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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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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 📷🌿🌱🪶
Mountain Chickadee #HangingAround in the #HighSierra last month for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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 📷
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Amanita augusta (Western Yellow-veiled Amanita) last weekend for #WeekVforVowels. 💚
#AlphabetChallenge #Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Lovely Redhead Russula (Russula rhodocephala) we saw yesterday for #MushroomMonday. 💚

#Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Flush of large Western Jack-o'-lantern (Omphalotus olivascens) #mushrooms we saw this weekend for #MushroomMonday. 💚
#Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#SkySunday sunset ten years ago on Sonoma Mtn. 💚
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Big beautiful stand of #small Purplelip Pansy Monkeyflowers (Displacus angustatus) for #BlueSkyArtShow. 💚
#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Osprey with fish for #BirdOnAWire #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Macro of cute fuzzy Splitgill Mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) I saw last week for #FungiFriday. 💚
#Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Pacific Rhododendron in Salt Point State Park on May 21 for #FallbackFlowers. 💞

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

#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #Bloomscrolling 📷🌱
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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 📷
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Multiple #Thrushes for #BirdOfTheDay, because I can't choose. Swainson's, Western Bluebird, Varied, and Hermit are all faves.💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶
November 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
A leaf swimming last weekend for #WaterWednesday. 💚
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#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 📷🐢
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#Mottled Red-tailed Hawk being harassed by a #blurry Crow, for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷🪶
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Ruby-crowned Kinglet #staredown for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚
#Birds #NaturePhotos
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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 📷
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Female Belted Kingfisher perched above a pond last week for #BirdOfTheDay, #ShadesOfGrey & #BeakOpen. 💚
#Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶
November 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
For #SkySunday here is the sky above Sonoma Mtn. as seen from Bouverie Preserve yesterday.💚
#Oaks #NaturePhotos 📷
November 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Turkey-tail (Trametes versicolor) with Dendroalsia Moss on Sonoma Mtn. earlier this month, for #FridayFungi. 💚
#Fungi #FungiFriends #iNat #NaturePhotos 📷
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Beautiful Blushing Rosette I spotted this week for #FungiFriday. 💚
#Fungi #Mushrooms #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Four Double-crested Cormorants during 4 different visits to #PtReyes. All are perched on the same post, for #BirdOfTheDay #Posts. 💚
#Birds #FeatheredFriday #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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 📷
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Mama Mallard with her brood for #BirdOfTheDay #DucksOutOfWater. 💚
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM