Tag: MadronaMarsh
Mallard
Western Sycamore
California Brittlebush
Cambarid Crayfishes
I saw a lot of butterflies at Madrona Marsh over the weekend…
Photo taken at: Madrona Marsh Preserve and Nature Center
I saw a lot of #butterflies at #MadronaMarsh over the weekend, including some pale yellow ones and some black ones and even a few monarchs, plus a lot of these white and orange ones. #iNaturalist narrows them down to the Pontia & Hylephila genuses (geni?). #nature
According to biophilic1 on iNaturalist, these are a Checkered White and a Fiery Skipper.
Saw a ton of mallards and geese as usual for Madrona Marsh, plus a bunch …
Saw a ton of mallards and geese as usual for Madrona Marsh, plus a bunch of bluebirds. Discovered I’m not very good at taking pictures of dragonflies unless they’ve paused somewhere for longer than a few seconds.
Also spotted several monarch butterflies – see my comments on dragonflies!
Cockleburs
Mourning Dove (bare tree on a sunny day)
Artist’s Bracket
Sunflowers
Wild Hyacinths
Spiky Flowering Plants
I see these needle-like flowers on whatever type of grass this is all the time, but I’ve never found out what it’s called.
Desert Cottontail (Madrona, greenery)
Desert Cottontail (Madrona, in grass)
Canada Goose walking through the grass
Fly away!
Photo taken at: Madrona Marsh Preserve and Nature Center
Fly away! This crane egret was standing on the road around #MadronaMarsh, swaying back and forth and looking upward like it was dancing or something, until it finally decided to fly off.
We’ve had a wet winter, so the seasonal marsh has actually filled up a lot …
We’ve had a wet winter, so the seasonal marsh has actually filled up a lot more than it has for the last few years. In addition to the full ponds (including two on either side of a road that was still muddy) I saw a lot of birds, including a crane that was swaying back and forth until it took flight, lots of ducks and geese.
A few more photos on Flickr if you’re interested
#marsh #nature #birds #photography
I went back to the same marsh I’d visited in early December, after a few …
I went back to the same marsh I’d visited in early December, after a few more rainstorms. The ponds had spread, covering trails I’d walked along just a few weeks earlier. Ducks and geese had arrived in force.
I could also swear I heard a frog, but I couldn’t see it, and even with the weird southern California seasons, I don’t think it’s the right time for frogs to be out. I should’ve asked at the visitor center.
#photography, #nature #geese #marsh #pond
Last weekend I went for a hike at a local marsh. The lower areas are …
Last weekend I went for a hike at a local marsh. The lower areas are filling with water again now that we’ve had a few rainstorms.
I made a point of going late in the afternoon to catch some golden hour light, which didn’t work out quite as well as I was hoping, but I think this shot came out reasonably interesting.
Not sure, but I think I walked through this pond last time I was here and it was all dry ground.
#photography #marsh #woods #pond
