I cast “detect evil” on the #gazebo!
Images
Birb, or serious bird? What a difference a few seconds makes!
Birb, or serious bird? What a difference a few seconds makes!
Orange-crowned Warbler
Tree Squirrels
Tree Squirrels
Western Fence Lizard (on wood chips)
Western Fence Lizard (on cinder blocks)
Syrphini
Palm under Fence
Yep.
Jacaranda tree in bloom.
Red-tailed Hawk (two flying)
I’d been wondering if all the red-tailed hawks I’ve been seeing in this area were the same one – it turns out there are at least two of them.
I did manage to catch this shot, which was at least (a) identifiable and (b) amusing.
Though I did manage to catch this shot, which was at least (a) identifiable and (b) amusing.
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
A monarch butterfly in flight
A #monarch butterfly in flight. I’ve been seeing one or two each time I go for a walk in the neighborhood, but mostly they’re flying around too much for me to get a decent photo. This one decided to stick around this one bush for a while.
On Photog.Social
On iNaturalist
About a week later…
Someone on Flickr invited this photo to a UFO/paranormal/unexplained phenomena group. 😕
Maybe they meant to invite it to something else they manage?
Or are there butterfly UFO stories out there that I’m missing?
Red-Tailed Hawk (in palm tree)
I saw 4 or 5 crows repeatedly dive-bombing the top of this palm tree, cawing loudly, and heard the screech of a hawk at one point. It wasn’t until after the crows had given up that I made it to the other side where I could see this hawk just holding still. It flew off a little bit later.
Red-Tailed Hawk Feather
This was out in an open space where I’ve mostly seen small birds like sparrows, plus crows, seagulls, pigeons/doves and the occasional red-tailed hawk.
