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Christmas Tree at the Crystal Cove Beach Cottages, Crystal Cove State Park, Newport Beach, Orange County, California. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! The post Merry Christmas and Happy Holi...

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Mountain biking on the Flume Trail, Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Pardon a little self promotion, but this fancy award showed up in the mail recently. Actually it if from 2015, but has been in the Alaska A...

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Wrightwood, California. A quick photo from my iPhone – my car is somewhere in there!  🙂  Ironic, i have been in Alaska the last couple of years for Christmas and we haven’t had any snow....

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Fishhook Cactus Since I don’t photograph during my workshop, I just grabbed this quick image with my phone.  Along with the desert lilies, the fishhook cactus are blooming like no year I have ...

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Ladybug on a Desert Lily, Anza-Borrego State Park, California. There is a lot of green in Anza-Borrego this year, but wildflowers are running late this year.  If anything, good years are usually...

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Anna’s Hummingbird nest, Borrego Springs, California. Had the pleasure of watching 3 separate hummingbird nests yesterday – this Anna’s, a Costa’s and a third one in our campsite.  The f...

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A handler with a gyrfalcon during the Hawk Watch Last Saturday we visited the Wildlife Research Institute in Ramona, California located in Eastern San Diego County.  This wonderful non profit re...

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A photo from 2015, this may have been the best wildflower year in Anza-Borrego in about 10 years. Thanks to one of the largest El Nino’s maybe ever, I don’t think the anticipation for a big d...

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Desert wildflowers in Anza-Borrego on February 26, 2015. For many years now I have offered two photography workshops each spring in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.   This year I wil...

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The giant Sequoia trees in Sequoia National Park, California. For Arbor Day, how could I go with anything other then one of the most magnificent tries on earth, the giant Sequoias!  Even if I ha...

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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California. I spent the month of March split between two extreme environments – the Sonoran Desert of Anza-Borrego, and the Alaskan Arctic well north of the Arct...

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This Is The City 57 Degree Magazine. Here is a little shameless self promotion – I have the cover current issue of This Is The City 57 Degree magazine along with a portfolio of bald eagle photo...

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Anza-Borrego from earlier this week. I’m posting from the Phoenix Airport waiting for my flight back to Alaska.  It was a great six weeks in the desert. I’m only home for two very busy days ...

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Chuparosa in Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California. This was about an hour ago. Wrapped up another fun workshop yesterday without the challenges of the rain when had the pr...

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Borrego Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California. How is that for a creative title! The post More Desert Wildflowers appeared first on Photo Blog - Niebrugge Images .

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Desert Wildflower, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California. Last night I finally had clouds to the north.  You see, the desert gold all faces towards the south, so the fields look much thicke...

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Sunset, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California. Recent sunset in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Sunday through Monday we received almost another half a inch of rain – made for some challen...

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Borrego Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California. Another new one from Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California. The post Borrego Palm Canyon appeared first on Photo Blog - Ni...

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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.     Another desert wildflower image from this week. The post Borrego Wildflowers appeared first on Photo Blog - Niebrugge Images .

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Desert wildflowers, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California. This was last night – things are looking good!  With much cooler temperatures in the weekend forecast, along with clouds and rai...

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