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DiRebecca (Di)

@direbecca.bsky.social

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 · 8h ago

Last week at #PtReyes this wading Great Blue Heron appeared more like a #borb than a bird with #longlegs. 💚 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #NationalParks #NaturePhotos 📷

Close-up of Great Blue Heron wading while fishing, in a deep pond that is covered by floating leafy plants.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 11h ago

American Sand Wasp (Bembix americana) feeding on Coastal Gum Plant (Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla) this week at #PtReyes for #InsectThursday. 💚 #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NationalParks #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Small black and yellow striped wasp with large green eyes is feeding in the center of a yellow daisy-like flower on a sandy beach.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · yesterday

Got to watch this North American River Otter family feasting at #PtReyes yesterday! 💚 #WildlifeWednesday #WaterWednesday #NationalParks #Mammals #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Young river otter eating while briefly perched on rocky edge of lagoon.

An adult with two young otters eating while along the rocky edge of a lagoon.

View from above of an otter looking at camera while two more swim nearby.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 2d ago

#Twosday Prairie Flax (Linum lewisii) blooms last month in the #HighSierra. 💚 Excellent information on this native, drought-tolerant North American plant here... plantnative.org/native-plant... #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #Wildflowers #Bloomscrolling #iNat 📷🌱

Close-up of two light blue flax flowers with yellow centers growing at high elevation in the Sierra Nevada.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 3d ago

Lovely Spotted Sandpiper we saw in the #HighSierra last month for #FabulousWaders & #Speckled, #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷

Close-up of small speckled brown and white wading shorebird on the rocky edge of an alpine lake.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 3d ago

Longhorn Steer's-head (Dicentra uniflora), my favorite ephemeral wildflower, for #WeekEforEphemeral. 💚 #AlphabetChallenge #MacroMonday #NaturePhotos 📷

Macro of tiny pink wildflower that is shaped like a longhorn steer's skull.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 3d ago

Dug these up from my earliest #iNat bird observations for #Firsts, #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷

Three very blurry, dark photos of an owl family inside a barn. There are four owlets peeking out of their nesting box and a parent looking at camera while perched on a beam. Photo is dated 6/1/07.

Pileated woodpecker hammering on a snag while holding on to it vertically. Photo is from 2008.

Two Cedar Waxwings perched on a branch with many red berries around them. This photo is from 2009.

Osprey perched on top of a dead conifer. The surrounding area is very foggy. This photo is from 2010.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 4d ago

Long-billed Curlew was calling while circling around Bodega Head last month. I like the dragonfly photobomb too.💚 #BirdOfTheDay #BestOfJuly #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat #SkySunday 📷

Distant large, long-beaked brown shorebird is flying above a dragonfly, with dry grasses in foreground. There is a line of clouds in a mostly blue sky beyond them.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 5d ago

Having a fun #Goaturday with our beloved Grand! 💜

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 7d ago

Hit a milestone of 20K iNaturalist observations this week at Sonoma Coast SP! 🎉 I think this bee is a Pyrobombus sp., but haven't gotten confirmation yet. S/he's feeding on Seaside Buckwheat, next to a Coastal Bush Lupine bloom.💚 #Bees #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #NaturePhotos 📷🌱🐝🥳

Bumblebee upside-down while working their way around a round, pink with white buckwheat flower head. There are green lupine leaves around the bloom and an adjacent budding and blooming purple lupine flower head.

Another shot of same scene with bee working on right side of buckwheat bloom.

Same scene with bee working toward center of flower.

One more shot of bumblebee almost centered in pink with white buckwheat bloom.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 7d ago

Male American Goldfinch at #PtReyes earlier this month for #Yellow, #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NationalParks #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Golden yellow with black goldfinch is perched atop a Coyote Bush with blue skies beyond.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · last wk.

Gray Hairstreak resting in my chives this week for #InsectThursday. 💚 #Butterflies #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Close-up of small gray butterfly with orange, black and white spots. S/he is perched on a light lavender chives flowerhead.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · last wk.

One of our resident Anna's Hummingbirds this week for #YourChoice, #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #Hummingbirds

Close-up of hummingbird perched on the tip of a Bird-of-Paradise flower with blurred red roses in background.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · last wk.

Mama Lodgepole Chipmunk (Neotamias speciosus) having a snack earlier this month in the #HighSierra, for #WildlifeWednesday. 💚 #Chipmunks #Mammals #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🐿️

Close-up of chipmunk eating a nut while perched on a granite boulder.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · last wk.

Belted Kingfisher over Bodega Harbor last week for #MultiColour, #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Black, grey, brown and white kingfisher perched on a dead branch with light blue sky beyond.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · last wk.

#Twosday Pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea) blooming in Calavaras Big Trees State Park earlier this month.💚 Plant info. here... calscape.org/plant/3119/P... #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Two spikes with red to orange dangling urn-shaped flowers in pine forest. The distant smaller plant of the two is on the right side of the closer one. There are down and standing conifer trunks in the background.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · last wk.

Anna's Hummingbird feeding on Pride Of Madeira (invasive plant in California).💚 #EmeraldBackdrop #BirdOfTheDay Plant info. here... ucanr.edu/site/uc-mari... #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

Close-up of hummingbird with green iridescent back is hovering at a flowering purple plant, with blurred green leaves in background.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · last wk.

#WeekDforDark #AlphabetChallenge #Sunflowers #Bloomscrolling 📷🌱🌻

Tall maroon blooms of a sunflower cultivar.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · last wk.

Caspian Terns at Bodega Harbor last week.💚 #Grey #RedBeaks #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Group of nine terns standing at the edge of Bodega Harbor. There are ripples in the water beyond them and sandy beach in the foreground.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 2w ago

Brewer's Monardella in #HighSierra earlier this month.💜 Plant info. here... www.calscape.org/Monardella-b... #Stunday #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat #Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers 📷🌱

Round heads of purple mint-family flowers blooming among dried grasses.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 2w ago

During my first visit to one of our county parks, after they'd been closed for a month during Covid, this Bullock's Oriole was a very special sighting. 💚 #Memories #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷

Orange with black Oriole with a caterpillar in his beak. He is perched on the branch of a Coast Live Oak, with blurry green leaves in background.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 2w ago

#OneTwoThreeFour #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #CaliforniaBirds #NaturePhotos 📷💚

Common Merganser perched on a large boulder in Lake Alpine. She is looking directly at the camera.

Pair of Acorn Woodpeckers perched on a curved dead branch.

Three Semipalmated Plovers resting on one leg on a sandy bay shore.

Four Buffleheads floating in calm blue bay.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 2w ago

#HighSierra conifer forest reflected in alpine lake last week, for #ForestFriday. 💚 #NaturePhotos #Trees 📷

Still lake reflecting clouds, blue sky and conifer trees. There is a down snag resting horizontally at the edge of shallow water in the foreground.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 2w ago

Wilson's Phalarope was my #LastBird and a lifer this week at Bodega Harbor.💚 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Close-up of small grey with white shorebird standing in bay water along sandy beach.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 2w ago

We saw both of these beautiful Twelve-spotted Skimmers this summer. The first is a female in Wisconsin in June, and the 2nd is a male (white spots) from our #HighSierra trip last week.💚 #InsectThursday #Dragonflies #Inverts #NaturePhotos #iNat📷

Close-up of large dragonfly with transparent wings, except for six black spots. Her body is brown with yellow, and she is clinging to a vertical stick.

Close-up of male of the same species of dragonfly. He has black spots on mostly transparent wings, but also has white spots alternating with the black ones. His abdomen is mostly powdery white. There is a blurred field of pink with yellow daisy-like wildflowers in a meadow beyond him.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 2w ago

Female Pyrobombus sp. feeding on Slender Bird's Beak (Cordylanthus tenuis) last week in #HighSierra, for #InsectThursday. 💚 #WeekCforCurves #AlphabetChallenge #Bees #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Black with yellow female bumblebee feeding upside down on narrow green with maroon flower. Her weight is causing the reddish stem to bend over. There is blurry granite rock in the background.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 2w ago

#SittingDownOnTheJob was the job for mama Robin, as she built her nest last month in Wisconsin.💚 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Nesting #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Adult female American Robin is sitting in her partially assembled nest on a tree branch. There are green leaves surrounding her and the branch.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 2w ago

#Wildlife on and around a portion of Bodega Rock (off Bodega Head) yesterday. They include California Sea Lions, Cormorants, Common Murres, and Steller Sea Lions. I've never seen this island so crowded. They were not quiet!💚 #WaterWednesday #WildlifeWednesday #NaturePhotos #iNat #Birds #Ocean 📷

Portion of a distant rocky island in the Pacific Ocean. At the highest point are mostly birds, while the lower and coastal areas host many sea lions.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 2w ago

#Twosday Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily (Calochortus leichtlinii) buds and blooms along the Pacific Crest Trail last week.💚 #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Wildflowers #Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotos #HighSierra #iNat 📷🌱

Two white with yellow and maroon lily flowers with 2 green and maroon buds to their left. They were growing from sandy granite soil at about 8,600' (2600m) elevation.

DiRebecca (Di)@direbecca.bsky.social · 2w ago

Fledgling Mountain Chickadee perched briefly while chasing their parent around last week in #HighSierra. 💚 #Paridae #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Small grey and black bird with a short beak is perched on a conifer branch.