What is left to explore? I am met with the same problem that exists around ever major city: urbanization. Around San Diego, there are wildlife refuges, preserves, reserves and places that seem unattractive to humans, but these areas represent only a small percentage of the available land that now ...
Yes! I finally ended the streak of picture-less days. Today I went out to Silver Strand State Beach, just south of Coronado Island. Alike other recent locations, sea birds populate this beach in heavy numbers. A long bike path runs from Imperial Beach to Coronado Island through this beach ...
Well hello again to all. I have an inkling that today may also be a picture-less day, but I won't fret about this for too long. Instead, I will discuss my thoughts on film scanning. I took interest in film scanners a few years back when Costco first ...
Darn, it was a picture-less day! I was unfortunately unable to go out and photograph anything. During the brief time outdoors, I did see an American crow feeding its young on a small patch of lawn, a male and female lesser goldfinch hoping about the front yard in suburbia ...
La Jolla was marine-layer-less this evening and so I stopped by peak of Mount Soledad to take a look at the view of the city. The Soledad Natural Park was recently on the news for its controversial cross that currently towers over the war memorial. Some found its religious ...
Unlike yesterday, today's trip to Mission Bay's Fiesta Island yielded very little wildlife. I set out earlier to see if more terns would be fishing in the area before sunset. My first stop was just outside the tern nesting ground where I saw a gull I did not recognize ...
This evening, I took a short trip to Fiesta Island in Mission Bay. The location had always seemed synonymous with partying (hence the name), bon fires, fireworks and jet skis, and so I had little motivation to visit. Recently, with my peaked interest in birding, I found that a ...
Seriously, sunburn is incredibly annoying. The biting sun did not appear nearly strong as it really was, and the strain of carrying the lens masked my ability to feel the effects of its rays. Well, enough said regarding San Diego's sunshine, and now for the continuation of yesterday's trip ...
In light of the still-growing brush fire to the east, I returned to the salt-marshes along the coast line. Along San Diego County, there are five wetlands. The closest, Los Peñasquitos Marsh, bordering Torrey Pines State Reserve, is more or less restricted from human activity and is therefore not ...
At around 82 degrees Fahrenheit, Santee seems warmer than the its nominal temperature suggests; I suppose the desert-like sun and air could be the main cause of this. The original plan was to make a trip further inland, but due to the fire currently burning near Warner Springs (according ...