Marbled Godwits #preening for #BirdOfTheDay and #WaterWednesday. 💚 #Birds

Pair of goopy Parrot Mushrooms (Gliophorus psittacinus) last month for #Twosday. 💚 #Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

White-tailed Kite with a snack last week for #BlackAndWhite, #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #BirdsOfPrey #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Fruiting bodies/apothecia on Rock Shield Lichen (Genus Xanthoparmelia) last month, for #MacroMonday. 💚 #Lichens #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #MacroPhotos #iNat 📷

To celebrate #NationalBirdDay, here are some perched birds I saw in the past week...American Kestrel, Western Bluebird, Western Meadowlark, and Savannah Sparrow. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Eye-spots on the back of a Northern Pygmy Owl’s head, for #Speckles&Spots #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Owls #Birds

Chiming in on @billjonesjr.bsky.social 's #HumanNature adventure with this #HikingTrails contribution. Thanks for the inspiration, Bill! Walked this trail eight years ago at #PtReyes. 💚 #Ocean #Beach #NaturePhotos #NationalParks 📷

Distant view of the Farallon Islands under a pastel-colored sky last week, for #SkySunday. 💚 Learn about the Farallones here... www.oceanicsociety.org/learn/farall... #Ocean #PtReyes #NaturePhotos 📷

Here are a few #Snowy #birds from our visit to the Sierra Nevada four winters ago...Ruby-crowned Kinglet, White-headed Woodpecker, and Mountain Chickadee.💚 #BirdOfTheDay #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Squeezed in a sweet walk (between raindrops) with our granddaughter today. Sonoma Mtn. creeks are so happy! 💜

Native Milkmaids (Cardamine californica) were beginning to bloom last month on Taylor Mtn. 💚 Plant information here... calscape.org/Cardamine-ca... #CaliforniaNativePlants #NativePlants #MacroPhotos #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

As if the Rough-legged Hawk wasn't enough of a miracle this week, we also got to spend some time with a couple of Short-eared Owls when finishing up our wander! This was only our second time to see these beauties.💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #Owls #iNat 📷🦉

Thrilled and grateful to finally meet an American Rough-legged Hawk this week! S/he was gorgeous and went by so fast that this was my only, very lucky shot.💚 #Birds #BirdsOfPrey #Lifer! #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Final set of some favorite pics from a wonder-filled year in Nature.💚 Happy New Year's Eve all! 🎉 September - Humpback Whales October - Quaking Aspen in High Sierra November - Fly Agaric/Amanita muscaria December - Coast Redwood Fairy Ring #2025Faves #Ocean #Trees #Fungi #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🍄

Part two of pics from each month this year.💚 May - Chestnut-backed Chickadee by one of our bird boxes. June - Drasteria parallela moth on phlox in High Sierra. July - Western Leafcutter Bee on California Buckwheat. August - #PtReyes #2025faves #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #Birds #iNat 📷

Northern Flicker this week for #BranchingOut #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷

Yellow-rumped Warblers (aka butterbutts), have some of the showiest #birdbutts around. 💛 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷

Winding up 2025 with some of my favorite pics from each month this year.💚 January - Scarlet Waxy Caps February - Bobcat March - California Saxifrage April - Three-striped Longhorn on California Buttercup #2025faves #Fungi #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #Moths #NativePlants #iNat 📷

Witnessed this #serenity moment by a Great Blue Heron many years ago.💚 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds

View of Sonoma Mtn. with reflecting clouds yesterday, for #SkySunday. 💚

Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) aka California Holly or Christmas Berry, last week. Such bright beauties ripening in our woods this time of year.❤️ #Holiday #BlueSkyArtShow Plant information here... calscape.org/Heteromeles-... #CaliforniaNativePlants #NativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

#Outstretched #Red -winged Blackbird for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds

Queen Bolete earlier this month for #FungiFriday. 💚 #Fungi #Mushrooms #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos 📷

Hermit Thrush, Orange-crowned Warbler, and California Quails for my #MostRecent #BirdOfTheDay offering.💚 #FeatheredFriday #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷

American Robin for #BirdOfTheDay #HolidayRobin. 💚

Meowy Christmas from Leo and his minions! 🧡 #HolidayCats

For #WaterWednesday... today our creeks are running and our Chorus #Frogs are singing (in comments). Hoppy Holidays!💚 #WildlifeWednesday

Here are a couple beautiful Jack London State Park trail patrol volunteers we met last week for #twosday. Grateful for the many equine and human volunteers at our parks!💚 Volunteer info. for Jack London park here... jacklondonpark.com/become-a-vol... #Horses #CaliforniaStateParks #ValleyOfTheMoon

Male Acorn Woodpecker for #SideProfiles, #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷

Willow Ptarmigan - Denali National Park, September 2023 💚 #Grounded #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷

Here are a few more cuties we saw last week in the woods, for #MushroomMonday. Common Puffballs, Pinelitter Gingertail (great name!), and Western Amethyst Laccaria. 💚 #Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Fairy Fingers (Clavaria fragilis) last week on Sonoma Mtn. for #MushroomMonday. 🧚💚 #Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Loved this magical scene today...mushrooms popping up to help a neighborhood gnome celebrate Solstice! Too cute. 💚 #WinterSolstice #GnomeMagic

Happy Winter Solstice!💚

Male Western Bluebird pausing this week for #QuietMoments #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds

Bumblebees on West Coast Goldenrod in August for #OpenHouse #BlueSkyArtShow. #NaturePhotos 💚

Love it when the extended family drops by for dinner.💚Suburban Bushtits last summer, for #BirdsOnFeeders. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds

More beautiful #mushrooms we've met during our wanders this week for #FungiFriday. 💚 Honey Mushroom/Armillaria sinapina, Fat Jack/Suillus caerulescens, Violet-gray Knight/Tricholoma griseoviolaceum, Liver Bolete/Suillellus amygdalinus. #Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Common Stump Brittlestem (Psathyrella piluformis) beauties this week for #FungiFriday. 💚 #Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

We spotted some California Turret Spider burrows this week on Sonoma Mtn. They are fascinating little structures.💚 #Spiders #Arachnids #Inverts #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Red-shouldered Hawk watching in the woods yesterday, for #QuietObservers #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds

Caspian Terns along San Francisco Bay for #BirdOfTheDay #Groups. 💚 #Birds

Highlights from this year for #WeekYforYearPast... Gorgeous #HighSierra summer trip for our 35th anniversary, where we met new wildflower friends. Visits to Sonoma Coast where we saw our favorite rare butterfly, and more whales than we could count! 💚 #AlphabetChallenge #NaturePhotos #Year2025 📷

Pelican and gull tidying up for #BirdOfTheDay #ScratchersAndPruners. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos

Dark-eyed Panther (Amanita umbrinidisca) for #MushroomMonday. 💚 #Fungi #FungiFriends #iNat #NaturePhotos

#BirdOfTheDay #HeronsAndEgrets ✔️ #BirdsAndRocks ✔️💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos

I know it's a stretch, but here's my best offering for #DucksOnOneLeg #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds

A few of my #FavoriteThings for #BlueSkyArtShow. 💕

Beautiful #mushrooms I've spotted recently for #FungiFriday. 💚 #Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Overwintering Townsend's Warbler enjoying a bath in a stream for #BirdOfTheDay #Splashes. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #FeatheredFriday 📷🪶