I could not believe how *many* elephant seals there were in this one cove!
Category: iNaturalist
Elephant Seals
Western Gull (at Pismo Beach)
Ooo-ooo! Ooo-ooo! Ooo-ooo! Ooo-Ooo! And also: Ooo-ooo!
A tiny Marine Blue butterfly on Blue Chalksticks flowers.
A tiny Marine Blue #butterfly on Blue Chalksticks flowers.
The name might seem odd, but when they open their wings, the inside shades to a bright blue near the body.
On PixelFed.Social
On Flickr
On iNaturalist (crop, no commentary)
Cabbage White
Milk Thistle
European Starling (Spectrum)
Lupines (Spectrum empty lot)
Brown Pelican (duo)
Brown Pelican
As far as I can tell from the pictures, this is the only one that had a band around its leg.
Western Gull (diving toward ocean)
Western Gull (in flight at Redondo Pier)
Brown Pelican
Cup Full of Bees
At a large group picnic. Someone walked away from their soda or punch, and came back to find a cup full of bees…
This is a tree that grew from seed in the back yard over the course of 2-3 years.
This is a tree that grew from seed in the back yard over the course of 2-3 years. I don’t remember why we decided not to pull it out as a weed when it started. I think we were just curious to see what it was. I never did find that out, but it took over the entire corner.
Other iNaturalist users have suggested it’s a silk oak.
Pin-Tailed Whydahs
I spotted the bird with the long tail flying around and thought at first that it was carrying something. Eventually it settled on this cable and I saw the other one which was clearly the same species, despite the shorter tail. Male/female pair? Older male/younger male?
They appear to be pin-tailed wydahs, which have been introduced to southern California. There’s a cluster of observations on iNaturalist in the LA area.
On PixelFed.Social
Female on iNaturalist
Male on iNaturalist
