@randallgood.bsky.social
Science Educator/Dad/Nature lover/hiking/Equality antiracist cis ally.
📍I live in LaVerne, CA on occupied Tongva Land.
INaturalist.org ID = randallgood
All photos are my own.
📍I live in LaVerne, CA on occupied Tongva Land.
INaturalist.org ID = randallgood
All photos are my own.
Call your State’s U.S. Senators to oppose selling public lands as part of the “Big Beautiful Budget bill”
(202) 224-3121
(202) 224-3121
June 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Call your State’s U.S. Senators to oppose selling public lands as part of the “Big Beautiful Budget bill”
(202) 224-3121
(202) 224-3121
Tachardiella larreae, the Creosote Lac scale insect secretes this gooey waxy substance by tapping into creosote vascular tissue. The secretions have been used by desert indigenous peoples in the American Southwest for centuries to seal baskets, join arrowheads etc.
March 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Tachardiella larreae, the Creosote Lac scale insect secretes this gooey waxy substance by tapping into creosote vascular tissue. The secretions have been used by desert indigenous peoples in the American Southwest for centuries to seal baskets, join arrowheads etc.
Phainopepla nitens, the Phainopepla bird spreads desert mistletoe onto mesquite hosts by pooping seeds from previous mistletoe berry meals. This happens throughout the southwestern United States and Mexico. Pictured here in Joshua Tree National Park in California.
March 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Phainopepla nitens, the Phainopepla bird spreads desert mistletoe onto mesquite hosts by pooping seeds from previous mistletoe berry meals. This happens throughout the southwestern United States and Mexico. Pictured here in Joshua Tree National Park in California.
Here’s some Yarrow because somewhere, somewhere (maybe even all of us?) could use some cheerful flowers?
March 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Here’s some Yarrow because somewhere, somewhere (maybe even all of us?) could use some cheerful flowers?
Dryobates nuttallii, in California yesterday.
March 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Dryobates nuttallii, in California yesterday.
California Peonies in bloom, near Los Angeles in SoCal
March 3, 2025 at 3:21 AM
California Peonies in bloom, near Los Angeles in SoCal
Yesterday at the Tidepools, -1.2 low tide, beautiful weather.
March 2, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Yesterday at the Tidepools, -1.2 low tide, beautiful weather.
Yesterday at the Tidepools
March 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Yesterday at the Tidepools
Anna’s Hummingbird and Ribes malvaceum
February 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Anna’s Hummingbird and Ribes malvaceum
Enjoy this Ceratina carpenter bee loaded with sunflower pollen! (Native to Southern California.)
February 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Enjoy this Ceratina carpenter bee loaded with sunflower pollen! (Native to Southern California.)
Some shrimp to liven your feed
February 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Some shrimp to liven your feed
Low tide at Crystal Cove, CA
January 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Low tide at Crystal Cove, CA
Another great day tidepooling at Crystal Cove MPA
January 31, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Another great day tidepooling at Crystal Cove MPA
One of the things I’m proud of last year for 2024 was locating and logging observations of all the representative bumblebee species of Los Angeles and Orange County. Shown here are four; can you name them?
January 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
One of the things I’m proud of last year for 2024 was locating and logging observations of all the representative bumblebee species of Los Angeles and Orange County. Shown here are four; can you name them?
I’m interested in plant Phenology- the timing of when plants flower and/or get pollinated, make fruit/seeds. With climate change, will plants flower at the right time when their traditional pollinators are active, or have cycles been disrupted by human-induced climate change??
January 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I’m interested in plant Phenology- the timing of when plants flower and/or get pollinated, make fruit/seeds. With climate change, will plants flower at the right time when their traditional pollinators are active, or have cycles been disrupted by human-induced climate change??
A Marbled Godwit at Crystal Cove, California. Have a nice day!
January 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A Marbled Godwit at Crystal Cove, California. Have a nice day!
Ice in the creek, Onion Valley, from an October 2024 Hike.
January 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Ice in the creek, Onion Valley, from an October 2024 Hike.
Just Breathe.
January 21, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Just Breathe.
Here’s a nice glimpse of San Antonio Creek from Ice House Canyon, Mt Baldy, California to help you through today. I tried to include a video but kept getting errors- anyone know how to include video?
January 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Here’s a nice glimpse of San Antonio Creek from Ice House Canyon, Mt Baldy, California to help you through today. I tried to include a video but kept getting errors- anyone know how to include video?
Saw a Great Egret today and thought about how to distinguish between the Snowy Egret. What differences can you discern?
January 20, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Saw a Great Egret today and thought about how to distinguish between the Snowy Egret. What differences can you discern?