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DiRebecca (Di)
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Nature pics are mine.💚

wife, mom, grandma, lez, army vet, california naturalist...
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/direbecca

sonoma county, ca.
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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · Aug 7
Anna's Hummingbird nectaring on native California Fuchsia/Epilobium canum, which is very popular in my garden these days.💚

Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Epilobium-ca...

#Birds #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Pollinators #NaturePhotography #Bloomscrolling #iNat #OriginalContent 📷🌿🌱🪶
Close-up of metallic green-backed hummingbird with pollen on chin and beak, hovering above, and nectaring on bright red-orange tubular flowers. *Plant is very drought resistant with small, thin fuzzy leaves and woody stems. I cut mine back at the end of their long flowering season in late Fall. See Calscape.org link in main post for more info. and nursery sources.
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Mountain Chickadee #HangingAround in the #HighSierra last month for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds
A black, grey and white chickadee hangs upside-down from a pinecone, in a conifer with mostly green needles.
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Button's Banana Slugs (Ariolimax buttoni) were abundant and hungry this weekend at #PtReyes! This species has an Imperiled conservation status. 💚

#TextureTuesday #Inverts #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Shiny brownish-green banana slug munching on a purple Douglas Iris. Two shiny banana slugs, one is munching on a Russula mushroom cap as the other slips by on the adjacent ground. Another banana slug about two feet off the ground, atop a Queen Anne's lace eating seeds. One more banana slug munching on a deep green sword fern.
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Amanita augusta (Western Yellow-veiled Amanita) last weekend for #WeekVforVowels. 💚
#AlphabetChallenge #Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Brown speckled Amanita mushroom with yellow "skirt" hanging around stipe, growing in Coast Live Oak duff with a large sword fern and green foliage in background.
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Lovely Redhead Russula (Russula rhodocephala) we saw yesterday for #MushroomMonday. 💚

#Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Close-up of bright red-capped mushroom with a pink stipe, growing among pine duff with green foliage beyond.
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Flush of large Western Jack-o'-lantern (Omphalotus olivascens) #mushrooms we saw this weekend for #MushroomMonday. 💚
#Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Close-up, looking down on group of light to dark orange fan-shaped mushrooms, sprouting from base of dead oak tree.
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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#SkySunday sunset ten years ago on Sonoma Mtn. 💚
Wide-angle shot of hill and trees in silhouette with colorful sunset beyond.
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Big beautiful stand of #small Purplelip Pansy Monkeyflowers (Displacus angustatus) for #BlueSkyArtShow. 💚
#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Huge number of tiny pink to purple monkey flowers with a little yellow in the center. They were growing in a gravely area in April 2020, Napa County, Ca.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Osprey with fish for #BirdOnAWire #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds
Large black and white bird is perched on a cable, while holding a fish.
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Macro of cute fuzzy Splitgill Mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) I saw last week for #FungiFriday. 💚
#Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Macro of two tiny pinkish gilled mushrooms with light fuzzy caps, emerging from downed tree trunk.
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Pacific Rhododendron in Salt Point State Park on May 21 for #FallbackFlowers. 💞

Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Rhododendron...

#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #Bloomscrolling 📷🌱
Close-up of big showy pink rhododendron flowers blooming on a sunny day.
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Here are a couple macros of slime mold fruiting bodies I've seen recently. While slime molds used to be considered fungi, they are not (despite their common name). They are fascinating nonetheless!💚

More on them, here...
www.nps.gov/articles/000...

#SlimeMolds #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Macro of tiny round golden fruiting bodies growing on a piece of bark. This is Insect-egg Slime (Leocarpus fragilis). Macro of tiny round textured orange fruiting bodies growing on a downed tree. This one is called Wolfs Milk (Lycogala sp.).
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Multiple #Thrushes for #BirdOfTheDay, because I can't choose. Swainson's, Western Bluebird, Varied, and Hermit are all faves.💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶
Light brown and off-white singing bird perched on a branch. This is a Swainson's Thrush. Their song is divine. Rich blue with orange bluebird is perched on barbed wire. This is a male Western Bluebird. Shadowed orange, black with off-white medium-sized bird perched on a branch. This is a Varied Thrush. Brown and off-white bird with brown speckled chest is perched on a downed branch. This is a Hermit Thrush.
November 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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A leaf swimming last weekend for #WaterWednesday. 💚
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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#Twosday turtles in a pond last week. The larger one is a native Northwestern Pond Turtle which has a conservation status of vulnerable. The smaller one is a Red-eared Slider, an invasive in California.💚 #iNat #NaturePhotos 📷🐢
Two turtles floating on a piece of wood in a pond. The larger one on the left has spots under their chin and the smaller one has yellow stripes with a red spot behind its eye.
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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#Mottled Red-tailed Hawk being harassed by a #blurry Crow, for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷🪶
Red-tail perched high in a Redwood looking a bit annoyed with a blurred Crow who keeps flying in close.
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet #staredown for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚
#Birds #NaturePhotos
Close-up of small greyish, white, and black bird with a hint of red on his head. He is perched on a branch among green and brown leaves of a Coast Live Oak.
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Immature Common Bird's Nest Fungus (Crucibulum laeve) we saw this weekend. (2nd macro is from last January, to show them at maturity.)💚

#MacroMonday #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Fungi #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Macro of a cluster of tiny orange birds nest fungi with white fuzzy bases. They are growing from decomposing duff. Macro of another cluster of tiny bird's nest fungi after they have opened to reveal white discs resembling eggs in a nest. This cluster is growing from a decomposing twig.
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekTForTelevision

"Loot"
Close-up of a large number of acorns stashed inside a hollow tree stump.
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Female Belted Kingfisher perched above a pond last week for #BirdOfTheDay, #ShadesOfGrey & #BeakOpen. 💚
#Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶
Blue-grey, brown, black, and white Kingfisher perched high in a tree, with her beak open. She is among many twigs and branches, with a large tree trunk in the background.
November 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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For #SkySunday here is the sky above Sonoma Mtn. as seen from Bouverie Preserve yesterday.💚
#Oaks #NaturePhotos 📷
Long view of distant tree-covered mountain with radiating clouds above. There are oak trees and greening grasslands in the foreground.
November 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Turkey-tail (Trametes versicolor) with Dendroalsia Moss on Sonoma Mtn. earlier this month, for #FridayFungi. 💚
#Fungi #FungiFriends #iNat #NaturePhotos 📷
Close-up of polypore mushroom that resembles a turkey's tail. It is growing from a downed limb, and there is green moss among it.
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Beautiful Blushing Rosette I spotted this week for #FungiFriday. 💚
#Fungi #Mushrooms #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Close-up of pinkish to white polypore mushroom growing from a conifer stump among wood chips.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Four Double-crested Cormorants during 4 different visits to #PtReyes. All are perched on the same post, for #BirdOfTheDay #Posts. 💚
#Birds #FeatheredFriday #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶
Medium-sized, long-necked, dark brown with off-white seabird is perched on a wooden post in the middle of a lagoon. All black version of same species of bird is perched on the same post. Another cormorant perched on the same post. One more cormorant on that same post.
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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California Bay (Umbellularia californica) beginning to bloom last week on Sonoma Mtn. Earliest I've noted flowers, but not by much, since they are winter bloomers.💚

More about them here...
friendsofedgewood.org/california-bay

#Trees #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Close-up of tiny buds and golden yellow blooms centered among a circle of deep green leathery leaves.
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Mama Mallard with her brood for #BirdOfTheDay #DucksOutOfWater. 💚
Female mallard with five fuzzy ducklings.
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM