Very cool! Thanks for sharing. 💚
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Very cool! Thanks for sharing. 💚
So lovely. 💜
Good luck! I find them in mixed oak woodlands mostly. They are sweet. 💚
Macro of black, yellow and red Wild Forget-Me-Not moth caterpillar munching on stem of Pacific Houndstongue. There were many of them munching these plants along the path last weekend.
Margined White butterfly nectaring on Pacific Houndstongue bloom.
Close-up of mottled brown Propertius Duskywing butterfly nectaring on Pacific Houndstongue bloom.
Close-up of a few Dance Flies (Empis species) nectaring on pink to blue Houndstongue blooms.
Pacific Houndstongue (Adelinia grandis) was very popular with many #insects last weekend on Sonoma Mtn.!💚
Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Adelinia-gra...
#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Pollinators #Butterflies #Moths #NaturePhotos #Bloomscrolling #iNat #Wildflowers 📷🌱
Small yellow butterfly perched on grass blade. This is an Orange Sulphur.
Orange with brown and black butterfly, sunning while perched on a large oak trunk. This is a California Tortoiseshell.
Small white butterfly with dark veins is perched on a fuzzy leaf in the sun. This is a Margined White.
Small mottled brown butterfly is perched on rock while puddling in damp sand. This is a Propertius Duskywing.
Four of many #butterflies I saw last weekend on Sonoma Mtn. for #InsectThursday. 💚
Orange Sulphur
California Tortoiseshell
Margined White
Propertius Duskywing
#Inverts #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🦋
I’m so sorry Jeanne. Sending you and your dear friend love and comfort as you navigate this transition. 💜
Oh, sorry about that! 😜 I often have trouble with videos losing sound when I bring their size down, so I started with sharing a gif. Then I eventually got a video to work with sound and added it. I'm very much lacking in video skills! ha! 💚
#NestBuilders #BirdOfTheDay :)
Here's a video of the same spot, if you'd like to hear it...
#WaterWednesday #SonomaMountain #Creeks 💚
Oh, I'm so sorry, GP. Blessings on her journey. Take good care of yourself, dear one. Know that she had a fantastic life with and because of you. Holding you in my heart on this saddest day.💜
Oak Titmouse facing camera with face full of cat hair they're pulling out of our rosemary bush.
Another shot of one of a pair of titmice gathering cat hair from same bush.
One more shot of a titmouse gathering cat fur in its beak while perched on flowering rosemary bush.
This morning "our" Oak Titmice gathered Leo's fur to line their nest, so egg-laying must be close! They cleared all the fur within minutes. (Each year we save our indoor cat's brushings in the weeks leading up to nesting season.) 💚
#Birds #Nesting #NaturePhotos 📷
Congrats! They are stunning. :) 💚
Thank you Alan! 💚
Two young river otters having a sand bath.
Adult coyote hunting in a field.
Adult male Tule Elk lying in tall brown grasses.
Sonoma Chipmunk sitting up, munching on a snack.
#WorldWildlifeDay #PtReyes #Mammals #NationalParks #NaturePhotos 💚
Two Kildeer standing in shallow water at the edge of a pond.
#Sideview of #Twosday Killdeer for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚
#Birds #NaturePhotos 📷
Awesome! It’s very gratifying to support our bird friends. We have 3 boxes and they have all been put to good use over the years. Enjoy! 💚
Oak Titmouse looking down at another of our bird boxes today. 'Tis the season!
Thanks! It took me a couple hours, but finally got them going in and out. Speedy little cuties!
Here's another one checking out our "wren box" today. More to be revealed. :)
Close-up of small brown and grey bird holding on to the outside of a bird box hole.
Oak Titmouse perched atop the same bird box, holding nesting material in their beak, looking down towards the entry hole.
Front half of Oak Titmouse getting ready to take off from inside the bird box after doing some nest building.
Oak Titmice pair are busy in one of our bird boxes today. :) Here's to a successful nesting season!💚 #WeekIforInteriors #AlphabetChallenge #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷
Macro of tiny, pleated brownish mushroom in grassy area.
Tiny parasol mushroom last weekend on Sonoma Mtn. for #MushroomMonday & #MacroMonday. 💚
#Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #MacroPhotos 📷
I won't soon forget it. Quite a special nature experience.😊
What a lovely flower. 💜
Mostly cloudy sky above green tree tops in foreground. There is a distant low mountain centered beyond those trees, and very distant Outer Northern Coast Ranges on the horizon.
View of clouds and Taylor Mtn. from Sonoma Mtn. yesterday, for #SkySunday. 💚 #NaturePhotos #Clouds
Ditto. I never feel threatened by them, but those growls were a new experience. Like I told Anne, I think it was more about being frustrated with missing out on the squirrel. S/he settled down and just watched me after growling (that's when I got those shots). Fun stuff! :)
Truly! :)
Yeah, a thrill to see the chase...first on the ground & then up the tree. Was surprised to hear growls, but it seemed more about being frustrated with missing her/his meal. ha! After a couple (rather high pitched) growls s/he settled down to just watch me. I got these shots then backed away. Fun! :)
Excellent action shot! 💚
So lucky! We rented an old farmhouse at the base of Sonoma Mtn years ago & there was a den on the property. We saw all stages of life in our yard over a few years. Watched a kitten sun in our gravel drive for a long time. Juveniles are adorably long-legged. All just beautiful. No Mtn Lion yet tho! 🤞
Looking up in to a tall California Bay tree with a Bobcat perched behind green leaves. S/he is staring at the camera, very annoyed.
Closer image of same cat in same spot, peeking through leaves with one eye focused on camera.
Very exciting encounter with this beautiful Bobcat, on Sonoma Mtn yesterday! S/he chased a squirrel through the forest and up this tree, but didn't catch it. I got a couple growls for having the gall to document her/his beauty. I did not linger. :) So cool!💚
#Mammals #WildCats #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
