Tag: nature

OK, that’s a better shot of the #butterfly. Most likely a #paintedLady.#nature #photos #butterflies

OK, that’s a better shot of the #butterfly. Most likely a #paintedLady.

#nature #photos #butterflies

Ducklings! In one of the cleaner ponds at the marsh preserve.#ducklings #photos #nature #birds …

Ducklings! In one of the cleaner ponds at the marsh preserve.

#ducklings
#photos #nature #birds #ducks

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This year’s wildflowers are seriously impressive

This year’s #wildflowers are seriously impressive

#superbloom #nature #flowers #florespondence

#nature #plants #florespondence #trees #hiking #PoisonOak

Just some #mosstodon from a recent hike in the Palos Verdes Peninsula hills near Los …

Just some #mosstodon from a recent hike in the Palos Verdes Peninsula hills near Los Angeles. There’s a nature preserve along one of the canyons with a stream running through it that actually has water after this winter’s repeated storms, unlike when I went there last summer (or was it fall?) And it was completely dry.

#rock #moss #nature #photo

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Possibly a Say’s Phoebe

A small bird with a narrow beak, yellowish-brownish front and black head, surrounded by bare twigs and branches with a hint of blue sky behind it.

Possibly a Say’s Phoebe. I had such a hard time getting the camera to focus on the bird and not all the branches around it!

#birds #nature #phoebe

A winter visit to Madrona Marsh after some rain

A winter visit to #MadronaMarsh preserve, after some rain finally filled the low-lying areas of the seasonal #wetlands.

#photo #photos #nature #winter #trees #marsh #wigeons #ducks

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I went on a hike today, up in the coastal hills…

I went on a hike today, up in the coastal hills near Los Angeles. I took a trail along a (dry) streambed up through a canyon, which is variously known as George F. Canyon or Georgeff Canyon. No one knows who George (or Georgeff) was – they just found it on an old map when they dedicated the nature preserve.

There was SO. MUCH. POISON OAK. You really do not want to stray much from the path here!

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A Monarch Butterfly spotted over the weekend. Not sure what kind of flower it’s hiding behind

A #MonarchButterfly spotted over the weekend. Not sure what kind of flower it’s hiding behind.

#nature #insects #butterflies #SouthCoastBotanicGarden

Spot the lizard!

A whole bunch of wood chips on the ground. There is a light brown lizard blending in with them.

Spot the #lizard!

(Seriously, I couldn’t tell if it was in frame at the time I took the photo.)

#nature

#nature #animals #wildlife

A fox #squirrel spotted running across the lawn at the park. #nature #animals #wildlife

A brown squirrel with a long tail running across the grass.

A fox #squirrel spotted running across the lawn at the park.

Squirrel!

#Squirrel!

(Spotted in a city park today)

#nature

#nature #hiking #butterflies #flowers #bridge #path #PokemonGo #MadronaMarsh

A walk through a seasonal marsh that’s out of season.

A walk through a seasonal marsh that’s out of season. (We’ll see how much rain we get this winter.) And a virtual hiking buddy.

A small yellow and green butterfly perched next to a cluster of tiny white flowers.

Wild sunflowers in front of a brown field with trees in the distance.

A dirt path winding its way through dry brush.

A wooden footbridge with trees behind it. At the far end of the bridge is a computer-generated image of a Pokemon.

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“Oh…um…hi there…”

A squirrel, stopped on top of a low wall, dirt on its whiskers, looking straight at the camera.

“Oh…um…hi there…”

#squirrel #nature #animals #wildlife

#DesertCottontail #bunny #nature #wildlife #animals

I’m not used to seeing wild rabbits relaxing

A light brown rabbit lying stretched out next to a light brown tree stump on the light brown dirt, its head up and looking off to the left of the frame.

I’m not used to seeing wild #rabbits *relaxing*. I guess I stayed far enough away that it decided I wasn’t a threat.

A mockingbird I caught just after it took off. Or is it a mockingbirb?

A small gray bird against a lighter gray sky, its wings pointing downward so it looks like it's hovering.

A #mockingbird I caught just after it took off.

Or is it a mockingbirb?

#birds #nature #birb

#nature #plants #butterflies #moths #garden #caterpillar

Butterfly-friendly native CA plants purchased from a local conservation group have collected a caterpillar! Looks like a Sphynx moth. Now I just need to finish transplanting the rest of the plants into the actual ground! #nature #plants #butterflies #moths #garden #caterpillar

Black caterpillar with yellow highlights on a plant stem

Butterfly-friendly native CA plants purchased from a local conservation group have collected a caterpillar! Looks like a Sphynx moth.

Now I just need to finish transplanting the rest of the plants into the actual ground!

#nature #florespondence #flowers

Clover. One flower out of a field.

Close up of a small white flower with many segments surrounded by blades of grass.

#Clover. One flower out of a field.