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Santa Cruz

Island fox

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis )
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis )
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis )
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis )
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis )
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis )
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Siegel and fox

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis )
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Pixel Pro

Birds

Island scrub-jay (Aphelocoma insularis)
Family: Corvidae (crows, ravens, jays, magpies)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Island scrub-jay (Aphelocoma insularis)
Family: Corvidae (crows, ravens, jays, magpies)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Warbling

Warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus)
Family: Vireonidae (vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Spotted towhee

Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Common side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana)
Family: Phrynosomatidae (phrynosomatid lizards)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Tailless lizard

Common side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana)
Family: Phrynosomatidae (phrynosomatid lizards)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Bugs

'Murican

American painted lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

No spot five spot

American five-spotted lady beetle (Hippodamia quinquesignata)
Family: Coccinellidae (lady beetles)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Abert's thread-waisted wasp (Ammophila aberti )
Family: Sphecidae (thread-waisted wasps)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Jumping spider (Phidippus adumbratus)
Family: Salticidae (jumping spiders)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Pallid-winged grasshopper Trimerotropis pallidipennis)
Family: Family Acrididae (short-horned grasshoppers)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Ticked on

Western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus)
Family: Ixodidae (hardbacked ticks)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

If Tesla made beetles

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
Olympus TG-6

Woodlouse

Common pill woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare )
Family: Armadillidiidae (pill woodlouse family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
Canon 7D Mark II

Lousy self-portrait

Common pill woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare )
Family: Armadillidiidae (pill woodlouse family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
Canon 7D Mark II

Flora

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Olympus TG-6

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Cliff aster (Malacothrix saxatilis)
Family: Asteraceae (sunflowers, daisies, asters)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Broom

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Salsify

Purple salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius)
Family: Asteraceae (daisy, sunflower, aster, composite family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Purple salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius)
Family: Asteraceae (daisy, sunflower, aster, composite family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Olympous Tough TG-6

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Blue dicks (Dipterostemon capitatus)
Family: Asparagaceae (agave, asparagus)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Monterey cypress

Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa)
Family: Cupressaceae (cypress family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Harding

Harding grass (Phalaris aquatica)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Giant wild rye (Leymus condensatus)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Coastal pricklypear (Opuntia littoralis)
Family: Cactaceae (cactus family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Sacred

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Glorious

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

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Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

The Powers of Karen

Park Ranger Karen Powers
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Bob
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Pixel 6 Pro

Bob on the beach

Bob
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Pixel 6 Pro

Shrouded

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Pixel 6 Pro

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Pixel 6 Pro

Looking outward

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Pixel Pro

Sign
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Intense

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Kayak

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Accommodations

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Wind vane

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Ferry loading

Smugglers Cove
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Prisoners Harbor / Pelican Bay

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
October 4, 2024
Canon R5

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
October 4, 2024
Canon R5

Giant kelp

Macrocystis pyrifera

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
October 4, 2024
Canon R5

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
October 4, 2024
Canon R5

En route to Santa Cruz

Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis )
Family: Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis )
Family: Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis )
Family: Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
October 4, 2024
Canon R5

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Rigged

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Crossing the rubicon

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Ventura Harbor

Approach

Ventura Harbor
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Signs
Ventura Harbor
May 15, 2023
Pixel 6 Pro

Island Packers

Signs
Ventura Harbor
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

UW voltage box

Electrical boxes
Ventura Harbor
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Calafia

Calafia

Calafia
Santa Barbara
December 12, 2024
Canon R5

Scotty photographing

Calafia
En route to Santa Rosa Island
December 12, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Doug at the helm

Calafia
Santa Barbara
December 12, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Greg

Calafia
Santa Barbara
December 12, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Ashok

Calafia
En route to Santa Rosa Island
December 12, 2024
Canon R5

Kayaking

Calafia
Coches Prietos, Santa Cruz Island
December 14, 2024
iPhone 16
PC Doug Fischer

Scotty kayaking

Calafia
Coches Prietos, Santa Cruz Island
December 14, 2024
Olympus Tough TG-6

Bob at the helm

Calafia
En route to Santa Rosa Island
December 12, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

But no butterflies

Rainbows
Calafia
Channel Islands
December 13, 2024
Canon R5

Calafia
Santa Barbara
December 13, 2024
Canon R5

Scott and Greg hauling anchor

Calafia
Santa Barbara
December 13, 2024
Canon R5

Scott on the line

Calafia
Santa Barbara
December 12, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Bob engaged in self-reflection

Calafia
Santa Barbara
December 13, 2024
Canon R5

Converging dolphins

Ships
Calafia
Santa Barbara
December 12, 2024
Canon R5

A winch onboard

Ships
Calafia
Santa Barbara
December 12, 2024
Canon R5

Compass

Calafia
Santa Barbara
December 12, 2024
Canon R5

A mast year

Ships
Calafia
Santa Barbara
December 12, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

I discovered truth

Ships
Calafia
Santa Barbara
December 12, 2024
Canon R5

Beach geology

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 12, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Erosion

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 14, 2024
Canon R5

Crash

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon R5

Island geology

Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
Calafia
December 14, 2024
Canon R5

Wall hanging

Oak
Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 14, 2024
Canon R5

The color of the sea

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon R5

Captain of a smaller craft

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Monkeyflower

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Fennel

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Bigpod ceanothus

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Oak

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Prickly sowthistle (Sonchus asper)
Family: Asteraceae
Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

A prickly situation

Prickly sowthistle (Sonchus asper)
Family: Asteraceae (sunflowers, asters, daisies)
Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Prickly sowthistle (Sonchus asper)
Family: Asteraceae (sunflowers, asters, daisies)
Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Hedge nettle

Hedge nettle
Calafia
Coches Prietos, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Ceanothus
Calafia
Coches Prietos, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Verbena
Calafia
Coches Prietos, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Rocket at sea

Sea rocket
Calafia
Coches Prietos, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Fennel

Fennel
Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon R5

Rabbit's foot grass

Rabbit's foot grass
Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Marah

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Lemonade berry

Lemonade berry (Rhus integrifolia
Family: Anacardiaceae (sumac or cashew family)
Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Solanum

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Giant kelp
Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Mulefat

Mulefat (Baccharis salicifolia)
Family: Asteraceae (sunflower, daisy, aster, composite family)
Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Silver lupine

Silver bush lupine (Lupinus albifrons)
Family: Fabaceae (pea, bean, legume family)
Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Toyon

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Pea

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Buckwheat

Santa Cruz Island buckwheat (Eriogonum arborescens)
Family: Polygonaceae (knotweed family)
Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Mountain lichen

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Flame firedot lichen

Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Oak gall

Calafia
Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Stem gall

Calafia
Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Marine invert

Sandhopper

Sandhopper (Megalorchestia minor)
Family: Talitridae (sandhoppers and landhoppers)
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
Calafia
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

True to its name

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Family: Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
Calafia 2024
En route from Santa Cruz Island
December 14, 2024
Canon R5

Humpback descending

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Family: Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
Calafia
En route from Santa Cruz Island
December 14, 2024
Canon R5

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Family: Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
Calafia 2024
En route from Santa Cruz Island
December 14, 2024
Canon R5

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Family: Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
Calafia 2024
En route from Santa Cruz Island
December 14, 2024
Canon R5

Two harbor seals

Calafia
Santa Barbara
En route to Santa Rosa Island
December 12, 2024
Canon R5

Buoy, sea lions, cormorants

California sea lions
Calafia
Santa Barbara
En route to Santa Rosa Island
December 12, 2024
Canon R5

Scoters take off

Calafia
Santa Barbara
December 14, 2024
Canon R5

Camouflaged

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Calafia
Santa Barbara
December 14, 2024
Canon R5

When cormorants dock

Double crested cormorant
Calafia
Santa Barbara
December 14, 2024
Canon R5

Cormorant

Calafia
Santa Barbara harbor
December 12, 2024
Canon R5

Western gull

Western gull (Larus occidentalis)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 14, 2024
Canon R5

Western gull (Larus occidentalis)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Calafia
Cochas Prietos Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island
December 13, 2024
Canon R5

The trip was rigged

Santa Barbara
En route from Santa Cruz Island to Santa Barbara
December 14, 2024
Canon R5

APL

Santa Barbara
En route from Santa Cruz Island to Santa Barbara
December 14, 2024
Canon R5

Evening light

Cochas Prietos anchorage
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Calafia at sunset

Cochas Prietos anchorage
December 13, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Sunset

Sun and moon
Santa Barbara
December 14, 2024
Canon R5

Santa Barbarous moon

Sun and moon
Santa Barbara
December 14, 2024
Canon R5

Santa Rosa Island

Bob on Santa Rosa Island

Bob
Calafia
Santa Rosa Island
December 12, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Grindelia

Santa Rosa Island
December 12, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Ramalina and others

Lichen
Santa Rosa Island
December 12, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Santa Rosa Island meeting room

Santa Rosa Island
December 12, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Santa Rosa Island Research Station

Santa Rosa Island
December 12, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Repair shop

Santa Rosa Island
December 12, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Beach access

Santa Rosa Island
December 12, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Encrusted pier pilling with starfish

Santa Rosa Island
December 12, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Calafia and Doug

Santa Rosa Island
December 12, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Santa Barbara

Harbor view

Calafia
Santa Barbara Harbor
December 12, 2024
Canon R5

Rudolf the red nosed dolphin

Dolphin
Calafia
Santa Barbara
December 11, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro X

I am the egg man.

Walrus

Santa Barbara
December 11, 2024
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Catalina Island

Trans catalina

Catalina Island, Channel Islands
September 30, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Kevin as movie director

Catalina Island, Channel Islands
September 30, 2024
Canon R5

Damselfly

Catalina Island, Channel Islands
September 30, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Fuschia

Catalina Island, Channel Islands
September 30, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

Reeds in a pond

Catalina Island, Channel Islands
September 30, 2024
Canon R5

Airport in the Sky

Tower

Airport in the Sky
Catalina Island, Channel Islands
September 30, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

T-shirt in the sky

Catalina Island, Channel Islands
September 30, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II

En route to Catalina

Beach from the air

Catalina Island, Channel Islands
September 30, 2024
Canon R5

Other relevant links

Marine invertebrates
Waddell Beach
Mussel Rock
Año Nuevo

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Channel Islands

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Santa Cruz

Island fox

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis ) Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis ) Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis ) Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis ) Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis ) Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis ) Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Siegel and fox

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis ) Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Pixel Pro

Birds

Island scrub-jay (Aphelocoma insularis) Family: Corvidae (crows, ravens, jays, magpies) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Island scrub-jay (Aphelocoma insularis) Family: Corvidae (crows, ravens, jays, magpies) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Warbling

Warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus) Family: Vireonidae (vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Spotted towhee

Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Common side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) Family: Phrynosomatidae (phrynosomatid lizards) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

Tailless lizard

Common side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) Family: Phrynosomatidae (phrynosomatid lizards) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Bugs

'Murican

American painted lady (Vanessa virginiensis) Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

No spot five spot

American five-spotted lady beetle (Hippodamia quinquesignata) Family: Coccinellidae (lady beetles) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

Abert's thread-waisted wasp (Ammophila aberti ) Family: Sphecidae (thread-waisted wasps) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Jumping spider (Phidippus adumbratus) Family: Salticidae (jumping spiders) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

Pallid-winged grasshopper Trimerotropis pallidipennis) Family: Family Acrididae (short-horned grasshoppers) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Ticked on

Western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus) Family: Ixodidae (hardbacked ticks) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

If Tesla made beetles

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands Olympus TG-6

Woodlouse

Common pill woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare ) Family: Armadillidiidae (pill woodlouse family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands Canon 7D Mark II

Lousy self-portrait

Common pill woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare ) Family: Armadillidiidae (pill woodlouse family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands Canon 7D Mark II

Flora

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Olympus TG-6

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

Cliff aster (Malacothrix saxatilis) Family: Asteraceae (sunflowers, daisies, asters) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

Broom

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Salsify

Purple salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) Family: Asteraceae (daisy, sunflower, aster, composite family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Purple salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) Family: Asteraceae (daisy, sunflower, aster, composite family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Olympous Tough TG-6

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

Blue dicks (Dipterostemon capitatus) Family: Asparagaceae (agave, asparagus) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Monterey cypress

Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) Family: Cupressaceae (cypress family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

Harding

Harding grass (Phalaris aquatica) Family: Poaceae (grasses) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

Giant wild rye (Leymus condensatus) Family: Poaceae (grasses) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

Coastal pricklypear (Opuntia littoralis) Family: Cactaceae (cactus family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

Sacred

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

Glorious

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon R5

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

() Family: ( family) Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

The Powers of Karen

Park Ranger Karen Powers Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Canon 7D Mark II

Bob Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Pixel 6 Pro

Bob on the beach

Bob Santa Cruz, Channel Islands May 15, 2023 Pixel 6 Pro

Shrouded

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis )
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis )
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis )
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis )
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis )
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis )
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis )
Family: Canidae (dogs and other canids)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Pixel Pro

Island scrub-jay (Aphelocoma insularis)
Family: Corvidae (crows, ravens, jays, magpies)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Island scrub-jay (Aphelocoma insularis)
Family: Corvidae (crows, ravens, jays, magpies)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus)
Family: Vireonidae (vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Common side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana)
Family: Phrynosomatidae (phrynosomatid lizards)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Common side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana)
Family: Phrynosomatidae (phrynosomatid lizards)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

American painted lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

American five-spotted lady beetle (Hippodamia quinquesignata)
Family: Coccinellidae (lady beetles)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Abert's thread-waisted wasp (Ammophila aberti )
Family: Sphecidae (thread-waisted wasps)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Jumping spider (Phidippus adumbratus)
Family: Salticidae (jumping spiders)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Pallid-winged grasshopper Trimerotropis pallidipennis)
Family: Family Acrididae (short-horned grasshoppers)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus)
Family: Ixodidae (hardbacked ticks)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
Olympus TG-6

Common pill woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare )
Family: Armadillidiidae (pill woodlouse family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
Canon 7D Mark II

Common pill woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare )
Family: Armadillidiidae (pill woodlouse family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
Canon 7D Mark II

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Olympus TG-6

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Cliff aster (Malacothrix saxatilis)
Family: Asteraceae (sunflowers, daisies, asters)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Purple salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius)
Family: Asteraceae (daisy, sunflower, aster, composite family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Purple salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius)
Family: Asteraceae (daisy, sunflower, aster, composite family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Olympous Tough TG-6

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Blue dicks (Dipterostemon capitatus)
Family: Asparagaceae (agave, asparagus)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa)
Family: Cupressaceae (cypress family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Harding grass (Phalaris aquatica)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Giant wild rye (Leymus condensatus)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Coastal pricklypear (Opuntia littoralis)
Family: Cactaceae (cactus family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

()
Family: ( family)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Park Ranger Karen Powers
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Bob
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Pixel 6 Pro

Bob
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Pixel 6 Pro

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Pixel 6 Pro

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Pixel 6 Pro

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Pixel Pro

Sign
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Smugglers Cove
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
October 4, 2024
Canon R5

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
October 4, 2024
Canon R5

Macrocystis pyrifera

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
October 4, 2024
Canon R5

Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
October 4, 2024
Canon R5

Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis )
Family: Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis )
Family: Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5

Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis )
Family: Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins)
Santa Cruz, Channel Islands
May 15, 2023
Canon R5