Tonight’s sunset in the Sierra foothills.

BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME-BEFORE IT'S EVEN FINISHED!

We have amazing news of wildlife already likely using the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing!!!!!

What species used it? A barn owl!

Urban wildlife scientist extraordinaire Travis Longcore studies, among other things, the…

Knox loves his new pool!

Rescued from Madera County Animal Services July 2023.

“There is no difference between the worry of a human mother and an animal mother for their offspring. A mother’s love does not derive from the intellect but from the emotions, in animals just as in humans.” Maimonides

Happy 55 years of being a mom, Martha Pratt! Thanks for nurturing a love of animals in me, and helping me become a writer. I will forgive you for making me listen to Barry Manilow as a kid 😀 And thank you for your unwavering support in all that I undertake. I am lucky to be your…

Side deck is ready for summer!

Just a relatively normal night sky tonight so far in the Sierra foothills. A little green. But still oh so beautiful!

sunshine
passing through
a sleeping butterfly

Ranko

Backyard bobcat hello!

We had a wonderful time today at the Mariposa Museum & History Center’s Mother’s Day Tea. The cookies were delicious and we had butterfly themed tea-cups. Happy Mother’s Day, mom!

Grin and bear it: Photographer snaps rare image of black bear appearing to smile above Pasadena latimes.com/california/sto…

The sky is magical right now! Look up! #aurora

In the Sierra foothills near Yosemite

Wow! I can see a little tint with the naked eye but the camera definitely is picking up the color from the aurora ! I take a lot of night sky photos and never seen this color before. Incredible! In the Sierra foothills in California.

Nothing like a burn pile sunset.

If you held on to your eclipse glasses, take a look at the sun today. The biggest sunspots in decades are visible. They're producing huge solar flares, meaning radio disruptions and auroras here on Earth.

Saddened to learn that Pete McCloskey passed. What a remarkable man and environmentalist. I had the honor of meeting him and hearing him talk years ago. He shared “I voted to end the Vietnam War and impeach Nixon, but I am proudest of the Endangered Species Act.'…

At first I thought this marvelous little creature was some sort of bumble bee. As I got closer, I realized the insect was a type of sphinx moth, but not a species I had ever seen before. Say hello to the Rocky Mountain clearwing, nicknamed bee hawkmoth. Excited to also post the…