Observações de ted_k_raab

Huge raptor, some golden colors, but legs wrong for Golden Eagle, our first guess.

Noisy group, vigorously turning.

Scattered groups chilling.

First I heard it sing, then it landed right next to me, posed all its feathers, and then sped off. A bit of red around throat.

And on a sunny Birthday walk around the E Bay, what a huge nest I should run into …

Basking on a warm afternoon, but rain is near. Snake was roughly 1/3 the width of the trail. Cyclists — take care.

Fair number, short dives, preen.

Head shield coloring slightly bluish to me.

Well, based on these two in amplexus, and similar ephemeral waters filled with egg masses and juveniles, it should be a toad-filled Spring/Summer in the Park.

“This brick ain’t big enough for the both of us”. Newt to the right was eventually scared away by W Fence lizard (left) doing this weird jaw-shuddering aggression. Both animals warming-up, presumably.

Low tide, and time to saddle up to the invert bar.

One of several that morning.

Unusual beak for regular local Gulls.

Second most common seabird this AM.

Tons of these guys zipping about.

Tons of these guys zipping about.

Not yet ready for Ballet, but soon.

Systematically searching for inverts.

Tons of these around Almaden — ‘mad as a Hatter’, puddling, chasing and Thermoregulating. Second photo shows band and eyespots on ventral surface.

Give me my Mint, and nobody gets hurt.

Size polymorphism — larger workers bringing woody debris to nest.