Lodi, California

Lodi, California

I moved to Lodi in January and am always looking for new places to go shooting. I also have designed 2 sets of postcards to put at my local merchants for sale. This is set number 2 that I just got back from the printers. I have been able to capture some sunsets and also our local celebrities the Sandhill Cranes. I have posted before about the cranes but with living so close I now can go visit them several times a year while they are here. The farmers around us will flood their fields for the cranes and other birds. It is quite a site to see hundreds of them flying in. 

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Stuck in Lodi Again

Stuck In Lodi Again

OMG I am really afraid people are going to start calling me the crazy bird lady!! While out for a drive the other evening to look for something interesting to photograph, we wandered down Stanton Island Road on the outskirts of Lodi, Ca. And low and behold there were the Sandhill Cranes and some Egrets as well and many other birds. So we got out and wandered around the area and stuck around for sunset. Here are a few of my images from that night. 

Sandhill Cranes~Full Moon

Sandhill Cranes

Birds of a Feather 

Sandhill Cranes

Birds, Birds and more Birds

Birds, birds and more birds

For someone who doesn't consider herself a birder, I sure have a lot of bird pictures.  I just made my third trip to Safari West to go glamping (glamours+camping) between Santa Rosa and Napa, Ca. Had a great time as always. If you ever get the chance to go, do it. www.safariwest.com  I was able to take a behind the scenes tour and was able to see and pet a baby flamingo and a baby great horned billed, we also fed a porcupine and the highlight for me was being able to feed their herd of giraffes a big bowl of carrots and bananas. But back to the birds I am posting here. These are birds from many locations that I have shot. I hope you enjoy. 

Pelicans

San Hill Cranes

Sand hill Cranes

Flamingos

 Demoiselle Cranes

Scretary Bird

Lady Baltimore~Bald Eagle

Stuck in Lodi again....................

Stuck in Lodi

Well we aren't really stuck but I love the old CCR song. We moved to Lodi in January after living in the foothills for 32 years. I must say we have adapted nicely. It is nice living so close to my kids, work, sister and not to mention conveniences. As a photographer it is nice being somewhere different with different picture opportunities, and I have found many right here in Lodi. I love living near all the vineyards, I find great beauty in them. So here are a few of my Lodi pictures. 

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Lodi Arch

Lodi Vineyards

Lodi Grapes

Lodi Lake

Open fields at Lower Sac and Lodi Ave

Sandhill Cranes

Lodi Postcards that I have designed