Friday, September 27, 2013

California Nature Series 3

California Quail:
California Quail

Family of Black Phoebes:
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Western Scrub-Jay:
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Anna's Hummingbird:
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American Goldfinch:
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Western Scrub-Jay:
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White-Crowned Sparrow:
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Mallard-lets:
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Dark-Eyed Junco:
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Dark-Eyed Junco:
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California Nature Series 2


Snowy Egret:
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Anna's Hummingbird:
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Brown Creeper:
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Song Sparrow:
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Horned Grebe:
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American Avocet:
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Anna's Hummingbird:
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Almond grove and fruit:
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California Nature Series 1



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Sunday, September 22, 2013

San Francisco impressions

Little things (and big things) that stick in your mind after a visit to San Francisco:

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(Photo by Luke Cabading)

Interior of Saints Peter and Paul Church (click to enlarge the panorama):
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(Photo by Luke Cabading)

And this is the exterior:
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Morning view from our SF house:
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Breakfast:
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Stained glass window at the Grace Cathedral:
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Detail of the main doors to the Grace Cathedral - cast from the same mold as those of Florence's Duomo:
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