Carl S. Gutekunst
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Carl S. Gutekunst
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Dad, husband, coder, infosec wonk, photographer, genealogist. San Francisco South Bay. Pictures are my own. He/Him. Proud member of the Woke Mob.
A new addition to my “birds on the telephone pole” collection. Crows, scrub jays, mockingbirds, and hawks perch here; woodpeckers love climbing the pole. Mourning doves often perch on the wires. But this is the first I've seen one on the pole.
#BackyardBirds #MourningDove #Birds #BirdPhotography
October 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
October 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A little collective “me time” for the mourning doves after our first rain.

#BackyardBirds #Birds #BirdPhotography #MourningDove #Autumn
October 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
My first #Honeybee of 2025! One of dozens on the #Rosemary this morning after the storm.

I'm sure they've been out there awhile; I've just been sulking too much to get out and take pictures.

#BloomScrolling #Pollinators #Flowers
February 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Jack and Jill survey their domain. This is the third year they've taken over the three adjacent back yards on our corner, from which I infer their nest has to be nearby, perhaps even in this old oak tree.

#BackyardBirds #ScrubJay #Birds #BirdPhotography
February 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
For those who celebrate. 🙂
February 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A rather scruffy but also quite determined nasturtium, which randomly showed up in a coconut-husk planter that I'd kinda forgotten about.
#BloomScrolling #Flowers #FlowerPhotography #Nasturtium
January 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Another of my wife's plants on the front porch that seems happy to bloom in winter.
#BloomScrolling #Flowers #FlowerPhotography
January 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
My wife's geranium looks very nice right now. 🙂 She has many plants on the front porch, but this is the only one blooming.
#BloomScrolling #Geranium #Flowers #FlowerPhotography
January 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Yuletide Camelia, spied in my brother-in-law's front yard on New Years Day.
#BloomScrolling #Flowers #FlowerPhotography #Camelia
January 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Yes! I have them along our back fence, both in the ground and in planters mounted on the fence. And the reseeding is great! (These pics from from last March.)
January 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I love climbing nasturtium, but they grow like weeds which means I really need to keep them neat so the yard guy doesn't rip them out.
#BloomScrolling #Nasturtium #Flowers #FlowerPhotography
January 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Another sign of things to come, although this double hibiscus should be fully open in a day or two. (The roses won't start blooming for another three months, if history holds.)
#BloomScrolling #Flowers #Hibiscus #DoubleHibiscus
January 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There is a tradition that narcissus blooming before New Year's Day indicates good luck for that year. Ours has been blooming earlier and earlier every year, which I don't think is what they meant. But the flowers still make me happy when they bloom.
#BloomScrolling #Narcissus #Flowers
January 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The first sign of Things to Come: Budding branches on one of my rose bushes.
#BloomScrolling #Flowers #Roses
January 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Cabbage white butterfly on my wife's gerberas. Late fall.
#BloomScrolling #Flowers #Butterflies #Pollinators
January 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
December 13, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Top of the morning, BlueSky folks. Just checking out the feed, looking around, and checking the threat landscape. Much like this oak titmouse. 🙂 #BackyardBirds
November 14, 2024 at 7:09 PM