Detayls

Once again the Wildcare crew met at Il Davide for an evening to support Dining for Wildlife.

This was the year of bad jokes, silly eyeballs and human origami. Don’t miss the video at the end. Click on the picture for the gallery.

The food as usual was marvelous and nobody made a fool of themselves. Always a good outcome.

Connie and Jim Infield came to visit Helen from Germany in May, 2009.

Jim fixed everything in sight if it so much as looked at him funny. Everything is now gleaming and healthy.

We enjoyed their company and all the stories that were related. My favorite moment was watching a slightly sick Connie eat a Godzilla size 24 oz burrito and then demand a dessert. True class.

Click on the picture to see more.

Anna and Michelle created a wonderful “stand up” comedy club at SL on April Fool’s Day.

Everyone was encouraged to try their pitch and it was great fun.

Katherine won for best delivery and David Moody for best joke but the competition was very close.

Thanks also to Katherine for the loan of her camera.

The Clancy clan decided to hold a Barbeque at Stinson Beach on March 28, 2009.

This turned out to be the first gorgeous sunny day of the year so everyone else came too! We had a wonderful time and watched with some amazement as a bunch of young teens got busted for some infraction. The Park Rangers lectured the poor kids until their ears started to bleed and then issued them tickets for around $150 before delivering them into the arms of their thrilled parents.

(No pictures - would you try and snap the long arm of the law in the commission of their duty?)

The frisbees flew and the hot dogs disappeared. It was a glorious day.

These are some photos JoLynn took at WildCare’s Gala, which was held on February 6, 2009.

Most of the staff and a good number of volunteers showed up to help, so we had enough help so everyone could enjoy the event and socialize without something falling through the cracks.

The dancing was much livelier this year, because some professional dancers were hired, and they made the dance floor a little less intimidating.

Trish Carney’s Robins image was chosen for the weekly image review on Nature’s Best Photography.

Nature’s Best is a Nature photography quarterly magazine. You can see the review by clicking on the picture.

Notes from the field: “I knelt down across from the rock and braced myself since I was tripodless and tried to get some shots of the birds taking off from the rock. I was shooting at ISO 400 and using a shutter of 1/2500 and I have many blurred frames and frames with half a bird exiting frame!”— Trish Carney

Trish has started a blog for the bobcat sightings and other wild encounters.

I love her stuff.

While JoLynn attended a “critter” meeting, David, Helen and Marion visited the pier at Avila Beach.

The wildlife was out in force and, in particular, the pelicans seemed to have taken over. The pelican at the beginning and the end of the set may even be the same bird.

We walked all the way to the restaurant at the end of the pier and awarded ourselves with a drink and a giggle. Then we went and hung out with the harbor seals while they had a snooze.

It was a cool day and not particularly sunny but the light was very even.

JoLynn’s friend Trish Carney had a great day out on Mount Tamalpais last week. She met and hung out with two separate bobcats. You can see her photos by clicking on the picture.

I love this quote: “At one point the bobcat sat down about 50 feet from where I was and started grooming and took a cat nap for about 30 minutes. I sat down and chilled out too.”

Trish does what every good photographer should do. She goes out and puts her lens in front of the world. Her pictures are fabulous! I wish mine were half as good.

See more at trish carney’s photostream on flickr.

David, JoLynn and Jeanni held a party for Christmas Eve this year. The food was great. We had Jambalaya and lots of potluck food from various guests.

After everyone had eaten we played the familiar Secret Santa game and had lots of fun. This was a politer crowd than the Wildcare party that we had a couple of weeks back. There was a lot less present stealing.

The Toyon tree was still the Christmas-tree-of-record and will be planted after the turn of the year. Happy New Year 2009, everyone!

Here are a lot more pictures from the SL 25th Anniversary celebrations by popular demand.

Ed Koo took a lot of semi-formal group shots after our meeting and lots of great shots at the lunch. Nina contributed her own pictures from the lunch. These images are very well done and will be treasured by the staff at SL. They are probably less exciting for other visitors to this site but at least you can tell we are a happy and fun bunch of people.

Click on the image above for Ed’s work and the image of Tom below for Nina’s.

Rob Bakker has asked to have his group shots added. Click on the lowest image on the right to view them.

Happy Holidays everyone.