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Blue Sky – Blue Water
A nice evening on Caples Lake after the first snow last October. The sky wasn’t anything special to look at until you saw the reflection of it the lake.
Hike to Star Lake
One of my favorite places to hike to in the Lake Tahoe Basin is Star Lake. A little alpine lake that has many fond memories.
Fledgling Bald Eagle
Near Taylor Creek, I was able to capture this photo of a fledgling bald eagle.
Grooming and Running
Here’s our friend the mallard standing on a log, grooming himself while the Kokanee run up river.
Kokanee Salmon Run
Taken at Taylor Creek in the Tahoe Basin (2012)
Did you know the Kokanee Salmon are not indigenous to Lake Tahoe? Kokanee were “accidentally” introduced into Lake Tahoe in 1944 from holding ponds that overflowed at the old Tahoe City Fish Hatchery. Three years after their accidental introduction the salmon returned to Tahoe City to spawn. Knowing that the Kokanee would survive in Lake Tahoe, it was decided that the hatchery would do a yearly planting of fingerlings in the tributary streams. These plantings began in 1949. Today, California Department of Fish and Game continues to plant fingerlings in Taylor Creek to maintain a healthy population. Kokanee Salmon are a land-locked form of the Sockeye Salmon that are native to the marine and fresh waters of the Pacific Northwest.
Go Climb a Rock
Obviously, it’s taken a long time for this tree to grow over this rock but looking at it reminded me of an old tagline “Go Climb A Rock” when I was growing up.
Sunset Lake and the Nipple
A view of the Nipple from the South shore of Sunset Lake.
When the Earth Moved
Hiking in the back country near the PCT, I found this cool formation. The Tahoe basin was formed about 24 million years ago and several areas show evidence of this rise & fall of the landscape due to faulting.
Snapshots by Kats 