Captured by the #Birdbuddy today, a hummer up close and giving a raspberry to the cam 😛 #birds

Caught on the #BirdBuddy cam today, young male Allen’s hummingbird showing off his first flashy fuchsia gorget feather. ❤️ so handsome #birds

Wow, just now a high speed run through the yard by Gary and a close call with a Mourning dove. A scattering of small fright molt feathers but the couple doves were safe. Those Mourning doves are speedsters!

🪶 A cormorant and his lunch - they are extremely successful fishers !! Photo in lake Leman, Switzerland. Can anyone id the prey fish? Phalacrocorax carbo

My latest video of this beautiful Turkey vulture is up on YouTube - please watch, subscribe and share - I’d really appreciate any support 🥰❤️🇨🇦 Link to my YouTube video - youtu.be/X-pOSNEg8_g?... Thank you - Kate 🥰

First Pipevine Swallowtail I’ve seen in a while. #inverts

#Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signs order to allow any Arizonan over 6-mo old to get a #COVID vaccine “Vaccines are one of the most important tools we have to protect our communities,” “The COVID-19 vaccine has proven to be safe and effective" #science www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

A juvenile American Robin wishes you a super Sunday 🧡 From my summer trip to Northern #California #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇺🇸 #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #photography #naturephotography #roundrobin #robin

👑 Raccoonosaurus 👑 It's been a while but Raccoonosaurus is back from parts unknown. This is one huge raccoon and the largest, by far, of the local raccoons. #mammals

Did you know that firefly glow as larvae and pupae? I found this shrimp-like pupa in my garden earlier this summer. 🍤

Fossil ID question: Does anyone recognize this Cretaceous fossil (in a chert nodule within the Ulster White Limestone on Rathlin Island)? Is it just a fenestrate bryozoan?⚒️

The weather is a little confused this morning. “Should I be foggy, should I look stormy?” We almost got enough rain this morning to completely wet the ground, almost… At least it should be cooler today. San Diego county

Gary is looking around but no seedeaters to be seen. I wonder why, Gary? Hmmmm Meanwhile, a hummingbird is keeping an eye on Gary on this cloudy morning. Cooper’s hawk #birds

A baby sidewinder's tracks tell the story of the last few minutes. First, an elegant change in direction and in sidewinding handedness, like the jibe of a sailboat. Then a startled squiggle as it realizes it's being followed. Mojave Desert Sidewinder - Crotalus cerastes cerastes #herps

I can’t help it. The grackles are still here, and need to be photographed 🤣 The male Common Grackles usually take every opportunity to display, especially in the spring! But it’s Fall, and this male was displaying a lot! Apparently, he knows what he looks like🤣 #Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

A couple of my supervisors this morning told while volunteering at the Park this morning 😄 1- an adult Western fence lizard with fully regrown tail 2- tarantula hawk wasp (one of the spider wasps) nectaring on a blooming Rush Milkweed. A smallish one (1.5 inches), probably a male #herps #invertes

Leave the apple picking for the tourists. Go get some of the best pears in Julian. You-pick at Highlands Orchard tomorrow (9/19) and sunday (9/20) 9:30 am til 4 pm. Tell them Saunie Sent you. 1095 Julian Orchards Drive, Julian, California 92036 #SanDiego #ThingsToDo

There were 2 weeks in early May when Bluebirds were investigating the feeders, then went back to the woods. I'm not sure what he was talking about but maybe it helped to share it with the neighborhood. 🪶

Venus occultation by the Moon. Just over an hour after the planet disappeared from view, it popped out again on the dark side of the Moon's disk, and the natural order was restored! This was taken a few seconds after re-emergence with my minor camera and Esprit 100 scope 🔭

I cannot overstate how remarkable it is that under GOP rule, US federal health regulations have been captured by fringe crackpots who espouse views that the vast majority of the US public—and nearly 100% of health professionals—reject. Gift link:

Loshi surveying his kingdom on his day! Happy #caturday to all the #cats and cat lovers out there!

Great Blue heron from yesterday #birds

It’s migration time which means SO MANY BIRDS!! Here are just a few you might see passing through the US and Canada. #birds 🌿 🧪

O, for a tithe of his focus #birds

Good morning! 🪶

Hello Western Giant Swallowtail butterfly! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio...

I don’t know if I should give this feedback to Dave, yard bunny loves the Killer Bread but not the crust. Bun stands the little piece up on the crust so the organic seedy middle is easy to nibble. Then it’s off to chew so yummy native grass. #mammals Cottontail rabbit 🐇

An afternoon meet n greet at the platform feeder. Mostly Lesser goldfinches with a few Scaly-breasted munia in their fancy brown suits and checkered vests. 🪶

A couple visits to the self serve by Ravi this afternoon. Roadrunner backyard #birds

Sometimes to get comfy, legs go all which way! 🥰😸 #tortiecat #catsofbluesky

As I sat at the patio table, a big Figeater beetle landed on the table in front of me. Sorry, buddy. I don’t have any figs. Let me take you over to the side yard, there are ripe Zinfandel grapes there! (it wasn’t having it, flew away) About an inch long - those antennae 😍 So green! #invertes 🪲

A few clouds are trying today but the sun is dissolving them away. SoCal

It’s been real raptor-y lately! 🪶🌿 A composite of a few of my recent shots.

Today’s theme is any bird against a blue sky background #birds #FlyDay Turkey vulture soaring low in Southern California

Late summer in a photo. #Flowers #Wildflowers #Butterflies #Insects #Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

The Moon, Venus, and Regulus this morning.

!!! Sound down !!! Blue jay announces its arrival at the birdbath before taking a bath. Lovely look at its long, mosaic of blue, black and white tail and wings. #birds

I am always pleased to see Ravi!

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Major sale on mealworms! #mealworms #geckos #leopardgecko #crestedgecko #beardies #reptiles

A little Ravi thread from this morning. On the patio enjoy the fading evidence of the overnight rain (why did it have to be at night?? A massive 1/3 of an inch 😱🤯🤣) trying to catch up on bluesky. From the corner of my eye, 2 feet away - Ravi!! I don’t have your snacks ready 😫 🪶 1 of a few

A Lost Hummingbird is Found Again: Finding a lost species in the mountains of Colombia! birdnote.org/podcasts/bir...

I grabbed the PowerShot cam to try some macro shots of the tiny swallowtail caterpillars on our orange tree. Wait, are those new eggs??? Will have to keep an eye out! Two of the small cats, better images than the phone pics, I think. 🐛 #invertes Southern California

A few more of the evening yard bunnies. 1- zoomies, as bunnies are wont to do 2- currently the smallest bunny visiting the yard 3- one of the bunnies standing up at a favorite bunch of native Deergrass they like to nibble on Cottontail rabbits 🐇

It’s ol farmer Bun Bun chawing on a couple green pieces of straw! The youngsters do seem to like the native deer grass for snacks. Desert cottontail rabbit 🐇

Hornworms! Where have you guys been hiding?? Have just seen them today in our Desert Willow - but they (4 out of 5) are huge! If successful, they will become Sphinx moths/Hawk moths/Hummingbird moths - so many names! These cats 🐛 have 7 white stripes on each side, maybe tobacco hornworms. #invertes

Hey, Boxer! Umm, what are you doing in desert tortoise yard? Hungry? Let’s get you back in your yard with some mealworms and fresh water.

We had seen butterflies buzzing our orange tree for a few weeks now. Today, ‘bird poop’ caterpillars! The very young ones leave these racetrack marks on the leaves and green fruit. These Swallowtail cats 🐛 have got a LOT of growing to do! So tiny, a mm or two long. #invertes 🦋 Southern California

A couple small yard bunnies were hanging around with some Mourning doves and Lesser goldfinches this early evening until Mr Troublemaker (Gary) showed up. It got pretty quiet for the couple minutes Gary was on the fence. #birds #mammals Cottontail rabbits Cooper’s hawk

Ca Scrub jay wants the neighborhood to know he found the BEST peanut!! SKREET #birds