top of page

CRITTERS

Click on image to expand.

Dromedaries

Dromedaries

Traveling by car from Aswan to Abu Simbel, in Upper (southern) Egypt, we passed a bunch of camels having a rest. This photo was taken in 1993 with a Nikon FG.

Goats on a Doorstep

Goats on a Doorstep

My memory is somewhat hazy, but I believe this photo was taken in Cape Coast, Ghana, in 1997. I thought the door was beautiful and the relaxing goats were cute. This image was taken with a Nikon FG.

Parrots of Telegraph Hill

Parrots of Telegraph Hill

San Francisco (and several other cities in the US) have flocks of wild parrots. These parrots are either escapees from captivity or the offspring of escaped birds. In San Francisco, the parrots were first noticed around Telegraph Hill, in the North Beach neighborhood. Eventually, in 2003, a documentary film was made about them. Later, other flocks appeared in other parts of the city. The birds in this photo are from the Telegraph Hill flock. They are mostly tame.

Water Buffalo on the Move

Water Buffalo on the Move

Walking around Varanasi, India is pretty much guaranteed to present more photo opportunities than you could possibly take advantage of. On the ghats (the stepped terraces leading down to the bank of the Ganges) myriad scenes of life in India are on display - from people bathing and doing laundry, to children flying kites and playing cricket, to religious observances and cremations of the recently deceased. These water buffalo were being taken to the river to have a bath.

Macaques, Mother and Child

Macaques, Mother and Child

Anyone who has been to India is familiar with the rhesus macaque, the most ubiquitous of India's monkey species. I saw this mother and child sitting in a small Hindu shrine at the base of the Mahakal Mandir in Darjeeling.

Lizard on a Burnt Tree

Lizard on a Burnt Tree

In the summer of 2008, large parts of the Ventana Wilderness, including the area around Tassajara, were burnt in a major forest fire. The fire actually passed right through Tassajara, but because of extensive preparations, and because five monks (including Zen Center's late abbot Steve Stuecky) stayed behind to man the hoses, significant damage to Tassajara's buildings was prevented. The following summer, I took this image of a lizard on the burnt trunk of a dead tree.

Tiger Swallowtail

Tiger Swallowtail

This photo doesn't really need an explanation. It was taken in the Ventana Wilderness in late spring.

Pigeons Outside the Window

Pigeons Outside the Window

This image was taken from the window of my hotel room in Calcutta. A narrow alley separated the hotel from this teal-colored building next door. This pigeon couple were roosting just a few feet from my window, and their cooing and flapping wings were the dominant sound. Although their little shelf is covered with pigeon droppings, and although pigeons are ubiquitous throughout the cities of the world (and are even something of a nuisance), I grew attached to this particular pair.

bottom of page