This site is dedicated to wildlife and landscape photography.
This site is dedicated to wildlife and landscape photography.
Whenever I photograph a bobcat I try to determine its sex. I usually get a good enough look to be able to tell. This one is obviously a male. Even if I couldn’t determine its sex in the normal way, I’d assume this one to be a male based simply on the shoulder muscles. For some reason, the vast majority of bobcats I see are males.
Marin County, California, is not known for its waterfalls, but it has several. The best are on Cataract Creek in Cataract Canyon. This little series of falls is not even on Cataract Creek, but on one of its tributaries. In the canyon it’s easy to miss a good photo opportunity, even on the main stem.
With its Mediterranean climate, Marin’s waterfalls slow to a trickle in the summer. Go now. If you would like to purchase a print of this image click here.
I saw this bobcat about a month ago. He was sitting in a field enjoying the warmth of the afternoon sun. He looks like he may have been daydreaming. Do bobcats daydream? If you would like to purchase a print of this image click here.
I took this photo a year ago. This is the time to be shooting waterfalls in Marin County because most of them are at their best in the rainy season. I had a hard time getting down to the creek for this photo. It was very steep the way I went. If I go again I’ll try to find a better route. Getting out was even harder. I had to decide which rock or limb I was going to try to grab for the next move. Being on my belly at times crawling through the wet leaves and dirt got me into prime tick habitat and, sure enough, I got one. I didn’t find it until the next day and by that time it was deeply imbedded. Fortunately, it wasn’t carrying Lyme disease. Only 10% of the ticks in Marin carry it. On the East Coast it’s more like 90%. You don’t want Lyme disease. To purchase a print of this image click here.
I had driven by this scene a few times before I stopped to photograph it. The lower part of the tree is cut off by the hill. To order a print of this image click here.
This is a view of the upper falls in Cataract Canyon. Marin County is not known for its waterfalls, but it has several. My favorite place for waterfalls is Cataract Canyon. It has at least nine waterfalls and all of them are worth photographing.
It’s been raining lately here in Marin County. I drove down the hill from my house and this great egret was standing in a seasonal pond. During the winter it is connected to a larger body of water called Rush Creek which has fish in it and which drains into the Petaluma River and then into San Francisco Bay. Fishing was good. The egret caught lots of small fish, one fair-sized fish and something that looked like a crayfish.
It is mating season as evidenced by the nuptial plumes.
