Two #sparrows and a #warbler spotted the other day. I seem to have caught the second sparrow in the act of scratching its head.
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Two hawks circling off in the distance
I saw two hawks circling off in the distance to the northeast, then they chased a few crows toward and past me. Sadly I couldn't catch a picture as they passed above. But a few minutes later I saw these two hawks – probably the same ones – circling in the distance to the southwest. I've seen both Red-Tailed Hawks and Cooper's Hawks in the area, but I think these look more like red-tailed hawks.
Reach for it!
I swear I’d lose my head if it wasn’t screwed on…wait, there it goes…
I swear I’d lose my head if it wasn’t screwed on…wait, there it goes…
Found these two together at a Pokemon Go gym. Seemed appropriate.
Offer of random Star Trek books
Anyone interested in some #StarTrek hardcovers? Figured I’d offer ’em to the Fediverse before checking the local used bookstores’ covid policies. Happy to give them away for the cost of shipping.
Spock’s World, Diane Duane
All Good Things…, Michael Jan Friedman.
Generations, J.M. Dillard
First Contact, ”
Federation, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
The Return, William Shatner
The Ashes of Eden, ”
Q-Squared, Peter David
New Frontier, ”
Also the Star Trek Chronology (through First Contact) by Michael Okuda & Denise Okuda.
If you’re interested in any of these, message me and let me know.
Found an entry for #mosstodon on my walk today.
I always think birds look weird when you can only see the backs of their heads.
#Fotofails: I had a lot of trouble getting the camera to focus on this Black Phoebe and not the tree behind it, but that wasn’t the problem in this shot. I always think birds look weird when you can only see the backs of their heads.
Trying to get a close-up view of the mushroom from below the gills.
Trying to get a close-up view of the mushroom from below the gills.
Oh, well.
Not sure what happened to this sign, but I’m guessing it probably involved someone’s boot and that rock.
Not sure what happened to this sign, but I’m guessing it probably involved someone’s boot and that rock.
I swear this raid screenshot is not altered in any way.
Sometimes it’s hard to get a good view of the wildlife.
Yeah, rolling shutters and butterflies don’t always mix well
The barley is taller than the starlings.
I spotted a bunch of starlings darting around through the wild barley in the open space near an odd street intersection.
Problem: The barley is taller than the starlings. Most of my photos look kind of like this.
#fotofails #birds #nature #barley
It’s been a while since I saw a plume moth, at least that I could recognize. This one followed me inside and immediately alighted on a stand lamp. And after I went to turn out the rest of the lights to lure it back outside, it had already flown off.
It’s been a while since I saw a plume moth, at least that I could recognize. This one followed me inside and immediately alighted on a stand lamp. And after I went to turn out the rest of the lights to lure it back outside, it had already flown off.
Possibly a goldfinch
And another bird, possibly a goldfinch, that took off as soon as I snapped the shutter.
Hey, at least you can tell it’s a gull
I haven’t been able to get out anywhere that seagulls land or perch in a while (except, now that I think about it, the grocery store a few weeks ago where I saw two gulls fighting over some trash in the parking lot), so I’ve only seen the gulls flying overhead, where they’re hard to capture on camera.
I finally did! Sort of.
(Hey, at least you can tell it’s a gull.)
*sigh*
I haven’t been out where they land in weeks, so I’ve only seen them in the sky…and it’s hard to catch them on camera.
Indian Hawthorn flowers in bloom
Indian Hawthorn flowers in bloom. The empty lot is the greenbelt under a set of transmission wires. Hawthorns will grow as bushes, and make up a *lot* of hedges around here, but they can also be trained to grow upward and pruned into trees. There are several spaced along this block at the same stage of growth.
American Pipit
There were at least two, possibly three or four of these birds hopping around the grass next to a bike path. They weren’t easy to spot at a distance.
This bird’s new to me: apparently it’s an American pipit, also known as a buff-bellied pipit, a small ground-nesting insectivore. I spotted several of them walking around in the grass next to a bike path that’s just been closed down, though I could see them from the sidewalk with a zoom lens.
Some more house finches and a hummingbird.
Some more house finches and a hummingbird. Hummingbirds always look weird to me when they’re perched.
#photo #birds #finch #HouseFinch #hummingbird #nature
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I must have seen over a dozen house finches on a very short walk today. I assume there’s a nest or several in the area.
Hummingbird on iNaturalist
Finch (on wire) on iNaturalist
Finch (in grass) on iNaturalist