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DiRebecca (Di)
@direbecca.bsky.social
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Nature pics are mine.💚

wife, mom, grandma, lez, army vet, california naturalist...
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/direbecca

sonoma county, ca.
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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · Aug 7
Anna's Hummingbird nectaring on native California Fuchsia/Epilobium canum, which is very popular in my garden these days.💚

Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Epilobium-ca...

#Birds #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Pollinators #NaturePhotography #Bloomscrolling #iNat #OriginalContent 📷🌿🌱🪶
Close-up of metallic green-backed hummingbird with pollen on chin and beak, hovering above, and nectaring on bright red-orange tubular flowers. *Plant is very drought resistant with small, thin fuzzy leaves and woody stems. I cut mine back at the end of their long flowering season in late Fall. See Calscape.org link in main post for more info. and nursery sources.
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Late day fog along the Sonoma Coast last week for #SkySunday and #VitaminSea. 💙
Expansive view of ocean from rocky coast, with bright strip of sunlight between fog and horizon.
December 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Female Hooded Oriole last August for #BirdsOnTwigs, #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds
Light yellow with grey bird perched on a small branch with green oak leaves scattered around and blue sky beyond.
December 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Once again I was focused on a clinging bird, then #movement! White-breasted Nuthatch for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚
#Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Small white with grey and black bird with wings spread, launching off an oak trunk.
December 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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#Sky through Redwoods last week for #BlueSkyArtShow. 💜 #WeekWforWindows #AlphabetChallenge #Trees #Sunset 📷
Pink to purple sky beyond silhouette of redwood branches creating a frame.
December 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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For #FeatheredFriday here is a large pod of American White Pelicans we watched gliding above us late last month.💚
#Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
At last fifty white with black pelicans soaring directly above, with blue sky beyond.
December 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus) in the forest yesterday, for #FungiFriday. 💚
#Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Close-up of pink with white shaggy crust fungus on downed tree bark.
December 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Fluffy female Bushtit last week for #borbs #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds
Small grey fluffy bird with a yellow eye is perched on an oak branch.
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Exciting shake alert this am, but...
"The ShakeAlert EEW system released an incorrect alert for a magnitude 5.9 earthquake near Reno and Carson City, Nevada. The event did not occur...has been deleted from USGS websites and data feeds. The USGS is working to understand the cause of the false alert."
December 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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For #WildlifeWednesday, here is a lovely Isabella Tiger Moth caterpillar we saw at #PtReyes recently.💚
#Inverts #Moths #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
A fuzzy black and burnt-orange caterpillar is resting on a bent dry stem, upside down.
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Northern Flicker #LookingAtYou from his nesting hole last May, for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚
#Birds #WoodpeckerWednesday #iNat #NaturePhotos 📷
Adult male flicker is peeking out from a hole in a dead tree trunk. There is a natural heart just below him in the bark.
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Apricot Jelly (Guepinia helvelloides) we saw last week, for #TextureTuesday. Such a perfect name for this beauty.💚
#Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Close-up of a cup-shaped velvety orange fungus, growing among damp rock, redwood duff and decomposing wood.
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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#Twosday Ring-billed and Western gulls in b/w for #mono #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Black and white photo of two gulls hanging out together in a pond.
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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#WeekWForWindows
#AlphabetChallenge
Looking out a large window at tall snow-covered pine trees and branches. There is a red blanket lying on a cushioned couch in the lower foreground.
December 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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American Green-winged Teal 💚
#BirdOfTheDay #Reflections #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat
Grey, white, bronze and green duck, floating and reflected in a calm pond.
December 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Macro of a cute Toothed Jelly Fungus (Pseudohydnum gelatinosum) we saw last week for #MushroomMonday. 💚
#MacroMonday #Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Macro of a tiny translucent white jelly fungus covered in short spikes.
December 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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From our sweet wander in the Coast Redwoods this week... Western Maidenhair Ferns, Puffballs, and Western Wild Ginger along the path.💚
#Trees #Ferns #Fungi #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Wide-angle shot of low flowing creek among Redwoods. Feathery fingers of maidenhair fern fronds growing among boulders and decomposing wood. Close-up of flush of light brown, small puffballs among rock and redwood needles. Close-up of damp, deep green heart-shaped leaves of wild ginger among ferns and redwood duff.
November 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Male Western Bluebird bringing a berry to his nestlings last June, for #BirdOfTheDay #BerriesAndBeaks. 💚 #Birds 📷
Male bluebird perched on top of a patio umbrella while holding a blue berry in his beak.
November 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Two years ago we joined an Ocean Society tour to the Farallon Islands where Morris, a very special Northern Gannet happened to be that day.💚
Our tour's naturalist was Michael Pierson & there's a short film about him & Morris here...
www.rhyswatkinphotography.com/films

#Gannets #BirdOfTheDay #Birds
Large mostly white sea bird is perched on the edge of a small rocky island. He is preening.
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Gray Fox kits snuggling while lying in the sun for #warmth.
#BlueSkyArtShow
Two young foxes resting close together.
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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@goodport.bsky.social - I thought you'd appreciate seeing this Raven making clicking sounds today. I was trying to record the other high-pitched single bird call then this beauty chimed in! (Still trying to ID the other bird, if anyone has some feedback.) 💚 #FeatheredFriday #Birds
November 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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False Turkey Tail/Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum) we saw last week, for #FungiFriday. 💚
#Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Macro of light orange to rust-colored bracket fungi growing on downed oak trunk among green moss.
November 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Beautiful Red-shouldered Hawk flew in close this week for #FeatheredFriday. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
Medium-sized hawk with striped orange front, and mottled black with white wings, is perched in a tree with fall colors.
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving! 😊
Enjoy this macro of some tiny Evergreen Huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum) flowers we saw this week at #PtReyes.💗

#Bloomscrolling #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants 📷🌱
Macro of cluster of light to dark pink blooms and tiny green beginnings of berries, with a fly perched on and watching over them.
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Shimmering Northern Shoveler for #BirdOfTheDay #Headshots. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🦆
Close-up of male Shoveler with his iridescent green head and large black beak.
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Plump Douglas' Ground Squirrel eating California Buckeye nut earlier this month for #WildlifeWednesday. Amazing that they have adapted to eating these nuts, since they are toxic to most animals.💚

#Wildlife #Squirrels #Mammals #NaturePhotos #iNat #CaliforniaNativePlants 📷
Close-up of mottled brown with off-white ground squirrel holding and eating a buckeye nut while sitting up on the ground.
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM