Summer cobwebs are catching dust now, their architect/owner’s duties complete. Here are recent neighborhood sightings which deserve to be shared. After a summer of nocturnal harmonies, calls of the Baja California tree frogs are making way for the crickets’ jingling bell calls. It was glorious when they were performing together. Great Horned owls’ calls areContinue reading “Autumn in the Canyon”
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Gray Bird Grasshopper—Juvenile stage
Watering the Monstera plant on the patio, I recently spotted this creature. I submitted pictures to iNaturalist and learned that this is a Gray Bird member of the grasshopper family. According to iNaturalist, it is native to “southern North America including Mexico and the southwestern United States from California to Texas.” Known as a vagrantContinue reading “Gray Bird Grasshopper—Juvenile stage”
Hummingbird at Alstroemeria Lilies
Known as Peruvian Lilies, Alstroemerias are often found in grocery store flower bouquets or bunches. After the debacle with the squirrels devouring the sunflowers (click on August 5 2024 post here for the particulars), we brought home Alstroemeria Lilies. Arranged simply in a pitcher on the patio table, they’re colorful and cheery. To our delight,Continue reading “Hummingbird at Alstroemeria Lilies”
Winter in the Canyon
On a recent morning in the Santa Ynez Canyon, as I was looking toward Topanga State Park, two native trees stood out. A ribbon-like stand of California Sycamores in the creek bed contrasted with the lush greenery of the upland Coast Live Oaks. The sycamores, like some oaks of the savannah in the Midwest, keepContinue reading “Winter in the Canyon”
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