell, Georgia, USA; MAR 2023

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Some Birds from Merritt Island – Part 2

by Earthwatcher, posted in Bird Photography, bird watching, birding, Birds, Earthwatcher, Florida, Fujifilm Cameras, nature, Nature Photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography
Image of a Green Heron perched on a light gray branch facing right. The background is primarily green leaves from a mangrove tree. The cap on the bird’s head is blue-gray. Its back is a darker blue-gray. Its neck, breast and belly is brown with several thick, white stripes. The top of its beak is gray. The bottom of its beak, its legs and its eye are yellow.
Green Heron in the Mangroves;
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, Florida, USA; FEB 2023

A few of the other birds we saw at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida, USA.

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Image of a Little Blue Heron perched above the water on a mangrove tree branch, facing right. The branch is adorned with the green leaves of the mangrove tree. The water is alternately striped blue and gold. The bird’s body is a dark blue-gray Its beak and legs are a light blue-gray. Its beak has a black tip. Its eye is yellow.
Little Blue Heron;
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, Florida, USA; FEB 2023
Image of a Tri-colored heron wading in water, facing left. The background is rippled blue water. In the right upper quadrant of the image, the rippled water is reflecting brown from trees along the shore. The bird’s head, back of its neck and its wings are gray. The tips of its tail feathers are black. Its under feathers are white. Its neck is a reddish gray from the curve to the point where it joins the body. The front of its neck is spotted reddish brown and white. Its beak is long and yellow with a gray stripe on top. Its legs and eye are yellow.
Tri-colored Heron;
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, Florida, USA; FEB 2023
White Ibis;
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, Florida, USA; FEB 2023

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