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Well, the short story is I was born and raised in San Pedro, California, otherwise unglamorously known as the Port of Los Angeles. I worked at the local Kaiser Hospital for 34 years, then retired in May 2013 at age 56 so I could travel around the US and Canada as a full-time RVer living in my 2011 Lance 1685 travel trailer. The adventure starts in late May 2013 and will consist of doing the things that are REALLY important to me --- backpacking, hiking, bird-watching, photography, and enjoying life in general. Thanks for taking a look at the world through my eyes, and stay tuned for Journeys With Discovery (yes, a riff on Lewis and Clark's Journey of Discovery).

If you'd like to get in contact with me, please feel free to drop me a line at sdw90731@gmail.com .

And if you'd like to purchase an original, high-quality copy of any photo (up to 13 x 19), please e-mail me. The photos I've uploaded on my website have been downsized for Web viewing.

And I've just self-published a book based on my "Birds of Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains" photo gallery; it's "Sky Island: Landscapes and Birds of Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains" and available for sale here --
http://www.lulu.com/product/lulustudio-photo-book/sky-island-landscapes-and-birds-of-arizonas-chiricahua-mountains/4360277?showPreview

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Birds of Palos Verdes Peninsula/South Bay of Los Angeles, CA : The Palos Verdes Peninsula and South Bay of Los Angeles County are areas that can be rewarding to the birdwatcher, particularly when given patience, perseverance and a bit of luck. Native vegetation has been restored in parks and reserves, bringing birds back that haven't been seen for years. These photos were taken with the Canon 7D DSLR and either a Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5/5.6L IS USM or EF 500 f/4L lens. Two great online resources for Palos Verdes/South Bay birds are Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon Society http://www.pvsb-audubon.org/ and local bird expert and guide Martin Byhower's website Birding Southern California http://www.birdingsocal.com/ .

Birds of Palos Verdes Peninsula/South Bay of Los Angeles, CA

The Palos Verdes Peninsula and South Bay of Los Angeles County are are ...

Updated: Apr 28, 2013 3:08am PST

Birds With The Canon 500mm f4 L IS Lens : Purchased at Amazon.com in late March 2009, the "Big Boy" is rapidly becoming my favorite bird lens, which I use mounted on the BushHawk. Most of these shots are taken with the 1.4x TC, making an effective focal length of 700mm.

Birds With The Canon 500mm f4 L IS Lens

Purchased at Amazon.com in late March 2009, the "Big Boy" is rapidly b ...

Updated: Jan 20, 2012 5:54am PST

2007-2013 Bolsa Chica Birds : Taken at Huntington Beach, CA's Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve (website: http://www.bolsachica.org ) using the (2007) Pentax K10D/Sigma "Bigma" 50-500mm lens, (2008-2009) the Canon 40D/100-400 IS, and (2010) the Canon 7D with either the 100-400 IS or 500 f4, all mounted on a BushHawk shoulder mount.

2007-2013 Bolsa Chica Birds

Taken at Huntington Beach, CA's Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve (websit ...

Updated: Jan 06, 2013 3:32am PST

Fall Colors in the Owens Valley and Eastern Sierra Nevada, October 6-13, 2012 : Autumn in the Owens Valley -- one of the deepest valleys in North America, hemmed-in by two giant mountain ranges, the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains -- can be spectacular, and in good years can rival the color spectacle of the Northeast. I'd always missed the peak color in the past, being either too early or too late, and was watching the reports carefully this year even though my vacation was aleady set for the week of October 7. So on the morning of Saturday, October 6, I packed up Discovery, my 2011 Lance 1685 travel trailer, hitched her to Tundra, my tow vehicle, ambled (I don't go over 55mph on the freeways) across the LA Basin, got gas at Mojave ($4.50 a gallon) then entered The Eastern Sierra Byway (as this section of Hwy 395 is called) and the Owens Valley at Little Lake. After passing through the "towns" of Olancha and Cartago -- we'll come back to those burgs at the end of the trip -- I reached Lone Pine, and it's here that the photos take over... All photos were taken using a Canon 40D DSLR and Canon EF-S 17-55 f2.8 lens.

Fall Colors in the Owens Valley and Eastern Sierra Nevada, October 6-13, 2012

Autumn in the Owens Valley -- one of the deepest valleys in North Amer ...

Updated: Oct 29, 2012 3:41am PST

Gallery Categories

The Red-Tail Hawks of Kaiser Hospital, Harbor City, California : 17 galleries with 499 photos

The Red-Tail Hawks of Kaiser Hospital, Harbor City, California

17 galleries with 499 photos

Updated: Jun 19, 2007 8:38pm PST

Birds-in-Flight (BIF) Photography : 1 gallery with 180 photos

Birds-in-Flight (BIF) Photography

1 gallery with 180 photos

Updated: Feb 08, 2009 5:21am PST

Shoreline and Tidepool Photos : 2 galleries with 64 photos

Shoreline and Tidepool Photos

2 galleries with 64 photos

Updated: Nov 03, 2008 5:25am PST

Great Basin Trips : 2 galleries with 117 photos

Great Basin Trips

2 galleries with 117 photos

Updated: Apr 29, 2013 5:34am PST

A Kayak Named PITA : 1 gallery with 17 photos

A Kayak Named PITA

1 gallery with 17 photos

Updated: Jan 24, 2005 6:07am PST

Other : 25 galleries with 2006 photos

Other

25 galleries with 2006 photos

Updated: May 01, 2013 9:04pm PST

Landscapes : 6 galleries with 385 photos

Landscapes

6 galleries with 385 photos

Updated: May 13, 2013 8:56pm PST

Photography : 2 galleries with 40 photos

Photography

2 galleries with 40 photos

Updated: Nov 08, 2012 8:53pm PST

The Panasonic TZ1 : 1 gallery with 17 photos

The Panasonic TZ1

1 gallery with 17 photos

Updated: Jul 04, 2006 5:23pm PST

Photography with the Pentax K10D DSLR : 4 galleries with 324 photos

Photography with the Pentax K10D DSLR

4 galleries with 324 photos

Updated: Dec 31, 2008 7:56pm PST

The Chiricahua Mountains, SE Arizona : 1 gallery with 95 photos

The Chiricahua Mountains, SE Arizona

1 gallery with 95 photos

Updated: May 09, 2010 1:19pm PST

The Eastern Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley, California : 1 gallery with 59 photos

The Eastern Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley, California

1 gallery with 59 photos

Updated: Oct 29, 2012 3:41am PST

Birds of Palos Verdes Peninsula/South Bay of Los Angeles, California : 1 gallery with 212 photos

Birds of Palos Verdes Peninsula/South Bay of Los Angeles, California

1 gallery with 212 photos

Updated: Apr 28, 2013 3:08am PST

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