DiRebecca

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sonoma county, ca.

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I've been very lucky to spot six Osprey near the Marin and Sonoma coasts this week. Pretty sure that pair (2nd photo) were fledgling siblings, and that I was seeing another sibling perched nearby. I am always awed by them.💚 #Birds #NaturePhotography #iNat #OriginalContent 📷🌿🪶

For #MothWeek here are some #SonomaCounty beauties I've "met" over the past few years. 1)Rocky Mountain Clearwing, nectaring on native Ookow. 2)Four-lined Arches 3)California Pyrausta Moth 4)Sage Plume Moth 💚 #Moths #Invertebrates #NativePlants #NaturePhotography #Macro #iNat #OriginalContent 📷🌿🌱

A peek at the Pacific last week along the #SonomaCoast, with blooming native Cow Parsnip/Heracleum maximum.💚 More on Cow Parsnip here... calscape.org/Heracleum-ma... #WaterWednesday #NativePlants #Bloomscrolling #WildflowerWednesday #Ocean #NaturePhotography #OriginalContent #iNat 📷🌿🌱🌊

I'd only seen a few of these creatures over the years, but last week I spotted three near the #SonomaCoast. They're named Pacific Velvet Ant/Dasymutilla aureola, but are actually wasps.💚 More here... www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119733-... #Invertebrates #NaturePhotography #OriginalContent #iNat 📷🌿

For #MacroMonday, here is a native Longhorn Bee/Eucera Synhalonia (subgenus) on Rough Hedgenettle/Stachys rigida. 💚 #NativePlants #NativeBees #Bees #CaliforniaNativePlants #Macro #Photography #NaturePhotography #iNat #OriginalContent #Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #Invertebrates #Pollinators 📷🌿🌱🐝

Pairs of native Twinberry Honeysuckle/Lonicera involucrata berries for #AlphabetChallenge, #WeekDForDoubles. 💚💚 More Coast Twinberry Honeysuckle shrub information here... www.calscape.org/Lonicera-inv... #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #NaturePhotography #OriginalContent 📷🌿🌱

Two of my favorite tiny #moths on #NativePlants.💚 1)Three-striped Longhorn on Tufted Poppy. 2)Ocean Spray Fairy Moth on Sticky Cinquefoil. #SundayYellow #Invertebrates #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #Wildflowers #Nature #NaturePhotography #OriginalContent 📷🌱🌿

Some of the many #butterflies we saw near the #SonomaCoast yesterday.💚 1)Ox-eyed Satyr (mating pair) 2)Blue Copper nectaring on Seaside Buckwheat. 3&4) Acmon Blues (♂&♀) nectaring on Seaside Buckwheat. #NativePlants #Pollinators #NaturePhotography #iNat #OriginalContent #CaliforniaNativePlants 📷🌱🌿🦋

Here are some Parrot Mushrooms/Gliophorus psittacinus for #FungiFriday.💚 #Mushrooms #FungiFriends #NaturePhotography #iNat #OriginalContent 📷🌿🌱🍄

Anna's Hummingbird/Calypte anna nectaring on native Showy Milkweed/Asclepias speciosa this week.💚 More on Showy Milkweed here... calscape.org/Asclepias-sp... #FeatheredFriday #Birds #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Pollinators #NaturePhotography #iNat #OriginalContent 📷🌿🌱🪶

💚 #Redwoods #Trees #Ferns #ThursdayGreen #TreeThursday #SonomaCoast #iNat #NaturePhotography #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #OriginalContent 📷🌱🌿

California Lady Beetles/Coccinella californica on native Water Parsley/Oenanthe sarmentosa at #PtReyes. 💚 Water Parsley info.... calscape.org/Oenanthe-sar... #NativePlants #Pollinators #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotography #NationalParks #PointReyes #OriginalContent #iNat 📷🌿🌱🐞🐙

Some may have seen my sighting of distant Humpback whales that I posted recently, but then this happened last week! We went out to the #PtReyes lighthouse overlook & saw this beauty when the fog cleared. Always thrilling!💙 #WaterWednesday #Ocean #Whales #NaturePhotography #OriginalContent #iNat 📷🐋📸

Spiny Leaf Gall Wasp/Diplolepis polita galls on native Baldhip Rose/Rosa gymnocarpa this Spring. #NativePlants #iNat #Invertebrates #NaturePhotography #OriginalContent #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCircles 📷🌿🌱

For #TextureTuesday here is a Western Maidenhair Fern/Adiantum aleuticum near the #SonomaCoast.💚 More information here... calscape.org/Adiantum-ale... #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Ferns #iNat #Gardening #NaturePhotography #OriginalContent 📷🌿🌱

Western Sandpipers/Calidris mauri at #PtReyes last week.💚 #PointReyes #Birds #Birding #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #iNat #OriginalContent 📷🌿🪶

For #MacroMonday here is a Carrot Plant Bug/Orthops scutellatus on Seaside Buckwheat/Eriogonum latifolium, at Sonoma Coast State Park earlier this month.💚 #LoveBug #NativePlants #Wildflowers #iNat #Parks #Macro #Photography #NaturePhotography #Bloomscrolling #OriginalContent 📷🌿🌱🐙

#AYearAgoToday we got to watch these young Gray Fox siblings sunning near a creek in Glen Ellen, Ca. 💚 #AYAT #Foxes #Wildlife #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography #iNat #OriginalContent 📷🦊📸🌿

Western Leafcutter Bee/Megachile perihirta 💚 #NativeBees #Bees #Pollinators #iNat #Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotography #SundayYellow 🌱📷🌿🐝

At #PtReyes Headlands last week, views of the ocean were mostly blocked by fog. Then we caught a break with this view of a colony of thousands of Common Murres. They don't build nests, but incubate their eggs directly on the rocks. #iNat #Birds #PointReyes #NaturePhotography #OriginalContent 📷🪶🌿

In March I'd seen this caterpillar (3rd pic) at Bodega Head, and learned that it was a diurnal/day-flying Ranchman's Tiger Moth/Arctia virginalis. This week I got to meet an adult (pics 1 & 2) who was just starting to fly at #PtReyes. So beautiful!💚 #OriginalContent 📷🌱🌿 mg.ucanr.edu?blogpost=599...

Least Sandpiper/Calidris minutilla at Point Reyes National Seashore yesterday.💚 #FeatheredFriday #Birds #Birding #NaturePhotography #iNat #PtReyes #NationalParks #OriginalContent 📷🪶🌿

Coast Live Oak/Quercus agrifolia - According to Calscape, over 270 species (many #birds & #butterflies), rely on this tree for habitat and food.💚 #Trees #TreeThursday #Oaks #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #NaturePhotography #OriginalContent 📷🌱🌿🪶🦋 calscape.org/Quercus-agri...

Mokelumne River in the #HighSierra last month.💚 #WaterWednesday #Rivers #NaturePhotography #OriginalContent #Hiking #Trees #Nature #Photography 📷 📸

Last month in the #HighSierra, we came across a large stand of Woolly Sunflower/Eriophyllum lanatum, with at least a hundred #butterflies nectaring on it! Most of them were Juniper Hairstreaks.💚 #WildflowerWednesday #NativePlants #Pollinators #NaturePhotography #OriginalContent #iNat #Nature 📷🌱🌿

For #TallTreeTuesday here is a huge Ponderosa Pine/Pinus ponderosa in Calavaras Big Trees State Park, two years ago today.💚 #Trees #iNat #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Hiking #Parks #NaturePhotography #OriginalContent 📷🌿🌲

Recently spotted coastal #butterflies, and some of their favorite #NativePlants. 1)Painted Lady nectaring on Seaside Buckwheat. 2)Common Wood Nymph on Coyote Brush. 3)Acmon Blue 4)Mylitta Crescent on Seaside Daisy.💚 #Pollinators #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotography #OriginalContent #iNat 📷🌱🌿

Here are the Caspian Terns I referenced in my previous whales post (see below). #Birds #iNat #Nature #Photography #OriginalContent 📷🪶🌿 bsky.app/profile/dire...

Amazing Humpback #whale sightings from Point Reyes yesterday! While zooming in on a flock of Caspian Terns, a whale breached much further out. These first 2 photos are 3 of them, but I saw at least 4 more. Apparently there were 101 just counted at the Farallones! 💙 #Ocean #iNat #OriginalContent 🌿📷🐋

For #MacroMonday, here is a tiny Banded Bee Fly nectaring on #NativePlants yesterday at Point Reyes. Pretty sure this species is Villa lateralis, nectaring on Pacific Aster/Symphyotrichum chilense.💚 #iNat #Gardening #Pollinators #NaturePhotography #Macro #Photography #OriginalContent 📷🌱🌿🪰