Today's walk report: 011418

Photos from this weekend, which will probably be historically known as "Shithole" weekend, at some date in the future.

Saturday.

Aussie native. No ID.

We named this ground squirrel, Gomer, after Gomer Pyle.

Not from when he was a Marine but rather when he ran the filling station.

Calypte anna, Anna's hummingbird.

It was getting dived upon by another male.

Calypte anna, Anna's hummingbird.

Showing some iridescence.

a little more.

Meanwhile the Senna bicapsularis bush next to me was rustling a bunch. It's a dense bush, it took me a moment to realize it was American bushtits (Psaltriparus minimus) going after insects. They travel in small flocks, typically 10+. 'Trippy little birds slightly smaller than a chickadee.

Psaltriparus minimus.

Psaltriparus minimus,

Sunday.

Right outside the front door. Eschscholzia californica.

One of the same two male Calypte anna hummingbirds from yesterday.

Calypte anna hummingbird.

Calypte anna hummingbird.

It appeared to be the same two male Anna's hummingbirds from yesterday dive bombing and chasing each other presumably over territory. However, this female was hanging out about 30 feet (about 10 meters) away unbeknownst to either of them.

Female Calypte anna hummingbird.

Gulf fritillary butterfly ovipositing.

Same butterfly resting in a coral gum tree.

Phoebis sennae, the cloudless sulphur ovipositing in a Senna bicapsularis bush.

This is what the sky looked like.

Cirrusly.

Today's walk report: 123117, Happy New Year!

Photos from today the last day of 2017... Good riddance. Make 2018 much better, get out and vote!

Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)

Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)

I've seen these guys since 2013 (maybe 2012) except there were at least 5 planes at the beginning. I know there were 4 in 2016.

Some grevillea

Cassins Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)

Happy New Year!

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Brrk, brroock, broock, brk-ooock, braaa!

Today's walk report: 122517, Merry Christmas

It's Christmas and there's nothing wrong with saying Merry Christmas. This day has a very different meaning for many people but no matter, you can still say Merry Christmas--even us progressively minded folks can say it. Even an atheist can say it. It's a special day. There's never been a problem. 45 is an idiot.

Here are some pictures from this afternoon...

Female calypte anna hummingbird.

Male Selasphorus sasin hummingbird.

Same male Selasphorus sasin hummingbird.

A young male calypte anna hummingbird.

According to my camera data this bird was 291 meters away so... best guess is an Ardea herodias, aka, the great blue heron. It looked too dark and too large to be an egret.

The Equine Center is one of SoCal's emergency evacuation centers for horses inside of fire areas. Right now it appears as though about a dozen horses here may have been evacuated from the Thomas, Rye and or Creek fires.

Red tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis.

3 crows.

A crow on horseback.

More crows.

A mourning dove awaiting sunset.

A very Merry Christmas
And a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
War is over, if you want it
War is over now

~Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John Lennon, Yoko Ono~

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Photos from November 23 (Thanksgiving) to December 4, 2017. I'm simply trying to get a couple more posts in before the end of the year.

Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

Melaleuca thymifolia

A really dead and munched upon cactus.

Some type of Euphorbia.

Here's a wide shot.

Bees on some type of Banksia.

Right outside the front door.

Lycianthes rantonnetii, aka, royal robe or blue potato bush.

Good tidings to you and yours. Thanks for coming along.

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Photos from today...

Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur)

Hakea minyma

Hakea minyma, "feeding the birds"

Hakea minyma

Male Allen's hummingbird, camouflaged