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DiRebecca
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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 @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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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 2h
So glad you enjoyed your visit to one of our fave places! Thanks for sharing. Such a gem! 💚
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 5h
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 7h
Male Hairy Woodpecker on Sonoma Mtn. for #BirdInABush and #WoodpeckerWednesday. 💚

#BirdOfTheDay #Woodpeckers #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Close-up through blurry leaves of upper body and head of a black and white woodpecker with a bit of red on his head.
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 1d
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 1d
Great Egret & Great Blue Heron sporting their #LongNecks for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚
#Twosday #Birds 📷
Tall white bird and tall black with grey bird at edge of lagoon. White bird is on sandy shore and black with grey bird is wading in water among green plants.
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 1d
Gorgeous! Here's a California cousin, Anise Swallowtail/Papilio zelicaon (on fennel)...
Close-up of chubby green caterpillar with black and yellow spots, clinging vertically to a fennel stem.
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 1d
California Wild Rose (Rosa californica) with Masked Bee (Hylaeus sp.) pollinator for #WeekPforPink. 💚

Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Rosa-califor...

#AlphabetChallenge #Bees #CaliforniaNativePlants #Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱
Close-up of small pink wild rose bloom, with a small black bee in the yellow center. There are serrated green leaves surrounding the bloom.
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 2d
Oh, I'm glad you enjoyed yours. 😀 Our "residents" sing all day and in to the night in spring and summer. I guess I would appreciate them more if they stuck to late afternoons. ha! This bathing beauty was so sweet to watch today...very happy bird! 💚
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 2d
Mockingbird spreading their #wings today while showering in our glorious rain. 💚
#BirdOfTheDay #Birds 📷
A perched gray, black and white mockingbird has wings and tail feathers spread wide, as rain drops fall on them and all around.
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 2d
My first #MushroomMonday cutie of the season in Alameda, Ca. this week. Maybe Chestnut Bolete (Gyroporus castaneus).💚
#Fungi #FungiFriends #MacroMonday #iNat 📷🍄
Macro of small brown mushroom with white pores is growing from sandy soil.
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 3d
Really nice shot! 💚
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 4d
Smoky #glow from NorCal Glass Fire, Sept. 2020.
#BlueSkyArtShow
Black leaves and stems in front of orange glowing sun.
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 4d
#Juvenile Canada Goose being adorable last April for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds
Close-up of fuzzy yellow and tan gosling among green grass.
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 5d
American Robin was also enjoying Pacific Madrone berries this week on Sonoma Mtn. 💚

#FeatheredFriday #Birds #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Trees #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱
Close-up of orange, grey and white bird perched on a branch, with ripening green and orange berries dangling in front of them.
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 5d
Oh, what kind of bird is that? Remember to have fun tomorrow... it's going to be wonderful! 🥰
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 5d
Not yet, but I am ever hopeful. There is a garden with them a couple miles from me, so maybe some day.🤞
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 5d
I've only gone a couple times for special events quite a few years ago, so I don't have good guidance on that. (I bought my California Pipevine plants from their plant sale the last time I was there, about 6 yrs. ago.)
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 5d
P.S. As I look over sightings of them at this particular garden, April and May appear to be peak times to see both butterflies and caterpillars.
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 5d
Put this amazing garden on your list for a spring visit. They have tons of Pipevine and it gets very active there with butterflies and caterpillars in the spring. 💚

hallbergbutterflygardens.org
Hallberg Butterfly Gardens
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 5d
Here's are their Bay Area sightings on iNaturalist, so it does appear that they are much less common in the South Bay, unfortunately.
Red squares on a Northern California map indicate observations of California Pipevine Swallowtails.
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 6d
#Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚

#Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶
Close-up of medium-sized black and white bird with rufous side and red eye is perched on a conifer branch.
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 6d
You might enjoy this story...
www.oneearth.org/climate-hero...
Climate Hero: Tim Wong | One Earth
Meet the biologist who brought back the rare California pipevine swallowtail butterfly through a conservation project in his own backyard.
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 6d
Here they tend to be in riparian areas (even if just a run-off gully) with Pipevine. Over the years I've sought out Pipevine in wild lands, so I revisit those often in spring to watch for action. This late one was in woods near a creekside butterfly garden which gets thick with them in spring. 💚
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 6d
Iridescent California Pipevine Swallowtail resting in a sunny spot in the woods this week. Their only host plant is California Pipevine (Aristolochia californica).💚

Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Aristolochia...

#InsectThursday #Butterflies #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱
Close-up of large black butterfly with blue iridescence is perched on dry leaf.
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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 6d
Thanks much 💚
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