Juvenile Peregrine Falcons

[usonian]

41. Yes, that's a good route to take from SoCal.

I am on the western side, living on a ridge, which unfortunately makes a great fire lookout. I can see two real fire lookouts from here.

The special feature here, given a view of about 140 degrees on both the east and west sides, is sunrises and sunsets.

I don't get a huge variety of flowers and birds here, given the elevation (2750) but this has been a great year for Indian Paintbrush, Mariposa Lilies, and now, the Mule Ear Daisies (wyethia). The east side has rock walls, go figure, they're photogenic and the west side has tons of manzanitas. I cleared trails through them.

Almost all the poison oak is gone, my labor of hate.

Love the coast, though. My time here has been the farthest from the coast that I've ever been.

I'm still relatively new to DU and will share some over time. Including some of that extraterrestrial geology.

Bird photos are entirely opportunistic. Only the red-tailed hawk poses for more than a second or two.