Been a while since I walked through the botanic #gardens. #Adelaide

Some of the amazing #petroglyphs at the V-Bar-V ranch in Arizona. #NativeAmerican #photography

The mistletoe bird was back yesterday and brought two friends. #birding #birds

Some eucalypts get very tall. #photography #trees #light

I just liked the #clouds just before sunset tonight. #sky #photography

Magnolia #photography #gardening

This adult blue tongue found a safe spot to sun itself in my yard yesterday. #lizards #reptiles #gardening

I was closer than I felt comfortable when I first started taking photos of these #wasps, but they weren’t aggressive and were fun to watch going about their business. #photography #nature #insects #gardening

Something didn’t look right when I walked by. So I took a closer look… #insects #macro #photography #gardens

Some eucalypts have long deep cracks in the bark. When my kids were small, used to walk my kids in the park and tell them about dinosaurs that would come out at night and scratch the trees with their long talons. #DadHumor #trees

Gotcha! A juvenile male superb fairy wren. #birds #birding #wrens #photography #nature #Australia

Australian sunset from several years ago. #photography #sunset #Australia

Obicular #granite, #NewZealand. An uncommon type of granite when #magma crystallization rapidly occurs around seed crystals. #geology #rocks #photography #science

I have one word for this scene, “how?” Taken during field work in September. #geology #California #SierraNevada #rocks

Oviraptor (Anzu wyliei) at the #Utah Museum of Natural History. A late Cretaceous #dinosaur that possibly went extinct when the Chicxulub impactor arrived 65 million years ago. #geology #museum #fossils #NaturalHistory

These opercula (bud caps) protect the #flowers of gum trees until they’re ready to blossom. These are particularly hearty. #nature #photography #Australia #eucalyptus #gardening

Yeah! Right there, that’s the spot. #parrots #Australia #birding #birds #photography

A much better view of a musk lorikeet than the last time. I’ve seen a lot of these this year, but had never noticed them before. They tend to hang out higher in the trees than rainbow lorikeets and are more skittish. #parrots #birding #birds #photography #Australia #Adelaide

Another of the #koala I saw this morning. She’s a pretty girl. #photography #wildlife #marsupials #Australia #Adelaide

Came across a beautiful female #koala while biking home after dropping my kid off at school. She was coming out of the bushes as I came around a slight curve in the path. #Adelaide #UrbanWildlife #Australia #photography #marsupials

Sometimes the carpets of #alpine plants remind me of coral reefs. #NewZealand #photography

If you saw my previous post and want to know how I recognized the divots in the rock were raindrops… Here is a modern example in modern clay #mudcracks, also from #CanyonlandsNP #Utah

Fossilized indentations from raindrops in the Cedar Mesa Sandstone, sometime between 270 and 300 million years ago. The vast sandstone may represent millions of years, but it still recorded an event that probably lasted mere minutes at most! #CanyonlandsNP #Utah #geology #photography

It was so warm yesterday, our cat was seriously thinking about jumping in. The temperature on my pool thermometer was 37 degC. Another day over 40, and it’ll be a hot tub. #SummerHeat #Adelaide We were downright cool compared to some parts of #Australia yesterday.

I finally got one! Usually I can’t get close enough before they fly off. It was dusk so all I got was a silhouette, but I’ll take it. #photography #nature #dragonfly

Lionfish at #BirchAquarium in La Jolla, #California. They’re pretty, but poisonous. #fish

It is 45 degC today so I’m thinking cool thoughts. #nature #photography #waterfall #California #SierraNevada

An orb weaver in my yard a few years ago. They’re not poisonous, but they’re bite may still hurt. #photography #spiders #Australia

A crested pigeon for #BirdOfTheDay, #Pigeons

Made it to 43 degC today. This evening I could see virga as it started to cool off, but alas none for us or the parched plants. #sky #photography #evening

Peacock iris. These beautiful flowers grace a small space in my yard every spring. #photography #flowers #gardening

New lifer for me today. Heard a bird I didn’t recognise and ran up to my door to see it in my acacia. A mistletoe bird in the…mistletoe. #birding #birds #photography #gardening

Here’s my #BirdOfTheDay #TailsUp. The ambassador from the San Diego Zoo. #photography #birds #peacocks

On the regional road near the Flinders Range. A few years ago. #photography #OpenRoad #sunset #Australia #mountains (loose definition)

Fun play with focus. Gabbros on the Kepler trail near Mt. Luxmore with Mt. Lyall in the distance #Fiordland NP. #photography #mountains #NewZealand

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Apache plume at #California Botanic Gardens in Claremont. #photography #flowers

Crepe Myrtles are native to northern Australia and India. Sound like a weird connection? Not really. They are a genus whose range was split when Gondwana broke up. #geology #botany #gardening #trees #flowers

Western tanager is one of the prettiest birds I’ve seen. #photography #birding #birds #BirdOfTheDay #ShortBeaks

Immature hollyhock seed pods. #photography #gardening

Wing feather from a rainbow lorikeet. Must have lost it when feasting on fruit from my plum tree. #parrots #feathers #bird #macro

A family of Australian wood ducks at the park this morning. Usually by the time the chicks get this large, they’re down to one or two. #birding #birds #ducks #Australia #photography

Recent and older scars in the bark of a eucalyptus from a koala.

When I was a kid, there was #triceratops and styracosaurus, but there are many more now. This is one of my favorite natural history displays of #dinosaurs or anything. #geology #NaturalHistory #Utah

#Mushroom cap. #fungi #photography #nature

Many geologic processes occur so slowly we can be excused to think that things are static. But sand dunes constantly change as wind, rain and flowing water create and destroy ripples, footprints and even move the dunes. Great Sand Dunes, NP, #Colorado. #photography #geology #nature #NationalParks

Morning in #SequoiaNP. #California #morning #forest #NationalParks

This marbled #gecko is doing it’s best to hide from me. They have metallic, almost mirror-like eyes. #reptiles #nature #photography #Australia

Just watched the most recent Bourne #movie. As Matt Damien previously remarked, it should have been named The Bourne Redundancy. It also would have been infinitely better if he said the line: “My name is Jason Bourne. You killed my father, now prepare to die.” #PrincessBride #JasonBourne