Archive for January, 2010
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
What drought? Nicasio Reservoir overflows
Whenever Nicasio Reservoir overflows at the end of a dry spell, I typically climb the cliff above the spillway to shoot a photo. It’s a difficult climb on unstable rock with only scattered Scotch broom for handholds much of the way. Today I did it for the fourth time and as usual got scratched [...]
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
Disconcerting standup reporting
And now the news…. We have all see television correspondents doing standup reports in front of the White House, or of a house on fire, or of a food line in Haiti.
A quarter century ago when I was covering the insurrection in El Salvador for the old San Francisco Examiner, a gonzo TV reporter from [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in General News by DavidMitchell
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
The storms begin; schools close; a near miss at my cabin
The start of an expected two weeks of storms is wreaking a bit of havoc in West Marin. In Point Reyes Station, a total of 6.76 inches fell Sunday through Wednesday. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Highway 1 experienced light-to-moderate flooding (above) in several spots just south of town.
Flooding was worse on numerous other sections [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in General News, Marin County, Point Reyes Station by DavidMitchell
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Spare the rodent (or rabbit) & spoil the diet
Because they count rats and mice among their numbers, rodents often get a bad rap from humans. Yet rodents are part of a food chain that supports many of West Marin’s most colorful carnivores. With that thought in mind, here’s a gallery of rodents found around my cabin.
A brush rabbit, also known as a cottontail, [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Photography, Point Reyes Station, West Marin nature, Wildlife by DavidMitchell
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
Lookin’ out my backdoor: some of my favorite wildlife photos
The end of one year and the start of the next is traditionally a time for the news media to compile retrospectives, and this blog is no exception. Here are some of my favorite wildlife photos from the past all shot around my cabin in Point Reyes Station.
An increasing number of bobcats have been showing [...]
