Patrick
@watchinthesky.bsky.social
All about Nature - especially birds and reptiles, those will be most of the posts - with some travel and plant photos tossed in! Photos by me unless reposted or attributed Maybe some sky pics cuz watchinthesky 😉
Living in San Diego north county - Ca
Living in San Diego north county - Ca
A handsome dude! Is he asking for help on the few pin feathers up there? Phin does 😊
December 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A handsome dude! Is he asking for help on the few pin feathers up there? Phin does 😊
Thanks. It’s the first time I can recall that happening. Maybe just the first time the wind the smoke my direction.
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Thanks. It’s the first time I can recall that happening. Maybe just the first time the wind the smoke my direction.
From a non-vetted source, hay bales can sometimes self ignite. Hopefully that and not something malicious , supposedly started around midnight.
I can say hay bales put off a lot of smoke!
I can say hay bales put off a lot of smoke!
December 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
From a non-vetted source, hay bales can sometimes self ignite. Hopefully that and not something malicious , supposedly started around midnight.
I can say hay bales put off a lot of smoke!
I can say hay bales put off a lot of smoke!
Turns out it was a big stack of rolled hay bales that caught fire on a farm about 8 miles away. This was an air quality report from the area ,
Not great for a while.
Not great for a while.
December 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Turns out it was a big stack of rolled hay bales that caught fire on a farm about 8 miles away. This was an air quality report from the area ,
Not great for a while.
Not great for a while.
Apparently hay bale fires are a thing. Reportedly stacks of rolled hay bales combusted (spontaneously?) and are hard to put out. No chance to turn into a wildfire 👍 but lots of smoke. It’s out and clear now 🙏
December 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Apparently hay bale fires are a thing. Reportedly stacks of rolled hay bales combusted (spontaneously?) and are hard to put out. No chance to turn into a wildfire 👍 but lots of smoke. It’s out and clear now 🙏
We get the White-breasted here, definitely a fave!
December 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We get the White-breasted here, definitely a fave!
Wohoo, but still waiting for the map you handed out to guide a few down here… they should wait until tomorrow though.
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Wohoo, but still waiting for the map you handed out to guide a few down here… they should wait until tomorrow though.
Ha! I saw your irises this morning. I have not been able to get them going here (Douglas irises)
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Ha! I saw your irises this morning. I have not been able to get them going here (Douglas irises)
Lifting inversion sounds likely, there’s a slight breeze now and the haze is rising from San Pasqual valley up to our little side valley. It’s nasty out. Photo is not really picking up the smoke very well. Still fog but now more smoke than fog.
December 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Lifting inversion sounds likely, there’s a slight breeze now and the haze is rising from San Pasqual valley up to our little side valley. It’s nasty out. Photo is not really picking up the smoke very well. Still fog but now more smoke than fog.
Oh yeah! Here’s a photo from May 9, nearing the end and seeds are forming.
December 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Oh yeah! Here’s a photo from May 9, nearing the end and seeds are forming.
Hmm, midnight. I guess the wind just recently shifted from the south east and now the smoke is drifting here. Could not smell it at 7am.
December 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Hmm, midnight. I guess the wind just recently shifted from the south east and now the smoke is drifting here. Could not smell it at 7am.
It looks and smells like it all of a sudden. Watch Duty shows very bad air quality just west of the Wild Animal Park just south of 78.
Smoke on top of the fog…
Smoke on top of the fog…
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It looks and smells like it all of a sudden. Watch Duty shows very bad air quality just west of the Wild Animal Park just south of 78.
Smoke on top of the fog…
Smoke on top of the fog…
It’s not prime environment for them, hot and south facing but a couple patches are starting to come up. Mostly from seed. 👍😎
It’ll be a blue spring 💙
It’ll be a blue spring 💙
December 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It’s not prime environment for them, hot and south facing but a couple patches are starting to come up. Mostly from seed. 👍😎
It’ll be a blue spring 💙
It’ll be a blue spring 💙
Beautiful, a favorite backyard plant! Just now coming back from their late summer sleep.
December 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Beautiful, a favorite backyard plant! Just now coming back from their late summer sleep.
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