Late last summer our family room was home to several monarch caterpillars. We watched the eggs hatch and the voracious tiny caterpillars begin their constant eating. For the first part of their life, growth is rapid and very noticeable. Every day they were bigger and ate more. It was a lot of work to keep […]
My daughter Sarah, runs an animal rescue facility for injured, displaced, and non-releasable animals. She was asked to take in this Amazon parrot by a woman fighting the ravages of cancer. The woman knew of Sarah’s reputation and dedication to animals and was grateful when he was accepted into her facility. Sarah provides him with […]
I have always been fascinated by great apes, the way they work with opposable thumbs and move with flexible shoulders. I am intrigued by the way they care for their young in ways that are familiar to humans. When I am lucky enough to look into their deep soulful eyes, I am always left wishing […]
Last year, the data from NASA’s space probe gave scientists the information to revise their previous numbers and declare that there are roughly 200 billion galaxies in our universe. Some scientists believe that our own Milky Way galaxy could have as many as 100 billion solar systems and 100 thousand million stars. The probability of […]
For the last few winters, we’ve had an eagle in our backyard once the weather turns bitterly cold and everything starts to freeze. Even though they are not considered migratory birds, eagles will fly as far as they need to find food… but only that far. While the center of our pond is still unfrozen […]
Dense fog always makes me feel so isolated and cut off from my surroundings. To say that I don’t like driving in it, is a huge understatement. It distorts and impairs my vision and somehow even my sense of direction. I feel like I can’t see what’s coming in enough time to engage a strategic […]
Nestled in the top of our mountain valley there are three lakes that are a popular destination for summer fun. They are fed by rainfall and snowmelt and their water level is a direct result of how much moisture we’ve received. This summer, the water level of the lakes was at an all-time low and […]
Being in the right place at the right time to photograph a baby owl was certainly fortunate, but the lesson of that day would change me in unimaginable ways. I was careful and quick but had no idea why he was moving his little head around so much. When I came home, I searched for […]
As much as this little one might look like a chicken, it is a vastly different animal. Being just a few days old when this pictures was taken, we can’t see the fullness of what he will become yet. At this stage in development, it’s even hard to determine if this is a male or […]
We live close to one of the western hemisphere’s most important stopovers for migrating birds. The Great Salt Lake is a critical link in the Pacific Flyway between North and South America and the GSL Shorelands Preserve is 4400 acres of protected habitat along its eastern shore. We went one Fall knowing the birds had […]