Do you have oaks in your neighbourhood? Are they drippy this year?
Brenneria quercina
Tag: nature journaling
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?
Eucalyptus cinerea
We went to nature journal orchids, but I spent my time down memory lane with a silver dollar eucalypt instead.
Pepsis mildei
Fun times with the nature journal club. Turns out that adult tarantula-hawk wasps eat milkweed nectar, when they’re not catching tarantulas and laying their eggs in the paralyzed bodies. How sweet.
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