Eyes wide open!!! 👀
Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) with 3-week old pup at the San Diego Zoo.
#manedwolf #chrysocyonbrachyurus

If someone sees a remarkable photo that you took and says "you must have a really nice camera", take that as a compliment.
In fact, take everything as a compliment. They probably meant it that way, and if they didn't, taking it as a compliment will drive them nuts. 😄

With training fins...

Almost broke 20min (w/ training fins)

With trainig fins...

With training fins...

She collects pollen under her abdomen. Genus Megachile on the flower of a Narrowleaf Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis).
#megachile #narrowleafmilkweed
#asclepiasfascicularis #forttejon #forttejonstatehistoricpark #nativebees

California Bumble Bee (Bombus californicus) on the flower of a California Aster (Corethrogyne filaginifolia). Along the Oceanside Trail at Cabrillo National Monument.
#californiabumblebee #bombuscalifornicus #californiaaster #corethrogynefilaginifolia

Female Habropoda on Deerweed. Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge.

Photograph published in Biological Invasions, a peer-reviewed journal focusing on the patterns and processes of biological invasions in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine (including brackish) ecosystems.

Article: Exploitation of a marine subsidy by a terrestrial invader

Still improving...

A "masked bee" (Hylaeus), specifically Subgenus Paraprosopis observed on the flower of a Bladderpod in Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve.

I got wet, but prevailed.

Fine Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon subtilior) showing off its Labiomaxillary Complex... the long tongue that allows it to forage deep for nectar. Shown here on the flower of a Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae).

A mating pair of Ophryastes desertus on the flower of a Larrea tridentata (Creosote Bush).

Ransisku (RHAN-sis-COO), the Quecha form of "Francis"

Andean Bear born on 12/10/22 at the San Diego Zoo.