Christmas in South Pasadena

 I took the train on Xmas morning from San Diego to Union Station in downtown LA.

 Inside the Amtrak train to LA.

From Deb's Park the view through the smoke of downtown LA from near cousin PJ's house in South Pasadena.

Today at the zoo...

Yosemite

On the 13th and 14th of September I camped near Tuolumne Meadows for a couple days of hiking.

Lembert Dome

Looking 180 degrees west from Lembert my menDome.

Dog Lake

I saw this fawn while hiking in the woods the next day.

Taking a rest while hiking a stretch of the Toulomne River.

Min Gei Art Museum

From yesterday's vist...

San Diego Art Museum at Balboa Park Part II

San Diego Art Museum at Balboa Park

San Diego Zoo

Famosa Slough Bird and Nature Walk

 On the third Saturday of the month there's a bird and nature walk at the Famosa Slough near where I live. This afternoon I went over for the second time.

Most of the birds are actually gone this time of year except for the year around residents like this black crown night heron shown to the left.

This immature black crown was also hanging out.

There were some great egrets to be found too.




 

Along the San Diego River Bike Path

TernWatch - Part 4

 I got these three pics of the California Least Tern chicks when I was on predator watch this morning.

 I'm going to work on trying to get the focus better. This is the best I know how to do for now... new camera.

Cute little buggers eh?

Tuesday at Balboa Park...

Our President...

Ternwatch - Part 3

Today a lot of the nests seemed abandoned like these two.

... and then a lot of them weren't.

Mom bringing a nice fish for her chick to have for lunch.

A picture borrowed from Wikipedia of a California Least Tern chick.