Say’s Phoebe perched on an outdoor lamp.
#birds
Images
Lily in the spotlight
A common House Sparrow
A common House #Sparrow perched on what looks like bougainvillea. It sounded like there were a lot of them in there, but I could only see one.
Flight to the sea.
Umbrella Paper Wasps
A dove spotted this morning.
A dove spotted this morning. I just walked around the neighborhood and most of the birds I spotted were on cables like this.
Might be a mourning dove, turtle dove, or collared dove. If you happen to know, feel free to chime in at #iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40535563
Got this ad in the mail last week.They had nooo idea.
Large White-headed Gulls
Mitred Parakeet
Saw (and heard!) three of these feral parakeets flying around a palm tree and occasionally landing on it near sunset, squawking the whole time.
Playing PokemonGo on her way back from voting
So, my wife got inspired playing #PokemonGo on her way back from voting the other day
Another shot of wildflowers from the same hike
Another shot of #wildflowers from the same hike, closer to the parts of the marsh with water. The purple/white flowers are wild radish.
This one works better when viewed at a larger size. I think I like the yellow fiddlenecks shot better because it works at a smaller size too.
I decided to see what I could do with my phone camera, which mostly meant landscapes and plants.
When I parked for a hike at the marsh preserve, I discovered that I hadn’t actually put my camera in my backpack as I’d intended. So I decided to see what I could do with my phone camera, which mostly meant landscapes and plants.
Fluffy birb. (A sparrow spotted on top of a light pole)
Fluffy #birb.
(A #sparrow spotted on top of a light pole. I could *hear* it easily enough, but it took a while to spot it – and once I did, I was glad I had the zoom camera with me.)
