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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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Here’s a male visiting our bird bath a couple years ago. They like to nest in tall palm tree fronds around here, even though those trees are not native to this area.
A striking golden-yellow and black bird is getting ready to use our bird bath.
December 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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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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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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Here are a couple of my best examples of S. hirsutum in our area. The first is a macro (with underside showing at top), and I just got that 2nd shot last week. I'd turned over that middle mushroom in the 2nd shot to show its topside, but the rest are undersides. Lovely fungus I think. :)
December 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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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