One of about a dozen egrets I saw when I got to the last remaining ponds at the marsh toward the end of summer.
Images
Sunflowers
Gray Hairstreak
Black Phoebe (small & fluffy, Madrona)
American Lady
Wild Buckwheats
My 1000th observation posted to iNaturalist!
My 1000th observation posted to #iNaturalist!
Normally I have to take photos of doves with a zoom lens, but this one was just calmly sitting in a tree, making its “Ooh-Ooh” call. It didn’t even fly off when I walked around the tree to get a better angle with my phone.
Most likely a Eurasian Collared Dove, one of several types I’ve seen around the Los Angeles area.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32186561
…I’ve kind of slowed down a bit since I’ve identified all the weeds and butterflies and birds in this part of the city, so I have to go farther out to find something new. But I’m also still going through my backlog of old photos.
A Gulf Fritillary butterfly. A few weeks ago at the same gardens…
A Gulf Fritillary butterfly. A few weeks ago at the same gardens, I saw tons of monarchs. This time I saw a lot of these.
#photo #butterflies #GulfFritillary #nature
Squirrel!
Tree Squirrels
Phoebis
I saw zillions of these yellow butterflies, but none of them would hold still long enough to photograph!
The original photo was way overexposed. I’ve tried to adjust it both to bring out the detail that was washed out without messing up the color balance too badly.
Gulf Fritillary (SCBG on bush)
Black Phoebe (on bare branch in SCBG)
Gulf Fritillary
A few weeks ago I saw a lot of monarchs. Today I saw a lot of these.
Red-Eared Slider
Canada Goose
There were several dozen geese, some on the grass and others on the pond. And I saw several fights break out, with shouting like this, or charging. Mostly against other geese, not the ducks or coots, and I don’t think any of them actually connected.
Mallard
“So I says to they guy, I says to him, can you believe the crap …
A cabbage white butterfly. I hardly ever catch these holding still…
A cabbage white #butterfly. I hardly ever catch these holding still, and o thought I'd caught this one perched on the flowers, but it took off as I pressed the button. Fortunately my phone had already focused, and I got a better photo than I was expecting!
The Birds. (The guy in the vest was setting out food for the seagulls, so there were a lot of them hanging around.)
The Birds.
(The guy in the vest was setting out food for the seagulls, so there were a lot of them hanging around.)