Monday, July 15, 2024 Shortpod Mustard Hirschfeldia incana (non-native) Coastal Bush Lupine Lupinus arboreus and California Lady Beetle Coccinella californica Cobwebby Thistle Cirsium occidentale Cobwebby Thistle Cirsium occidentale White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys California Poppy Eschscholzia californica Jointed Charlock Raphanus raphanistrum (non-native) Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium Italian Thistle Carduus pycnocephalus (non-native) White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Coyote Brush Baccharis pilularis Spineflowers Genus Chorizanthe Spineflowers Genus Chorizanthe Magnificent Seep Monkeyflower Erythranthe grandis California Quail Callipepla californica California Manroot Marah fabacea California Lady Beetle Coccinella californica Bur-Reeds Genus Sparganium Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis (non-native) California Quail Callipepla californica Desert Stink Beetles Genus Eleodes Rabbit-Tobaccos Genus Pseudognaphalium Sheep’s Sorrel Rumex acetosella (non-native) Manroot Manroot Common Bracken Pteridium aquilinum Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata Marsh Harebell Eastwoodiella californica Western Dock Rumex occidentalis Western Dock Rumex occidentalis Western Dock Rumex occidentalis Coastal Hedge-Nettle Stachys chamissonis California Mugwort Artemisia douglasiana California Mugwort Artemisia douglasiana Velvetgrass Holcus lanatus (non-native) Trailing Blackberry Rubus ursinus Meadow Barley Hordeum brachyantherum Skunkweed Navarretia squarrosa Lupine Yerba Buena Clinopodium douglasii Common Woolly Sunflower Eriophyllum lanatum Common Woolly Sunflower Eriophyllum lanatum Coyote Mint Monardella villosa Coyote Mint Monardella villosa Graceful Bedstraw Galium porrigens Common Bracken Pteridium aquilinum Goldenrods Genus Solidago Goldenrods Genus Solidago Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium Pacific Aster Symphyotrichum chilense Wavy-leafed Soap Plant Chlorogalum pomeridianum California Beeplant Scrophularia californica California Beeplant Scrophularia californica Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Stinging Phacelia Phacelia malvifolia Stinging Phacelia Phacelia malvifolia and Coffeeberry Scarlet Pimpernel Lysimachia arvensis (non-native) California Lady Beetle Coccinella californica – native (left) – Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata – non-native (right) Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias (notice the feather…) Coyote Canis latrans Coyote Canis latrans Coyote Canis latrans Coyote Canis latrans Genus Horkelia Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Deervetch Genus Acmispon Three-square Bulrush Schoenoplectus pungens Three-square Bulrush Schoenoplectus pungens Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Alkali Heliotrope Heliotropium curassavicum Alkali Heliotrope Heliotropium curassavicum Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Beach Suncup Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia Beach Suncup Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia Alkali Heath Frankenia salina Saltgrass Distichlis spicata Yellow Sand Verbena Abronia latifolia Yellow Sand Verbena Abronia latifolia Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus European Searocket Cakile maritima (non-native) Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae By-the-wind Sailor Velella velella Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Brass Buttons Cotula coronopifolia (non-native) Great Blue Heron feather (from heron we saw on the way to the beach) Beach Starwort Stellaria littoralis
