
2025-06-06 16:25:20
Pacific wren, Troglodytes pacificus, along the Merced River in Yosemite National Park
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Pacific wren, Troglodytes pacificus, along the Merced River in Yosemite National Park
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In these trying times, let me offer an Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica, swimming near the Petit Manan breeding colony off the coast of Maine
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A watchful Wilson's warbler, Cardellina pusilla, along the trails in Discovery Park last month
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Let freedom wing?
Canada jay, Perisoreus canadensis, at the summit of Rattlesnake Ledge outside Seattle
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Photographed a new lupine — harlequin lupine, Lupinus stiversii — in Yosemite National Park over the weekend
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Mariposa lily, Calochortus leichtlinii, in Yosemite National Park
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A cool thing about the Seattle Frontrunners group runs is that this barred owl (Strix varia) is not even the first owl I've seen this close on a run. (This one was along the ravine trail in Ravenna Park this morning.)
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Yosemite Falls framed by California black oak, Quercus kelloggii
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I love a good borage: Forget-me-nots, Myosotis scorpiodes, outside Acadia National Park back in June
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White-breasted nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis, in absolutely classic nuthatch form up at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park
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Anyway here's a California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Preserve earlier this spring
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Sierra lupines, Lupinus grayi, in the Yosemite Valley about a month ago
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CSUN campus squirrels are spoiled rotten, not the least because we have a largely un-harvested orange grove
(fox squirrel, Sciurus niger; sweet orange, Citrus x sinensis I assume)
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Two national parks, two American robins (Turdus migratorius): in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park; and at the summit of Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park
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Western Meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta, on the trailside fencing at Asilomar State Beach back in January
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Lady's slipper, Cypripedium acaule, along the carriage roads in Acadia National Park last month
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And here's Half Dome
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Midmorning view up the Yosemite Valley
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