Black Cormorant

Blue Rockfish

Blue rockfish at East Fish Camp, Anacapa Island.

Garibaldi Threat

California's state marine fish shows that its claims have teeth.

Kelp Rockfish

Camoflaged Grasshopper

This grasshopper's camoflaged body blended in extremely well with his surroundings of small gravel and sand.  Perhaps consequently, he seemed very confident. Indeed, his head tilt suggests that a sarcastic retort is coming.  Nevertheless, he zipped off a few seconds after this image was made.

Grasshopper on a Cactus

This grasshopper seemed unusually poorly camoflaged on a large cactus.  Nevertheless, he was without fear, and sat patiently as I photographed him.

Black Butterflies

Near Cabo Pulmo.

Desert Hare

This spare muscular hare reminded me of Albrecht Durer's painting "The Young Hare".  He appeared right at dawn and dusk, outside our bungalow at Cabo Pulmo.

Wreck of the Venceremos

The Canadian divers explore the wreck of the Venceremos, off Cabo Pulmo, Baja California.

Schoolmasters

A school of Schoolmasters, at the wreck of the "Venceremos", off Cabo Pulmo, Baja California. The Venceremos was a tuna-fishing boat that sank.  The wreckage is fairly scattered and not easily identifiable. 

School of Bigeye Trevally

The schools of silvery, luminous fish head toward the camera.  The school is dense.  This was at the divesite "El Morro," off Cabo Pulmo, Baja California. The area is a marine reserve, and large schools of fish are common.  According to the old-timers, all of the Gulf of California used to look like this marine reserve.