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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

A medium rock in leaf litter, with bright green moss on one side.

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Finally settled on this Gulf Fritillary

Bright orange butterfly with white spots outlined in black, perched on the end of a stem. The plant has small magenta flowers and bright green, crinkly leaves.Finally settled on this #GulfFritillary #Butterfly as my best #photo on Flickr for the year. I like some of the other photos better for where I was, or what I was trying to do with the shot, but I think this came out better overall.

Other candidates include a squirrel, autumn trees, and black-and-white sunbeams, but this was the most attention-catching at a first glance.

Flickr album: 2022 Highlights

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10 years ago a young Mountain Lion crossed two freeways…

10 years ago a young #MountainLion crossed two freeways and began a life in Griffith Park, a semi-wild area in the hills of #LosAngeles. #P22 became a trail-cam celebrity, outlived life expectancy for wild pumas and inspired a #wildlife bridge across the 101.

Waning health prompted biologists to bring him in for a checkup, but he was hit by a car first. Injuries & chronic illness were too much for him to survive in a sanctuary, and he’s been euthanized.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-17/p22-obituary-celebrity-mountain-lion-cougar-puma-griffith-park-california

P-22 in better days: a healthy mountain lion stalking along the ground at night, lit up by a camera flash, hills and the HOLLYWOOD sign in the background.

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I should clarify in case the ALT text isn’t visible – the attached photo from the LA Times is of P-22 in better days, spotted on a wildlife camera.

https://www.latimes.com/story/2022-12-17/stunning-photos-of-l-a-s-celebrity-mountain-lion

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This beetle landed on my car window as I was about to start, then climbed onto the top of the car. I had to look. (Too bad I don’t drive a VW Beetle.)

A very round, orange-red insect with antennae.

This beetle landed on my car window as I was about to start, then climbed onto the top of the car. I had to look. (Too bad I don’t drive a VW Beetle.)

#insects #beetles

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142409081

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