For the uninitiated, there is little that can be said to fully express the beauty of Baja California Sur. From the moment one leaves the populations of Colonet & San Quintin, makes a requisite gas stop in El Rosario, and heads into the heart of undeveloped land of cardon, bojum, cholla, poloverde, cirrius and more [...]
Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
beauty where we find it …..
Posted: January 18, 2012 in Baja Living, Beach Dogs, Birds, Buster, Casa de Catalina, Clean Water, Coronado Island, Desert, Dolphins, Environment, Estuary, Family & Friends, Fish, Food, Loreto, Moon Rise, Sailing, San Juanico, Scuba Diving, Sea of Cortez, Snorkeling, Sunrises, Sunsets, SUP, Surfing, Weather, WhalesTags: bountiful sea, Cabo San Lucas, cirrius, San Quintin, Sea of Cortez
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Imagine : Barreling down a dirt road in the middle of nowhere (actually true) and beginning to believe that you really are in the middle of nowhere (it’s been nearly 100 miles on deserted dirt roads) when suddenly, you have to slam on the brakes and wait for the traffic to clear. First it’s the [...]
… too much time in baja! ….
Posted: October 13, 2011 in Baja Living, Beach Dogs, Casa de Catalina, Environment, Family & Friends, Food, Gardens/Plants, Loreto, Sea of Cortez, Sunrises(coming round again) You my have spent too much time in Baja if: You open the refrigerator and are stunned it’s not filled with Coronas. You can’t drink anything unless it has a slice of lime. It’s not a meal without salsa fresca and chips. You greet everyone with “Hola” or “Buenas Dias”. You keep [...]
Blue Mind …
Posted: October 8, 2011 in Baja Living, Clean Water, Environment, Sea of CortezTags: blue marbles, blue mind, oceans, one earth, sea turtles, Wallace J. Nichols
“This is Your Brain on the Ocean,” is a must read article about our ‘own’ Wallace J. Nichols – who’s research and perseverance has led to protection and enhancement of turtle nesting grounds in and around Loreto (okay, and the globe). The interview of Nicols by Jeff Greenwald for onearth, a survival guide for the [...]
sentinels
Posted: October 3, 2011 in Baja Living, Birds, Casa de Catalina, Environment, Sea of Cortez, Waste ManagementTags: Turkey vultures
Known as ‘the cleaners’ of the desert,’ an appearance of turkey vultures circling overhead is a sure sign that something in the vicinity is dead. With haste and efficiency, the flock will find and eliminate all fleshy materials, and leave a skeleton and fur/skin in place of what was once an animal. On the beaches [...]
Conservation and the Plight of the Vaquita
Posted: June 4, 2011 in Baja Living, Clean Water, Desert, Dolphins, EnvironmentTags: Baji Dophin, Doplhins, Fishermen, Gillnets, Gulf of California, Science Conservation Symposium, Sea of Cortez, the Ocean Foundation, Vaquita
‘The last fallen mahogany would lie perceptibly on the landscape, and the last black rhino would be obvious in its loneliness, but a marine species may disappear beneath the waves unobserved and the sea would seem to roll on the same as always.” – G. Carleton Ray in “Biodiversity”, National Academy Press, 1988 Last week [...]
Morning Birthday Gifts
Posted: May 26, 2011 in Baja Living, Birds, Casa de Catalina, Clean Water, Environment, Loreto, Sea of Cortez, SunrisesTags: Eco-Alianzia de Loreto, Kay Wright, Mark Spalding, Science Conservation Symposium, sea turtles, the Ocean Foundation
Quiet seas and shimmering dawn. Early morning osprey calls. The whiz of hummingbird wings next to my face. The splash of hungry pelican. A brisk walk to a thought provoking seminar by Mark Spalding the Ocean Foundation on environmental governance, part of the three-day Simposio de Ciencia de la Conservación en Loreto (Conservation Science Symposium). [...]
Homage to the Home Planet
Posted: April 15, 2011 in Baja Living, Clean Water, Desert, Earth Day, Environment, Estuary, Family & Friends, Waste ManagementTags: Earth Day, Eco-Alianzia de Loreto, Loreto National Marine Park, Loreto Pride, Sea of Cortez, Waterkeeper Alliance
Earth Day – Loreto Pride were celebrated on April 10, 2011 with a community cleanup of the Arroyo Candeleria. The event was sponsored by the Waterkeeper Alliance, Parque Nacional Bahia de Loreto, Loretanos por un mar lleno de vida, and Eco-Alianza de Loreto. A.C. As in years past, the arroyo had been used by those [...]
after the longest night
Posted: December 23, 2010 in Baja Living, Birds, Casa de Catalina, Environment, Sea of Cortez, Sunrisesthe sun crested the isla carmen one minute earlier this morning : 7:14 instead of 7:15 .. yes, the shortest day and longest night have passed … there must be a metaphor in this. the air is still and warm. no waves and hardly a ripple on the water. i find this magical, as i [...]
The sky ablaze this morning with 60 or so vultures, circling, searching. What has died? What is about to die? Joining the fray, a Magnificent frigate bird, his long lanky body with split tail stark against the chunky vulture bodies. As they continued to swirl, a lone red tail hawk joined the sky born dance. [...]
