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.
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On Flickr
On iNaturalist (crop, no commentary)
Tag: nature
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.
Discarded seed pod. A dried-out fig, maybe? It was under an olive tree, but…
Discarded seed pod. A dried-out fig, maybe? It was under an olive tree, but it’s definitely not an olive!
Best guess: a squirrel or something grabbed it from another yard and didn’t finish it before scurrying off.
#photo #plants #nature #SeedPod #ground #shadow
(@artsyhonker suggests it’s a pomegranate, and @raye agrees.)
Yeah, I think that’s it. Thanks!
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.
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Female on iNaturalist
Male on iNaturalist
