Marty Nicolaus

Tough Pull

This Great Blue Heron used all its tricks and all its power to try to yank a meal out of

These two Western Gulls got in a tug-of-war over some piece of scrap that was so tough it took both

The bird stood on the rocks on the east side of the seasonal Burrowing Owl sanctuary like a statue. The

They were so cute I couldn’t resist. It helps to know there was a stiff wind blowing from left to

The North Basin looked like Pelican Pond in the early morning hours. Once again, dozens of Brown Pelicans flew in

A Canada goose was electrocuted this afternoon after apparently colliding with a 12,000 volt wire that supplied electricity to the

After a period of relative quiet, dozens of House Finches suddenly emerged in July, feeding in shrubs and grasslands on

Ladybugs aren’t the only insects that eat aphids. The larvae of this hoverfly, the Tufted Globetail (Sphaerophoria contigua), also feed

This adult Pacific Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer) moved in fits and starts, more hesitatingly than its usual fluid slither, and

As I was poking around in the fennel bush looking for aphids, ants, and ladybugs, this reddish creature flew in

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