HAPPY NEW
YEAR TO ALL -
The Raven has
been flying around San Diego for the past month doing many things, but not
getting to the Blog. There was Thanksgiving with a friend from our time in
Hawaii, Christmas preparations, a hike or two, and evening walks with some
beautiful sunrise/sets:
Then came the activities associated with Christmas. I
hope all of your experiences were as filled with joy, laughter, and fellowship
as ours.
The nest is
back to a semblance of normal so I will try to be more faithful in writing
about hikes, travels, and photography. We continue to have sunny skies and very
comfortable shirt sleeve weather here. We really need some rain though.
Here are some
pictures of what has been happening here in San Diego -
Sunset/rise
colors --
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| Sunset Dec. 16 |
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| Sunset Dec. 16 |
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| Sunrise, Dec. 17 |
My daughter, Tina,
and I went out one afternoon to do a little bird photography at Santee Lakes
where we saw mallards, wood ducks, ring-necked ducks, widgeons, cormorants, and ruddy ducks.
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| Chatting Mallard |
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| Ruddy Duck |
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| Widgeon Madam |
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| Mixed Pair: Mallard and Lady Widgeon |
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| Mallard in Flight |
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| Lady Mallard approaching Landing |
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| Cormorant |
On New Year's
Eve I went to meet fellow photographers to photograph brown pelicans and a few
cormorants. It was
another lovely day outside on a beautiful morning.
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| A Long Stretch |
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| Landing Approach |
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| Got an Itch |
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| Double Crested Cormorant |
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| It is A Beautiful Day |
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| You want to land here? |
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| Sopwith Camel making Approach |
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| What a stretch |
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| Brown Pelican in Flight |
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| Flying |
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| You Caught Me, Again |
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| Got to get that Itch |
On January
3rd I went on a nice hike to Iron Mountain which is located East of the City.
As you will see, the mountain is
not very high, elevation 2696 feet, but it is typical of the area with the
hillsides covered with lots
of boulders.
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| Boulder Pile Up |
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| Do You See the Face? |
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| Sleeping Boulder |
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| Iron Mountain Trail |
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| Iron Mtn. Geology |
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| Spice Bush |
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| Grove View |
Wish you all
a wonderful New Year full of adventures, good health, and great companions.
Nice shoots! Great to know you're keeping busy, even if not on the blog. I leave in a week for South Africa so hope to start capturing some wildlife, with the camera that is. Happy New Year to you and George!
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