Photos / Sounds
What
Peeps, Stints, Knots, and Allies Genus CalidrisObserver
danlharpDescription
Legs were fairly clean of mud spatter.
Photos / Sounds
What
Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegansObserver
danlharpDescription
Not much larger than a nearby Forster's Tern.
Photos / Sounds
What
Genus PisolithusObserver
danlharpDescription
In disturbed soil at the base of a small clump of live oaks. In the photo with the section, note that the rotting base extends down into the ground.
Photos / Sounds
What
Western Bluebird Sialia mexicanaObserver
danlharpDescription
Checking out the nesting box?
Photos / Sounds
What
Rock Shield Lichens Genus XanthoparmeliaObserver
danlharpDescription
On granite.
Photos / Sounds
What
Bushy Lichens Genus RamalinaObserver
danlharpDescription
On a broken branch on the ground under a Coast Live Oak. C- (I don't have access to the other reagents).
Photos / Sounds
What
Ruffle Lichens Genus ParmotremaObserver
danlharpDescription
C- (I don't have access to the other reagents).
Photos / Sounds
What
Sweet Pittosporum Pittosporum undulatumObserver
danlharpDescription
Growing along a fence line, not cultivated.
Photos / Sounds
What
Scarlet Pimpernel Lysimachia arvensisObserver
danlharpDescription
Self-seeded in lawn grass.
Photos / Sounds
What
Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctataObserver
danlharpDescription
Probably Diabrotica. In spite of greenish tinge, probably a Spotted Cucumber Beetle? Second photo gives scale against a Dandelion blossom approx. 2.5 cm. dia.
