Two pictures seemed to encapsulate the mood and light of last year's Spring and Fall Equinox.
Last Spring, the trail camera caught jack rabbit on a visit to the ranch meadow.
With the flush of new grass of March, things are good for the March hares. They appear more frisky than usual. It's probably sex, rather than madness, that inspires their playful antics.
Last Fall, Jim Leonardis caught this picture of starlings massing on his walnut ranch in Big Valley.
At this time of year, seemingly in anticipation of cold, hard times, the birds merge into a defensive super organism. Thousands synchronize fantastic undulations as they come to roost en masse in the tule beds of Boggs Lake. Hawks, falcons and eagles are strafing them in the gloaming.
