Tag: #publicspaces

• The Ducks That Swim in Circles

  On a recent trip to the wonderful Sedona Wetlands Preserve, described in a previous post on this blog, I shot video footage of a fascinating group behavior by ducks, specifically Northern Shovelers. Shovelers are “dabbling” or surface-feeding ducks. The species has evolved a collaborative feeding strategy. Swimming in what John Andrew Eastman calls a “pinwheel”…

  jwilce

  January 2, 2016

  #photography, #wildlife photography, Arizona, bird photos

  #Arizona, #birds, #parks, #photography, #publicspaces

• Laguna Beach sojourn

  I’ve spent the last week in southern California— in Claremont (subject of a future posting) and Laguna Beach, a lovely smallish city lapped by the waves of the Pacific Ocean, some-time home to dolphins, with attractive old cottages in the town above, overlooking the ocean. Photos from this trip can be found here: http://www.wilcephotos.com/Beyond-northern-Arizona/ I…

  jwilce

  August 9, 2015

  #California, #photography, #photonarratives

  #birds, #Crescent Bay, #Hummingbirds, #insects, #Laguna Beach, #nature, #Pacific Ocean, #photography, #photonarratives, #publicspaces, #Shorebirds, #Southern California

• Do birds pant in the heat?

  Some, including Kathryn Knight in the Journal of Experimental Biology, say they do. And during our visit to Phoenix yesterday we were overwhelmed with the heat, especially as we tried to amble around the Arizona Desert Botanical Garden. The roadrunner pictured here might have been feeling the heat, too. Or I might have caught him…

  jwilce

  July 24, 2015

  Uncategorized

  #Arizona, #birds, #desertbirds, #DesertBotanicalGarden, #parks, #Phoenix, #photography, #publicspaces