Monday, October 4, 2021

From Peacock Gap (Biscayne Dr. and Partridge Dr.) to Back Ranch Meadows

Coyote on golf course
Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia
Poison Oak
California Cudweed Pseudognaphalium californicum
Oceanspray
Pacific Madrone Arbutus menziesii
Coast Live Oak Quercus agrifolia
Spined Turban Gall Wasp Cynips douglasii
Spined Turban Gall Wasp Cynips douglasii on Valley Oak
California Black Oak Quercus kelloggii
old Acorn Woodpecker Granary
Deer print
Female Coyote Brush
Woodfern
Western Sword Fern Polystichum munitum
Goldback Fern
California Turret Spider Atypoides riversi
California Turret Spider Atypoides riversi
California Turret Spider Atypoides riversi
California Turret Spider Atypoides riversi
California Black Oak Quercus kelloggii
Orange Bush Monkeyflower Diplacus aurantiacus
Common Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
California Turret Spider
Maidenhair Fern
Common Star Lily Toxicoscordion fremontii (Fremont’s deathcamas)
Hooker’s Fairybells Prosartes hookeri
Redwoods
Buckeye
Sapsucker
Manzanita and Madrone
baby Western Fence Lizard
California Sagebrush Artemisia californica
Buckeye
non-native Pyracantha

Bonus: a Cooper’s Hawk landed on my barbeque

Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii