An early morning near the marshy edge of Big Lake at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park in Shasta County, California.

A calm evening beside Horr Pond at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park, Shasta County, California. 

A partly cloudy and warm spring afternoon beside a mountain spring in the  Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Shasta County, California. I recorded this right where it burst forth from the ground in a tall stand of old growth Douglas Fir, Ponderosa Pine, Incense Cedar, and Sugar Pine. The Black Oaks, Pacific Dogwoods, and Bigleaf and Vine Maples in the understory had yet to leaf out, and the first fern fiddleheads had only just begun to unfurl in this beautiful and secluded area of densely forested mountains located a short distance from the Pacific Crest Trail. The spring, one of several in the area, forms the headwaters of West Trough Creek, a cold and shady tributary of Squaw Valley Creek, itself a tributary of the McCloud River.

A windy evening beside a shallow seasonal lake in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. The forest, wet from recent rain, drips as the wind blows through the tall tree tops and frogs call out, occasionally in chorus.

Burstarse Falls stands within the Castle Crags Wilderness Area just off the Pacific Crest Trail in Shasta County, California. Formed in the solid granite of the Castle Crags, its water tumbles over a precipice nearly 80 feet tall before continuing on down numerous smaller waterfalls and cascades.

This was recorded during a high spring tide at the north side of the boulder strewn cove where Partington Creek enters the ocean. There is a cave there that, as the waves rolled in and compressed the air within, created a pressurized blast of air as it escaped the temporarily submerged cave entrance.

This episode was recorded at sunset during low tide in the intertidal zone at Sand Dollar Beach in the Big Sur region of Monterey County, California.

A breezy sunset at Soberanes Point in Garrapata State Park, Monterey County, California.

A sunny morning at Fern Grotto Beach in Wilder Ranch State Park, Santa Cruz County, California.

Sunset in the intertidal zone at Pigeon Point in San Mateo County, California.