I am shocked to see that it is over a month since I have written anything here- not because I feel I SHOULD have to just for the sake of it,...

I have been back in Los Angeles for three weeks. Having arrived in an excessive heatwave (temperatures up to a record 114 Fahrenheit), what ...

At the end of this week I will be returning to Los Angeles, so I am spending as much time as possible watching my favourite Great Crested Gr...

That Great Crested Grebe chick is a glutton for punishment. This evening he was continuing his hovering around one of his parents, cheeping...

I can't keep away from the Valentines Park Great Crested Grebes- especially the chick, who is no longer such a chick. I will start by s...

There is something very charming about an Acorn - the fruit of an Oak tree- as it sits in its little embossed "cup". When I was l...