Webcam Wednesday - 29AUG2012

For my last Webcam Wednesday entry, I am dedicating this post to one of my favorite cities: San Francisco.

I love how the fog is rolling over Alcatraz (just below the tree to the upper left).

 Just the tippy-top of the Pyramid is showing above the fog.

 On a clear day....

Late afternoon. So nice of the hawk to drop by.

Webcam Wednesday - 22aug2012

Bigfoot was spotted in Yosemite in March of 2009. :)

Webcam Wednesday - 15aug2012

It has been hotter than blazes here in the Phoenix Metro area this summer. While perusing the Arizona Air Quality webcam image this past week, I came across this:

It was 112 degrees (five degrees cooler than it was the day before), and in the background, you can see some black smoke rising. The first thought that came to mind is that the City of Mesa has spontaneously combusted due to the excessive heat we have been having.
A nice storm with some cooling rain came in late last night, which brought the temperature down. Here's how things are looking at the moment (where did the mountains go?):
    

Webcam Wednesday - 8Aug2012

Who doesn't love birds? Well, I guess maybe some people, but not me! I wouldn't say I am an expert birder, but I have a reputation of spotting a hawk sitting on fence post from a mile away (at least that's what the dedication in my bird dictionary given to me by my mother says). Thanks to the webcams I visit each day, I am often treated to the many types of birds that migrate and/or live in the northern mountains of Arizona. In the Flagstaff region, the Fort Valley station of the US Forest Service has mounted a webcam near a bird feeder. I find that for the most part, different birds visit the feeder at specific times of the day. I guess you could say they really do have a "pecking" order.

Steller's Jay

European Ring-collared Doves

Northern Flicker and Steller's Jay

Evening Grosbeaks

Chickadees

Black-headed Grosbeak

House Finch

The End (I swear the bird to the left is laughing)

Webcam Wednesday - 1august2012

A lovely "Before & After" shot of Half Dome in Yosemite.