Long view of coastal prairie hill covered in carpet of golden wildflowers, with winding river, hills and ocean beyond.
#Stunday view from our #wildflowers wander at Jenner Headlands coastal prairie last weekend. California Goldfields
(Lasthenia californica) were peaking.π
Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Lasthenia-ca...
#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat #Bloomscrolling π·π±
Close-up of tall white egret with their long neck stretched up, while hunting in a coastal prairie. There is a shimmering ocean beyond.
Great Egret hunting at Bodega Head last month for #LongNecks, #BirdOfTheDay. π
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Close-up of large female black, orange and white butterfly ovipositing on stem of Pipevine. There is a cluster of tiny orange eggs already on the vine as she continues to add more.
Macro of tiny orange butterfly eggs on hairy Pipevine stem.
Macro of tiny brownish spikey butterfly caterpillars gathered on underside of leaf that is partially eaten.
California Pipevine Swallowtail #butterflies yesterday in local butterfly garden. It's great to see all stages of their life in one outing! California Pipevine is their only host plant.π
Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Aristolochia...
#CaliforniaNativePlants #InsectThursday #NaturePhotos #iNat π·π±
Close up of pink and white Morning Glory flowers and buds on green-leaved vining plant, among other green foliage.
Pacific False Bindweed (Calystegia purpurata) buds and blooms last week at #PtReyes. I've seen Sonoma Chipmunks eating their flower buds in years past.π
Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Calystegia-p...
#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #NaturePhotos #Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers π·π±
A very Zen Buddha Black crowned Heron. Ohmmmm..in SF
Stateofthestateparks.com
#iNat #photography #NaturePhotography #Birder #cali #birding #parks #birds πͺΆπ¦ #birdsky
#california #nature
Close-up of two small black, orange and yellowish checkered butterflies feeding on white radish flowers.
#Twosday Variable Checkerspots on Wild Radish (non-native, invasive) last week in Mayacamas Mtns. There were β20 of them feeding in this stand.π
#Butterflies #NaturePhotos #iNat #Inverts π·π¦
Macro of two small red narrow bell-shaped lily flowers dangling from a tall stem.
#Stunday Scarlet Fritillary blooms last week in Mayacamas Mtns.π
Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Fritillaria-...
#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat #Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers π·π±
Large white egret with green patch on face and long breeding plumes, perched atop a tree branch.
Breeding adult Great Egret with windblown #feathers last week at #PtReyes, for #BirdOfTheDay. π
#Birds #NationalParks #iNat #NaturePhotos π·πͺΆ
Very large black and yellow Bumblebee on a white native sage flower
Crotch Bumblebee on Black sage. As big a a large Valley Carpenter bee.π
#CaliforniaNativePlants #NativePlants #NaturePhotos #Bees #iNat
This White Crowned sparrow picked the locationβ¦iconic little buddy! Stateofthestateparks.com
#iNat #photography #NaturePhotography #Birder #cali #birding #parks #birds πͺΆπ¦ #birdsky
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Black and yellow bumblebee feeding on light purple sage flower.
Native Black-tailed Bumble Bee feeding on Sonoma Sage last week in Mayacamas Mtns.π
Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Salvia-sonom...
#Bees #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat #Inverts π·ππ±
Small black, orange and off-white checkered butterfly perched in green foliage.
Three checkerspots are in this image. Two are mating while a third is trying to join in!
Another checkerspot feeding on a bloom of Orange Bush Monkeyflower.
This checkerspot is hanging upside down while feeding on a wild radish flower. Wild radish is a non-native, invasive species in California.
Some of many Variable Checkerspots we saw yesterday in the Mayacamas Mtns. They're small, but beautiful #butterflies. π #NaturePhotos #iNat π·
Small blueish gnatcatcher with a dark eyebrow stripe. He is perched on a dead branch, pausing during a high-speed chase.
Watched this male Blue-gray Gnatcatcher having a territorial tussle yesterday in the Mayacamas Mtns. Got lucky with this shot, since they were in high gear! Glad to see them returning.π
#Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat π·
Hit the jackpot at Point Reyes! π° Tracked down these yellowish-green Trillium beauties just as they hit their peak. If youβre out #Bloomscrolling this week, the coastal stands are putting on a clinic. πΏπ± #iNat #NaturePhotography #California #Wildflowers
Visited #PtReyes this week to seek out these beauties, and found a couple stands that were peaking! These #wildflowers are Trillium chloropetalum var. chloropetalum (pale yellowish-green petals).π
#NativePlants #NationalParks #CaliforniaNativePlants #Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotos #iNat π·π±
Close-up of little brown, black, orange-ish butterfly perched on my finger as I moved her off the path and on to a native blackberry flower.
Helped this tiny Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) off the path this week in #PtReyes. It had been nine years since I'd seen one, so meeting this beauty was very special.π
#InsectThursday #Butterflies #NationalParks #NaturePhotos #iNat #LittleThings π·π¦
Brown and black shorebird with an invertebrate in its long red beak, standing in a puddle among mud flats.
Black Oystercatcher enjoying some invertebrate #snacks from mud flats of Bodega Harbor last month, for #BirdOfTheDay. π
#Birds #Shorebirds #NaturePhotos #iNat π·πͺΆ
Black and white woodpecker with a red spot on head is holding on vertically while excavating a hole in a dead conifer. There are wood chips flying through the air as he releases them.
Mr. Hairy Woodpecker excavating this week in #PtReyes for #WoodpeckerWednesday. π
#Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat #NationalParks #Woodpeckers π·
Chipmunk facing the camera while eating grass buds from a long stem, perched on a woody branch above the ground.
Cutest Sonoma Chipmunk having a snack this week in #PtReyes for #WildlifeWednesday. π #NaturePhotos #iNat π·
Close-up of two red to orange tube-shaped flowers dangling over broad deep-green leaf. There are many more leaves from the same shrub around them.
Pair of Coast Twinberry blooms yesterday at #PtReyes, for #Twosday. π
Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Lonicera-inv...
#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat #Bloomscrolling #NationalParks π·π±
A golden yellow carpenter bee
A male Valley Carpenter bee. California native
#Insects #iNat ##NaturePhotos #Bees π·
Macro of small pink flower with golden anthers, above green whorled leaves in blurred redwood duff.
Western Starflower (Lysimachia latifolia) blooming earlier this month in Golden Gate National Recreation Area, for #MacroMonday. π
Plant info. here...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysimac...
#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat #Wildflowers #Bloomscrolling π·π±
Close-up of tall green stem with three green leaves and a white three-petaled flower at top of stem. It is growing from redwood duff.
Stand of three white and one pinkish-flowered trilliums.
Macro of bright yellow violet bloom with blurred green leaf in background.
Pacific Trilliums and Redwood Violet under Coast Redwoods at Sonoma Coast State Park last week.π
Violet info. here...
calscape.org/Viola-semper...
#Wildflowers #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat #Bloomscrolling π·π±
Blue with black Steller's Jay is perched on a branch with green leaf and catkin buds sprouting nearby. This crested jay has a pair of small blue stripes in the middle of their black forehead.
Steller's Jay has beautiful #blue forehead #stripes for #BirdOfTheDay. π #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat π·
A bright yellow-green parakeet, shown in flight with wings spread.
The extinct Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), from my book A Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press. a.co/d/6rKgbMQ π§ͺπΏππͺΆπ‘ #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #iNat #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #extinct
Two small grey with white speckled shore birds resting on a sandy beach.
#Speckled Black-bellied Plovers on #OneLeg for #BirdOfTheDay. These beauties have a Vulnerable conservation status. They were near San Francisco Bay last January. π #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat π·
Close-up of black with yellow bumblebee facing camera while exiting a golden poppy flower. There is a buttercup flower just beyond them and they are in a green grassy area.
Female Pyrobombus gathering pollen in California Poppy this week near Sonoma Coast for #InsectThursday. π
#NativeBees #NativePlants #Pollinators #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat π·π±
Close-up of a single pink flower atop a long green stem. Beyond it are small gold flowers on coastal hills, in front of a long view of ocean shore.
Sea Thrift (Armeria marΓtima) blooming along Sonoma Coast yesterday for #WaterWednesday. π
Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Armeria-mari...
#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Ocean #NaturePhotos #iNat #Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers π·π±
Female brown, grey and white duck next to male who is black, white and grey. They both have red-orange narrow beaks that are dripping from recent feeding under water.
Female merganser showing off her brown fluffy head while floating downstream.
Male merganser pops his head up from feeding under water.
#Twosday pair of Common Mergansers feeding in river shallows yesterday.π
#Tricolour #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat π·
