My friend Kristine told me about Headwaters Corner; Kim and I checked it out as a location for our next nature journal club meetup. It’s lovely!
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
Tag: nature journaling
Schistocerca nitens
Reading up on this grasshopper, I learned that it is a problematic invasive species in Hawaii. In 2004, a major swarming event on the island of Nīhoa devastated approximately 90% of the island’s vegetation. Likely introduced to Hawaii several decades ago, it has since spread throughout the archipelago, aided by its ability to fly over 300 miles across open ocean!
That last fact blew my mind. 🤯
Brenneria quercina
Do you have oaks in your neighbourhood? Are they drippy this year?
conejo valley botanic garden
wood rat den
Wildwood is lovely, but sometimes the creek is pretty smelly. Scenic, but odiferous. I wonder if the woodrats are bothered by that.
look up
First I noticed all the bird poop on the ground. So I looked up … and this is what I saw.
birches
I’m currently attending the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference. The first session was taught by Sushma Hegde.
infographic
I had a go at creating an infographic. I suspect it’s too wordy to be effective as such. What do you think?
dove comparison
I have been looking at the doves silhouetted on the power lines, and wondering which of the two common species they are. Now I know that the tail shape is a strong indicator—the mourning dove’s tail is tapered while the Eurasian’s is square.
Bolitoglossa colonnea
I went down a salamander hole and discovered mental glands. Who knew?
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