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| A wild peacock near Dehesa Rd. |
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| A boat-tailed grackle at Lake Murray. A handsome fellow, isn't he? |
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| I was rolling thru Liberty Station one afternoon when I noticed a bunch of European starlings perching on a tree, chirping something silly. |
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| These white-tailed deers on Mesa Grande Reservation weren't chirping, though. |
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| Of the many sheep grazing along Dehesa Rd, this ram was the most magnificent. |
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| You never know what you'll see along rural San Diego roads. These camels were at Oasis Camel Dairy in Ramona. |
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| I tell you, kestrels are the cutest of birds! |
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| I really can't get enough of them! |
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| A Western horned meadowlark hiding in the dry grass by SD Velodrome. |
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| This cute bunny rabbit hopped over to the fence to say hi to me as I rolled though Spring Valley. |
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| One of the kamikaze barn swallows that buzzed me near J St Pier in Chula Vista. |
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| A pair of cormorants was too busy grooming to look at the camera... |
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| This Grace's warbler wasn't grooming, though. He was just being pensive. |
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| A western tanager lass hopping along a side street in Alpine. |
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| We sure do have many yellow birds around here. This is an American goldfinch. |
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| I'll confess to liking the blue birds better, tho. This cute western bluebird male seemed quite fascinate by my camera! |
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| His girlfriend, the female western bluebird here was too busy feeding to notice any camera at all, tho. |
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| But the gray hawk that occasionally visits my alley notices everything! |
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| And so does this cool dog! |
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| This cat also noticed me, but was too much of a cat to show much interest... |
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| Blackjack, Lyons Valley's cutest donkey, wanted to know if I had any celery hidden away in my jersey pocket. |
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| At least that's what this chatty little acorn woodpecker told him... |
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| Spooky the squirrel says otherwise. He was convinced that the thing I had hidden in my pockets were actually acorns! |
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| Alas, I only had a camera in the pocket, and when I pulled it out this roadrunner did a runner on me... |
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| Btw, if you've ever cycled up to the spine of Pt Loma (Catalina Blvd) you might have noticed the quacking palm trees. I managed to catch one of their vocal chords one morning. It wasn't easy... these guys really blend in very well! |
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| This beautiful wild turkey was a part of a group roaming around the eastern slope of Starvation Mountain a few months ago. |
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| A steller's jay in Pine Valley. |
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| For a while I thought he was a peregrine falcon, but I think he's really a young red-shouldered hawk. From below he doesn't seem to have the mask. |
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| The three acorn-woodpeckers on Cuyamaca Mtn. |
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| Can you believe that these... |
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| ...grow up to be these? American coots! |
3 comments:
I love that bluebird too ... and the donkey!
Great photos, Smorgy. I enjoyed all of them as well as your comments.
Is this the same camera you use for the cycling videos?
Big long mail is in preparation.
Georg
Hi Eyes: I'm plotting to ride up to see the donkey again in a few weeks. :oD He's one friendly bloke! The bluebirds are a bit more suspicious of camera-wielding cyclists, tho, and tend to keep their distance... which only makes me lust for them more! ;o)
Hallo Georgy: It's all done with the same camera indeed! I'm using Canon Powershot SE160. It's a point-and-shoot type, but with pretty good zooming power (x16 mechanically, x32 with digital zoom, though the latter doesn't focus well).
Got your email indeed. Thanks a bunch! Sorry I haven't got the chance to answer yet. Am really swamped with work until around Feb 14th or so, then I'll get to breathe a bit (and hopefully the weather will be great for mountain cycling then!). :oD Thanks very much for stopping by!
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