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Lots of pink flowers on a tree.
That’s a lot of pink.

Goldfinch

A small yellow and black bird perched on a stalk on purple flowers, surrounded by similar stalks, facing right and looking downward.

#goldfinch #birds

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Saw this while walking around the other day. I, um…well, I guess it is…?

#parking #its #signs

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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

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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.

#DesertCottontail #bunny #nature #wildlife #animals

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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

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A bluebird spotted on a walk around the neighborhood.

A small blue bird with an orange belly perched on a bundle of cables running diagonally across the frame, its body pointing left and its head pointing right.

A small blue bird with an orange belly perched on a bundle of cables running diagonally across the frame, its body and head pointing left.

A #bluebird spotted on a walk around the neighborhood. #birds #nature

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I saw one of these birds fly out of a bush, across the trail, and into a tree. I stopped. I waited. I looked, but couldn’t spot it.

Close-up of a small light brown bird with black wings, a white head with black stripes on it, and a yellow beak, perched in a sparse, dry bush.

I saw one of these #birds fly out of a bush, across the trail, and into a tree. I stopped. I waited. I looked, but couldn’t spot it. I took another, slow, careful step. Another #sparrow flew out of the bush, across the path, and into the tree. I stopped again.

This went on for about FIVE MORE ROUNDS before a couple of them flew into another bush and stopped where I could SEE them!

Then one of them flew off while I was aiming. 🤦

#nature #persistence #WhiteCrownedSparrow

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Western Bluebird

A Western #Bluebird spotted last week.

#nature #birds

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Hawthorn flowers. In this area they start blooming in winter and keep going thrown spring.

Close-up of several clusters of small pink flowers and buds against a background of green leaves.

Hawthorn Flowers. In this area they start blooming in winter and keep going thrown spring.

#florespondence

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Caution thrown to the wind.

A grayscale photo of a black face mask hanging by one loop from one of several bare branches in front of a cinder block wall.

Caution thrown to the wind.

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Breakdown

Breakdown. #road #potholes #cracks

Breakdown.

#road #potholes #cracks

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About as many monarch butterflies in one photo as I’ve seen in the last few years!

From this afternoon’s walk along the greenbelt: About as many monarch butterflies in one photo than I’ve seen in the last few years!

There were a whole bunch of them clustered on a pine branch above the path. I wouldn’t have even seen them, but other people out walking had stopped to check them out.

I was just reading that this year’s overwintering monarch count is up to over 200,000 – a huge improvement over last year’s count of, I kid you not, 1,914. Though still not up to the millions that were regularly seen as recently as the 1990s.
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Blog entry at https://hyperborea.org/journal/2022/01/monarchs/ including links to articles about the monarch count and ways to help the iconic species rebound.

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Goldfinches in sunlight, house finches in silhouette.

Two bright yellow birds in a tree with bare branches, next to a large cluster of dropped leaves.

Several small birds in a tree with bare branches, all in silhouette against a blue sky.

Goldfinches in sunlight, house finches in silhouette. And there were a bunch of each, just at opposite ends of the park. (I suspect the glob of leaves next to the goldfinches is hiding a nest.)

#birds #nature #finches

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