Last Thursday my lovely bride and I set up camp at Kyburz Flat in Sierra County California for a 3 night stay. We picked up her granddaughter from school on Friday afternoon to join us for the weekend. If you like to birdwatch you could do much worse than this location in the spring and […]
Apparently today is Bird Day (not to be confused with “National Bird Day” that happens on January 5th). It just so happens I was going to write a post about going to Eagle Lake and looking at birds a couple days ago anyway. This time of year I enjoy going up to Eagle Lake (Lassen
The higher elevations around Lassen County got a dusting of snow on the night of April 12-13. I’m trying to figure out a good place for my first deployment of my recently built DSLR camera trap to get some coyote photos, so I figured the fresh snow would help me identify some of their paths
About a week ago I headed out to check a trail cam I have deployed in the vicinity of McCoy Flat Reservoir in western Lassen County. My hope is to deploy a newly built DSLR Camera Trap to photograph coyotes in the area (more on the camera trap soon). Ultimately, there were no new coyote
A few days back I left home here in Lassen County California early in the morning for a date with a dental drill in Reno. There was a storm blowing in and I had plenty of time, so I figured I’d make the most of it and put some camera gear in the car. Just
While driving along State Route 36 a few miles east of Red Bluff, California, at around 1pm a couple weeks back, I noticed the conditions looked very nice for infrared photography. The clouds were streaky and wispy and the sun was bright but somewhat filtered by the high haze. As I drove by the Sacramento
On February 1, 2026, I had hopes to shoot the rising full moon somewhere near my Lassen County California home. However, high clouds in the direction of the rising moon said otherwise. The good news is that high clouds can be excellent for a sunset and they were a bit thinner to the west than
This past weekend my wife and I set up our base of operations in Colusa California at a nice little Air BnB (the Cedar Hideaway – I can definitely recommend it!). We spent most of the day Saturday and Sunday morning on the auto tour of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. Over the course of
As the year winds down, I thought it would be worthwhile to look back and reflect on where I’ve been—and what I’ve been chasing—with a camera in hand. Taking a step back like this has a way of revealing patterns you don’t always notice while you’re busy moving forward. A Wildlife‑Centric Year It’s clear to
Circuitous cir·cu·i·tous /sərˈkyo͞oədəs/ adjective (of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way. “the canal followed a circuitous route” That definitely describes the route by which I got to Silver Lake for a sunset on December 15. Seeing the weather forecast calling for rain and gloom for the next week or more, I