I am a person who loves wildlife and nature. Right now, I am into shorebirds and ducks. Currently, I follow a specific family of killdeers at a local lake and document their story. I've managed to follow two sets of chicks from "George and Martha" over the last year.

I also try to observe other birds at the lake, too, like ducks and other shorebirds.

Currently, I write for Examiner.com as the San Diego Nature Examiner and Crafts Examiner. I also post many photos at Gather.com and Squidoo. Sometimes, I use CC photos from Flickr to illustrate my articles. I appreciate all who have allowed their photos to be used for commercial purposes.

All of my photos are copyrighted with all rights reserved because I depend on them to earn money. (see below for additional information) If you would like to use them for personal or educational use, please contact me.

PHOTOS OF SAN DIEGO'S CENTRAL LIBRARY:

The only photos on my Flickr stream that are listed as "Creative Commons" is in the set by the same name. Please credit me as "Darlene Luckins, Flickr" and put how you used my photo in the description of the photo and link to it if you used it online. NO OTHER PHOTOS ARE CREATIVE COMMONS EXCEPT THIS ALBUM AT THIS TIME and permission must be asked before using any other photo not in that set.