Last week, my wife and I visited her parents in Fremont to celebrate Father's Day. After several days of temperatures reaching up to 108°F in Sonoma, it was nice to enjoy some cooler (or perhaps more accurately, "less deathly hot") weather by the Bay. My green-thumbed...

I have discovered that living in Wine Country is . . . . . . DOVE-VINE. (Ba dum tss! ) Eurasian Collared-Dove in Sonoma Valley, California Its friend was in a nearby oak tree and posed for me as well. I tried my best to photograph the dove's true essence. I'm not sure...

Usually when I ask birds to smile for the camera, they ignore me, but bless him (or her), this little oak titmouse actually tried. I hope its beak is OK. 🙂

Spent part of a sunny Saturday afternoon at the Alameda Creek near the Niles Staging Area. I'm surprised there is any creek left considering it has hardly rained at all this past year. There were a few ducks and a large number of Canadian geese swimming in the water,...