This week I traveled to San Francisco for business and I had enough time to visit Golden Gate Park.

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Fall is a great time of year. The plants are producing berries and flowering, the weather becomes a little cooler. The last couple of days have also been unusually sunny, creating the perfect opportunity for photography. Below is a thistle.

These branches have moss growing on them.
This was taken at the Botanical Garden [...]

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Look at the picture below. Notice anything? Perhaps close to the center on the right?
Here’s a closer look. I found a hummingbird nest!
We have a lot of hummingbirds in the Bay area. They’re always whizzing by, making little scritch-screech noises like the clashing of electronics. This was the first time I have seen a nest. [...]

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Spring has been coming for awhile here in Northern California. Audrey had his molt about a month ago. Conner is molting now. It looks like someone tried to kill him; there are feathers everywhere. Many of my friends have reported crazy hormonal behavior in their birds. Lots of screaming, biting, [...]

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