Ground cover.
The #jacaranda #flowers haven’t covered the ground yet, but they will.
For now, the oxalis has most of the ground to itself.
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House Sparrows on a parking sign
These two sparrows were on the ground as I walked across the driveway, flew up to the sign as I approached, and stayed put just long enough for me to pull out my phone. I swear they took off the moment I clicked the virtual shutter. (Time restricted parking, indeed.)
mustard family
House Sparrow taking wing
Somewhere between 6-12 of them wandering around the brush and open area at the top of the bluffs near the coast. A lot less nervous than the ones I’ve seen in the city. I was able to get a lot closer.
beach suncup
Searockets
Fan Palms
House sparrow in the green belt along a bike path
evening-primroses
evening primrose family
Clover
European Starling
Fan Palms
A palm tree growing out of a palm tree. It might even be one of its own seeds that got caught between the stumps of the fronds.
There are quite a few plants like this growing out of the palm trees along this street. I’ll have to bring a better camera so I can get some clearer photos.
House Sparrow: Super-Blurry on a Wire
Perfect example: I posted this super-blurry photo of a bird on a wire across the street, zoomed optically as far as I could and then just cropped. Within 15 minutes, 4 people had identified it as not just a sparrow, but specifically a house sparrow!
Meanwhile the entry for the horseweed from last week still hasn’t had anyone stop in to confirm or correct the ID.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/26366528
Flax-leaved horseweed, according to iNaturalist’s identification engine.
Flax-leaved horseweed, according to iNaturalist’s identification engine.
Since the idea is to catalog nature, not gardens, I’ve found myself taking lots of photos of weeds. Some that I know, like dandelions, and a lot that I don’t.
Unfortunately, while observations of birds almost instantly attract other users who are ready to fine-tune the ID, people don’t seem as interested in identifying plants.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/26041661
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Fellow iNaturalist user @sohkamyung recommended this forum thread on photo-taking recommendations by taxon
@rubah suggests tagging fediverse pictures with #plantID or #PlantIdentification.
