[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/8017274 w=400&h=300]A kinetic sculpture I made a few years ago in my little kitchen shop. The song is an old tune of mine called Mars.
The Moon Beneath the Leaves /
CLICK HERE FOR AUDIOThis is a song I made many years ago after I "borrowed" my sister's old clarinet. The rhythm track is a loop made from a tape recorder that was left on in my backpack as I walked near Golden Gate Park. If you have headphones on, you will hear a House Sparrow chirp was recorded into the beat. A mournful tune in honor of a much maligned great survivor.
Lo-fi Low-speed /
[wpvideo M04FCYm6]Pine Siskins filmed from my deck with a point-and-shoot high-speed camera. More to come once I get this dialed in.
Strange Beauty /
This Red-tailed Hawk is a great example of their variability. It had such warm and mixed up plumage and a heavily banded, short-ish tail, made even better by the setting sunlight. Photographed along the Great Highway, Ocean Beach, SF.
Too bad the curtains are drawn... this would be a great view (aside from the guy on the hill with the camera).
Not Birds /
Strange relationships. An oak branch hosts mosses which host a small plant that houses a spider and some aphid-like buggers. You can see the little guys drawing what they need from the plant when you look at those little depressions on the dorsal side of the leaves on the far side.
A Red Admiral that has seen better days takes a breather.
Ferns in the little canyon at Point Reyes Bird Observatory.