A Nature Walk with Edward Rooks

A Nature Walk with Edward Rooks http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html I have some rather extraordinary friends, and on the top of that list is a San Jose local, Edward Rooks, an award winning wildlife artist, naturalist, teacher, eco-tour guide, and overall amazing character. A native of Trindad, Edward can “paint” with photographs with the same incredible skill that he applies to his paintings, seeing the art in the natural world. Take a walk with him in these lovely photos of Blue Oak Ranch Reserve, and be sure to visit his website http://www.rooksart.com. Enjoy! Pacific Treefrog with yellow underside? http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#0 43bdf8f9-eedf-422c-9de4-8c9b2fd4f254 http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6134/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6134/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Looking east toward Arroyo Hondo</p></div></div> Double Deer tracks http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#4 a6a71157-572c-4e41-bd08-e94c82480850 http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6159/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6159/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Line, shape and color</p></div></div> This coyote was walking towards me, but noticed me and spun around. http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#7 7faed860-384a-4488-bca5-59a1e051ceaf http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6209/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6209/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">This coyote was walking towards me, but noticed me and spun around.</p></div></div> This coyote got a lot closer before seeing me hiding in the trees http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#8 0979d811-5c74-4218-9a4e-dc61abcf9173 http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6214/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6214/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">This coyote got a lot closer before seeing me hiding in the trees</p></div></div> Red tail with light colored tail. It's mate has a pink tail. http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#9 9f141758-8ced-4497-9ce4-4c15dd18a101 http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6240/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6240/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">This is the pink tailed half of the Red-tailed Hawk pair.</p></div></div> No, that was not a near miss. http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#11 f53629b6-f778-4123-b134-824707f53253 http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6264/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6264/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">No, that was not a near miss.</p></div></div> Acorn Woodpecker cache http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#12 2dd3bff2-0864-4837-9a7a-4ea2a663cbb7 http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6274/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6274/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Detail of Woodpecker acorn cache</p></div></div> A raucous of crows http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#14 2f5e0371-8d5a-45c5-81aa-af9f94aefd8d http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6312/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6312/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">rows and mistletoe</p></div></div> Shadow play http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#16 ec67628e-1159-4c87-9e39-7ad8099c32fd http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6323/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6323/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">now and ice on the ground and trees 800 feet higher up the mountain</p></div></div> Acorn Woodpecker in flight http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#18 be630404-161d-4f76-b23e-4dc0a4ea08b2 http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6326/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6326/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The flat and the east road leaving the reserve</p></div></div> I heard a knocking and I shouted Hellauw!... Hellauw! as Walt Koenig taught me, and sure enough out pops a woodpecker. http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#26 761efa6d-65d5-423f-a890-69c3af7c84d6 http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6376/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6376/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">I heard a knocking and I shouted Hellauw!... Hellauw! as Walt Koenig taught me, and sure enough out pops a woodpecker.</p></div></div> Talons down, two Red-tailed Hawks drift side by side http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#27 9cd58b14-3bc8-4d7f-b869-32109ca30a06 http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6407/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6407/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Talons down, two Red-tailed Hawks drift side by side</p></div></div> Cropping in on the Red-tail Hawks as they drift along together http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#28 2e0837fd-0a88-4fca-bcc9-aa10c87d9c8f http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6410/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6410/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Cropping in on the Red-tail Hawks as they drift along together</p></div></div> Lace lichen torn off the oak trees by the wind http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#29 7620472b-ec9e-4903-be4e-ff748dd8b31e http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6416/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6416/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Lace lichen torn off the oak trees by the wind</p></div></div> An eye on a miniature world http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#30 11059b2f-35a4-4d88-a2a1-4352848146a2 http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6419/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6419/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">An eye on a miniature world</p></div></div> Lace Lichen hangs in the oaks http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#31 16459568-5c87-45d0-8612-7feece23877c http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6423/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6423/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Lace Lichen hangs in the oaks</p></div></div> Flighty Buffleheads won't let me get within sight without taking flight http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#32 d7bfbd2b-2f9b-4aea-af36-30d2bcd0cf2f http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6436/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6436/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Flighty Buffleheads won't let me get within sight without taking flight</p></div></div> Buffleheads fly to the far end of the pond on Blue Oak Ranch http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#33 accb33ba-72d9-40d5-ab99-ffcadac68c04 http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6438/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6438/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Buffleheads fly to the far end of the pond on Blue Oak Ranch</p></div></div> The last of the Buffleheads finally see me and leave http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#34 c6741129-948a-4aa3-a8b2-c474b40e6e0b http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6443/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6443/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The last of the Buffleheads finally see me and leave</p></div></div> There they go http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#35 d2c08a3f-891d-46e4-970e-5bb891c398a8 http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6444/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6444/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">There they go</p></div></div> Female Phainopepla on dead mistletoe http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks.html#36 c5b1c5b6-12ca-405b-86d6-55de69694bd5 http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6447/thumb.jpg http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/BORR/Galleries/Pages/A_walk_with_Edward_Rooks_files/Media/IMG_6447/micro.jpg

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