Western Bluebird in June, getting ready to feed his offspring for #StandingOnThings #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds

Three Brown Pelicans in 3 stages of #takeoff for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #Takeoffs

Moon shadows in the Sierra Nevada a couple winters ago.💚 #Evening #BlueSkyArtShow #WeekSforShadows #AlphabetChallenge #NaturePhotos #Trees 📷

Here's a unique pink mushroom for #FungiFriday... California Satan's Bolete (Rubroboletus eastwoodiae) - I spotted this one yesterday in Santa Rosa, Ca. One field guide describes them as having "ludicrous proportions". So true! 💚 #Fungi #Mushrooms #FungiFriends #iNat #NaturePhotos 📷

For #FungiFriday here is a healthy patch of Western Jack-o-lantern #mushrooms from Sonoma Mtn. today.💚 #FungiFriends #Fungi #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Parasitic Jaegers harassing a tern near the Golden Gate.💚 More about these kleptoparasites here... www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4489-St... #Fighting #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 📷🪶

Cedar Waxwing snacking on a Madrone berry for #lunchtime. 💚 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds

Two-banded Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus ruralis) in #PtReyes last spring for #InsectThursday. 💚 #Butterflies #Inverts #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🦋

Hayfield Tarweed (Hemizonia congesta) blooming last weekend on Sonoma Mtn. for #WildflowerWednesday. 💚 #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 🌱

Beautiful Mourning Dove for today's #BirdOfTheDay #Closeups. 💚

#Twosday Common Merganser pair perched on a #rock. Lake Alpine, Ca. - June 2024 💚 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶

#Twosday Western Fence Lizards having a territorial tussle last week.💚 #Reptiles #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🦎

Walking with our shadows.💞 #WeekSforShadows #AlphabetChallenge

Pleated Marasmius (Marasmius plicatulus) on Sonoma Mtn. this weekend for #MushroomMonday. 💚 #Mushrooms #Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Always thrilled to see large flocks of beautiful Band-tailed #Pigeons arriving to overwinter in our woods.💚 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶

"Lesser" Goldfinch are #underrated and lovely. 💚 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds

Foggy forests in NorCal Coast Range this week.💚 #SkySunday

Western Grebe in Bodega Bay for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Grebes #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Bigleaf Maple leaves float in Copeland Creek headwaters today on Sonoma Mtn. 💚 #Autumn #BlueSkyArtShow

Beautiful Brown Creeper I spotted this week for #FeatheredFriday Halloween.💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Happy Halloween! 🎃🕸️🕷️

From our wander in the woods yesterday, lovely #Halloween #mushrooms! 💚 Shaggy Mane - Queen Bolete - Coccora #FungiFriday #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 🎃

Lorquin's Admiral puddling on the path at #PtReyes earlier this month for #InsectThursday. 💚 #Butterflies #Inverts #NaturePhotos #NationalParks #iNat 📷🦋

Western Chipmunk (Neotamias sp.) being adorable in the High Sierra forest this week.💚 #WildlifeWednesday #NaturePhotos #iNat #Mammals 📷 🐿️

Hi friends... I'm canceling Spotify, so would love hearing input on Tidal, Qobuz, or other option you like? Also wondering how best to transfer playlists? Thanks a bunch!💜

A couple "Red-tails" over the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area this week.💚 #BirdOfTheDay #Funny #Birds

Golden Pholiota (Pholiota aurivella) was fruiting on a downed conifer in the High Sierra last week. When I first spotted them, they looked like little glowing pumpkins in the dark forest.🧡🎃 #Fungi #FungiFriends #iNat #NaturePhotos #Halloween 📷🍄

Serpentine Milkweed (Asclepias solanoana) is a rare, endemic California plant which grows in Serpentine #rock barrens.💚 Serpentine/Serpentinite info. here... www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/Pages/Pu... #AlphabetChallenge #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #NaturePhotos 📷🌱

Great Blue #Heron resting on a rock for #BirdOfTheDay and #WeekRforRock. 💚 #AlphabetChallenge #Birds #NaturePhotos

Juvenile Great #Egrets branching in a rookery in May, 2024. 💚 #BirdOfTheDay #BOTD #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶

West Fork Carson River reflections last week for #SkySunday. 💚

Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf (Laetipurus gilbertsonii) fruiting from #inside a large oak stump in the Sierra Nevada this week.💚 Western Sulphur Shelf info. here... www.bayareamushrooms.org/mushroommont... #BlueSkyArtShow #iNat #NaturePhotos #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mushrooms 📷

One of 3 chatty Clark’s Nutcrackers in the High Sierra this week for #FeatheredFriday. 💚 #Birds #iNat #NaturePhotos 📷

Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) beauty in the High Sierra yesterday.💚 #CaliforniaNativePlants #Trees

California Torreya (T. californica) fruit for #twosday. This California endemic conifer has a vulnerable conservation status.💚 Tree info. here... calscape.org/Torreya-cali... #Trees #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱🌲 (Off to the Sierras for a few days...pics soon!)

Beautiful #singing Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) in Tuolumne County, Ca. June 2021 for #BirdOfTheDay 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶

Western Yellow Pond-lilies (Nuphar polysepala) floating in a High Sierra lake for #WeekQforQuiet. 💚 #AlphabetChallenge #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants 📷🌱

California Sister (Adelpha californica) for #MacroMonday. 💚 #Butterflies #Insects #Inverts #NaturePhotos 📷🦋

October leaves of California Wild Grape (Vitis californica). 💚 Plant info. here... calscape.org/Vitis-califo... #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

Enjoyed my first sighting of a migrant Townsend's Warbler this week.💚 #Birds #SundayYellow #Colorful #Colourful #BirdOfTheDay #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶

Broad-leaved Cattail for #vertical #BlueSkyArtShow. 💚

Hundreds of creative folks showed up in Cotati, Ca. today! #NoKings

Today this White-breasted Nuthatch checked out one of our bluebird boxes! If they were to nest in it next spring, they'd be the fourth species we've hosted in our 3 boxes.🤞💚 #FeatheredFriday #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶

Acorn Woodpecker needs clarification. 💚 #Character #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷

Two of about 30 Band-tailed Pigeons (Patagioenas fasciata) being shy at #PtReyes earlier this month. Challenging to see these beauties high in the canopy, but can't miss their flapping in the forest. Always happy to see these migrants return.💚 #FeatheredFriday #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶

Native Pink Honeysuckle berries ripening earlier this month in #PtReyes. I'm adding their buds and blooms with a bumblebee from July.💚 More plant info. here... calscape.org/Lonicera-his... #WeekPforPink #AlphabetChallenge #CaliforniaNativePlants #NativeBees #NaturePhotos #InsectThursday #Bees 📷🌱

Ae'o (Pacific Golden Plover) and Kōlea (Hawaiian Stilt) with their lovely #SkinnyLegs on Kauaʻi last November.💚 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 📷

Male Hairy Woodpecker on Sonoma Mtn. for #BirdInABush and #WoodpeckerWednesday. 💚 #BirdOfTheDay #Woodpeckers #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Great Egret & Great Blue Heron sporting their #LongNecks for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Twosday #Birds 📷