So many whales along the Sonoma Coast yesterday! Pretty sure they're Humpbacks, but haven't gotten confirmation yet. We even saw a couple breaching, which was a first for me! 💙 #WaterWednesday #Ocean #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🐋

Two #TongueOutTuesday Tule Elk bulls at foggy #PtReyes last week, for this fine #Twosday. 💚 #NationalParks #Mammals #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) sunning on a rose last week.💚 #Butterflies #Bloomscrolling

Happy Equinox! 💚 Pacific Aster (Symphyotrichum chilense) Plant info. here... calscape.org/Symphyotrich... #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #MacroMonday 📷🌱

Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Western Fence Lizard, and Western Gray Squirrel beauties on Sonoma Mtn. this morning.💚 #Mammals #NaturePhotos #Forest #iNat 📷🌳

Enjoyed a magical wander on Sonoma Mtn. this morning. Even caught a glimpse of Glinda the Good Witch floating above the trail! 💚 #NaturePhotos #Magic #Forest 📷

Lorquin's Angle (Macaria lorquinaria) 💚 #Angles #BlueSkyArtShow #NaturePhotos

These #PtReyes Tule elk bulls were having words. That first guy had a harem of at least 12 cows, so mr. bugle was working his way around their periphery, trying to entice them. 💚 #NationalParks #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

During a brief peek through the fog, we got to see these Tule elk twins nursing this week at Tomales Point Tule Elk Reserve in #PtReyes. 💚 #PointReyes Tule elk info. here... www.nps.gov/pore/learn/n... #Mammals #NationalParks #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

If someone adds me to a list & I block them, does my name come off that list? Hope so. They had also blocked me after adding me to that list. 💜

Coast Paintbrush (Castilleja affinis) was vibrant in the coastal scrub (plant community) at Tomales Point yesterday.💚 #PtReyes coastal scrub info here... www.nps.gov/pore/learn/n... #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotos #iNat #NationalParks #Wildflowers 📷🌱

For #InsectThursday here's a Fog-belt bumble bee (Bombus caliginosus) on female Coyote Brush(Baccharis pilularis) last month in #PtReyes. Also known as Obscure bumble bee, they have a vulnerable conservation status.💚 #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NativeBees #Inverts #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱🐝

Marbled Godwit this week in Bodega Harbor.💚 #WaterWednesday #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶

Native Coastal Sagewort (Artemisia pycnocephala) was finishing its blooming season at Bodega Head yesterday, but their silvery foliage was still lovely.💚 Plant info. here... calscape.org/Artemisia-py... #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Ocean #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

#Twosday Western Gulls bonding at Bodega Head yesterday. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶

Tiny Three-striped Longhorn (Adela trigrapha) nectaring on California Buttercup last April.💚 #WeekLforLines #AlphabetChallenge #Moths #MacroMonday #NaturePhotos #iNat #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants 📷🌱

#PtReyes #PacificWaves #VitaminSea 💙

For #SundayYellow here is a rare Point Reyes Silverspot (Argynnis zerene ssp. puntareyes), nectaring on Coastal Gum Plant at the end of August in (you guessed it!) #PtReyes. 💚 #Butterflies #Inverts #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NationalParks #NaturePhotos #iNat #Bloomscrolling 📷🌱

Sweet Leo found his forever #home with us six years ago.🧡 #BlueSkyArtShow #Caturday #SaturdayOrange

We've been seeing lovely native Canyon Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus) fruit ripening lately. I'll add a macro of their tiny pink blooms from June.💚 Plant info. here... calscape.org/Symphoricarp... #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

#FeatheredFriday Great Blue Heron 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶

For #InsectThursday, here are tiny Red Cone Gall Wasp (Feron kingi) galls on Valley Oak leaves yesterday. Valley Oaks are N. America's largest oaks, and can live up to 600 years.💚 More info. here... calscape.org/Quercus-loba... #Trees #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱🌳

More beautiful #birds at Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary this week. (No idea what the Double-crested Cormorant was carrying around.)💚 #Shorebirds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶

Raucous Elegant Terns (Thalasseus elegans) at Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary in Alameda this week.💚 #WaterWednesday #WildlifeWednesday #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶

Evergreen Huckleberries (Vaccinium ovatum) ripening last month in #PtReyes. We gathered enough to make delicious huckleberry pancakes! 💜 Plant info. here... calscape.org/Vaccinium-ov... #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKaraoke #Ocean Surfin' Safari - The Beach Boys

#Twosday Black Oystercatchers on the Alameda shore this weekend. I love hearing their "witchy shrieks"! 💚 Good article about them here... www.oregoncoastmagazine.com/2023/05/22/t... #Birds #Shorebirds #NaturePhotos #iNat #SanFranciscoBay 📷🪶

Young Pacific Chorus Tree Frog at #PtReyes last week for #MacroMonday.💚 #Frogs #Amphibians #NaturePhotos #MacroPhotos #iNat 📷🐸

#Shorebirds reacting to an approaching raptor at Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary, Alameda yesterday.💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷🪶

Large stained glass at The House On The Rock, Wisconsin. #Summer #BlueSkyArtShow

Endangered California Condors soaring above Pinnacles National Park for #VultureAwarenessDay. Such magnificent creatures! 💚 Learn about them here... www.nps.gov/pinn/learn/n... #Birds #NationalParks #iNat #NaturePhotos 📷🪶

Carpenter bee napping in a zinnia this morning. 💚 #Bees #Bloomscrolling 📷🌱

Ruffled #FeatheredFriday Red-tailed Hawk last week on Sonoma Mtn.💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat

It was fascinating to watch this Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila sp.) hauling a caterpillar to her nest at the coast last week.💚 Now I'm wondering which larvae she has.🤔 #InsectThursday #Inverts #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

For #InsectThursday here is a Western Sand Wasp (Bembix americana ssp. comata) feeding on Coastal Gum Plant this week at #PtReyes. 💚 Coastal Gum Plant info. here... calscape.org/Grindelia-st... #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Pollinators #NaturePhotos #iNat #Bloomscrolling #NationalParks 📷🌱

Douglas' Ground Squirrel sentry last month on Sonoma Mtn. 💚 #WildlifeWednesday #Mammals #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🐿️

Great Blue Heron taking a closer look for #WaterWednesday & #WildlifeWednesday. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶

Tiny Jumping Spider (Phidippus sp.) watching a Fine Striped Sweat Bee feeding on a Coastal Gum Plant bloom this weekend at #PtReyes. 💚 #Twosday #Inverts #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #Bloomscrolling #NativeBees 📷🌱

#WeekJforJetBlack #AlphabetChallenge #Birds

American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) nectaring on Pacific Aster at #PtReyes earlier this month.💚 #Invertefest #Butterflies #NationalParks #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

Have been admiring low-growing native Turkey Mullein (Croton setiger) in full bloom these late summer days.💚 Plant info. here... calscape.org/Croton-Setig... #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat #Bloomscrolling 📷🌱

California Lady Beetle 💚 #InverteFest #Bugsky

#Shiny #Waves #BlueSkyArtShow #BW 📷

Mr. California Quail appeared to be a few feathers shy of a full head plume last week at #PtReyes. Magnificent feet though! #FeatheredFriday 💚 #Birds #NationalParks #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶

#FeatheredFriday Snowy Egret was having lots of success fishing at #PtReyes last week. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #NationalParks #iNat 📷🪶

Tiny Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon subtilior) feeding on Coastal Gum Plant flower yesterday.💚 Plant info. here... calscape.org/Grindelia-st... #Invertefest #NativeBees #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱🐝

Some beauties at the Sonoma Coast yesterday.💚 #Birds #Mammals #Butterflies #Ocean #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🦋

California Ringlet (Coenonympha california ssp. california) at #PtReyes last week.💚 #Invertefest #Butterflies #Inverts #iNat 📷

Sonoma Coast #WaterWednesday #Ocean

#Twosday native bumblebees (maybe Sitka &/or Black-tailed) on native Canadian Goldenrod (Solidago elongata) last week in #PtReyes. 💚 Plant info. here... calscape.org/Solidago-elo... #Invertefest #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat #Bloomscrolling #NationalParks 📷🌱