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DiRebecca (Di)
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Nature pics are mine.💚

wife, mom, grandma, lez, army vet, california naturalist...
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/direbecca

sonoma county, ca.
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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · Aug 7
Anna's Hummingbird nectaring on native California Fuchsia/Epilobium canum, which is very popular in my garden these days.💚

Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Epilobium-ca...

#Birds #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Pollinators #NaturePhotography #Bloomscrolling #iNat #OriginalContent 📷🌿🌱🪶
Close-up of metallic green-backed hummingbird with pollen on chin and beak, hovering above, and nectaring on bright red-orange tubular flowers. *Plant is very drought resistant with small, thin fuzzy leaves and woody stems. I cut mine back at the end of their long flowering season in late Fall. See Calscape.org link in main post for more info. and nursery sources.
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Two years ago we joined an Ocean Society tour to the Farallon Islands where Morris, a very special Northern Gannet happened to be that day.💚
Our tour's naturalist was Michael Pierson & there's a short film about him & Morris here...
www.rhyswatkinphotography.com/films

#Gannets #BirdOfTheDay #Birds
Large mostly white sea bird is perched on the edge of a small rocky island. He is preening.
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Gray Fox kits snuggling while lying in the sun for #warmth.
#BlueSkyArtShow
Two young foxes resting close together.
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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@goodport.bsky.social - I thought you'd appreciate seeing this Raven making clicking sounds today. I was trying to record the other high-pitched single bird call then this beauty chimed in! (Still trying to ID the other bird, if anyone has some feedback.) 💚 #FeatheredFriday #Birds
November 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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False Turkey Tail/Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum) we saw last week, for #FungiFriday. 💚
#Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Macro of light orange to rust-colored bracket fungi growing on downed oak trunk among green moss.
November 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Beautiful Red-shouldered Hawk flew in close this week for #FeatheredFriday. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Medium-sized hawk with striped orange front, and mottled black with white wings, is perched in a tree with fall colors.
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving! 😊
Enjoy this macro of some tiny Evergreen Huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum) flowers we saw this week at #PtReyes.💗

#Bloomscrolling #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants 📷🌱
Macro of cluster of light to dark pink blooms and tiny green beginnings of berries, with a fly perched on and watching over them.
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Shimmering Northern Shoveler for #BirdOfTheDay #Headshots. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🦆
Close-up of male Shoveler with his iridescent green head and large black beak.
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Plump Douglas' Ground Squirrel eating California Buckeye nut earlier this month for #WildlifeWednesday. Amazing that they have adapted to eating these nuts, since they are toxic to most animals.💚

#Wildlife #Squirrels #Mammals #NaturePhotos #iNat #CaliforniaNativePlants 📷
Close-up of mottled brown with off-white ground squirrel holding and eating a buckeye nut while sitting up on the ground.
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Surfbird (Calidris virgata) #OnTheEdge of the Pacific Ocean for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
A large brown with white sandpiper perched on dark rock with ocean foam in background.
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Mountain Chickadee #HangingAround in the #HighSierra last month for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds
A black, grey and white chickadee hangs upside-down from a pinecone, in a conifer with mostly green needles.
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Button's Banana Slugs (Ariolimax buttoni) were abundant and hungry this weekend at #PtReyes! This species has an Imperiled conservation status. 💚

#TextureTuesday #Inverts #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Shiny brownish-green banana slug munching on a purple Douglas Iris. Two shiny banana slugs, one is munching on a Russula mushroom cap as the other slips by on the adjacent ground. Another banana slug about two feet off the ground, atop a Queen Anne's lace eating seeds. One more banana slug munching on a deep green sword fern.
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Amanita augusta (Western Yellow-veiled Amanita) last weekend for #WeekVforVowels. 💚
#AlphabetChallenge #Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Brown speckled Amanita mushroom with yellow "skirt" hanging around stipe, growing in Coast Live Oak duff with a large sword fern and green foliage in background.
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Lovely Redhead Russula (Russula rhodocephala) we saw yesterday for #MushroomMonday. 💚

#Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Close-up of bright red-capped mushroom with a pink stipe, growing among pine duff with green foliage beyond.
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Flush of large Western Jack-o'-lantern (Omphalotus olivascens) #mushrooms we saw this weekend for #MushroomMonday. 💚
#Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Close-up, looking down on group of light to dark orange fan-shaped mushrooms, sprouting from base of dead oak tree.
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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#SkySunday sunset ten years ago on Sonoma Mtn. 💚
Wide-angle shot of hill and trees in silhouette with colorful sunset beyond.
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Big beautiful stand of #small Purplelip Pansy Monkeyflowers (Displacus angustatus) for #BlueSkyArtShow. 💚
#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Huge number of tiny pink to purple monkey flowers with a little yellow in the center. They were growing in a gravely area in April 2020, Napa County, Ca.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Osprey with fish for #BirdOnAWire #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds
Large black and white bird is perched on a cable, while holding a fish.
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Macro of cute fuzzy Splitgill Mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) I saw last week for #FungiFriday. 💚
#Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Macro of two tiny pinkish gilled mushrooms with light fuzzy caps, emerging from downed tree trunk.
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Pacific Rhododendron in Salt Point State Park on May 21 for #FallbackFlowers. 💞

Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Rhododendron...

#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #Bloomscrolling 📷🌱
Close-up of big showy pink rhododendron flowers blooming on a sunny day.
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Here are a couple macros of slime mold fruiting bodies I've seen recently. While slime molds used to be considered fungi, they are not (despite their common name). They are fascinating nonetheless!💚

More on them, here...
www.nps.gov/articles/000...

#SlimeMolds #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Macro of tiny round golden fruiting bodies growing on a piece of bark. This is Insect-egg Slime (Leocarpus fragilis). Macro of tiny round textured orange fruiting bodies growing on a downed tree. This one is called Wolfs Milk (Lycogala sp.).
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Multiple #Thrushes for #BirdOfTheDay, because I can't choose. Swainson's, Western Bluebird, Varied, and Hermit are all faves.💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶
Light brown and off-white singing bird perched on a branch. This is a Swainson's Thrush. Their song is divine. Rich blue with orange bluebird is perched on barbed wire. This is a male Western Bluebird. Shadowed orange, black with off-white medium-sized bird perched on a branch. This is a Varied Thrush. Brown and off-white bird with brown speckled chest is perched on a downed branch. This is a Hermit Thrush.
November 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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A leaf swimming last weekend for #WaterWednesday. 💚
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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#Twosday turtles in a pond last week. The larger one is a native Northwestern Pond Turtle which has a conservation status of vulnerable. The smaller one is a Red-eared Slider, an invasive in California.💚 #iNat #NaturePhotos 📷🐢
Two turtles floating on a piece of wood in a pond. The larger one on the left has spots under their chin and the smaller one has yellow stripes with a red spot behind its eye.
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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#Mottled Red-tailed Hawk being harassed by a #blurry Crow, for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷🪶
Red-tail perched high in a Redwood looking a bit annoyed with a blurred Crow who keeps flying in close.
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet #staredown for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚
#Birds #NaturePhotos
Close-up of small greyish, white, and black bird with a hint of red on his head. He is perched on a branch among green and brown leaves of a Coast Live Oak.
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM