On a bundle of flowers at Home Depot
Category: iNaturalist
Gull (drinking from puddle at Rainbow Lagoon)
Sweet Fennel
Wild plant at the top of the hill, ocean at the bottom. The fence marks the edge of Del Cerro Park and the start of a steep, unstable slope down to the Portuguese Bend area of the coast near Los Angeles. On a clear day, Catalina would be visible off to the left, but on this day, the ocean blended seamlessly into an obscuring haze.
– Instagram (2014)
Great Herons
Heermann’s Gull (at Laguna Beach)
Carolina Sphinx (caterpillar)
Found on one of our backyard tomato plants.
Knotweeds, Smartweeds, and Waterpeppers
Monarch (Madrona Marsh)
Red-winged Blackbird, Female
AI suggested agelaius, and I have definitely seen red-winged blackbirds here.
Canada Goose (marsh)
Rabbitfoot Grass
Bladderpod
California Poppy
California Harvester Ant
California Poppy
Garland Daisy
House Sparrow
It looked like there were about a dozen sparrows sitting on this fence. Most of them flew off before I got the camera out. I suspect there might be a nest in the bushes next to the fence.
Western Gull
Willet (hillside plants)
Spotted near the coast, probably along the hillside above the beach, or possibly in the park at the top of the bluffs.