Nancy Bee
@tangledbank.bsky.social
Northwest Oregon and generally west of the Rocky Mountains, nomadic vandweller when I can, learning for joy, queer, dogs, bugs, plants, vertebrates, geology, climate, soil, sky, weather. Degrees in Horticulture, Soil, and Entomology
And bikes always bike
And bikes always bike
A better photo here.
November 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A better photo here.
I see their burrows. But I don’t ever see the actual spider.
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I see their burrows. But I don’t ever see the actual spider.
Another spotty dog.
March 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Another spotty dog.
@plantbard.bsky.social
It gives me such pleasure to look through my flower pictures from past years but I’m embarrassed that without the support of Inaturalist and also having seen it recently, I really fumble to come up with a name.
It gives me such pleasure to look through my flower pictures from past years but I’m embarrassed that without the support of Inaturalist and also having seen it recently, I really fumble to come up with a name.
March 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
@plantbard.bsky.social
It gives me such pleasure to look through my flower pictures from past years but I’m embarrassed that without the support of Inaturalist and also having seen it recently, I really fumble to come up with a name.
It gives me such pleasure to look through my flower pictures from past years but I’m embarrassed that without the support of Inaturalist and also having seen it recently, I really fumble to come up with a name.
Wallace’s wooly daisy. April 2023 Lone Pine California. I admire a plant which can flower when so tiny.
March 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Wallace’s wooly daisy. April 2023 Lone Pine California. I admire a plant which can flower when so tiny.
I’ve had at least two Ruby crowned kinglets visiting my suet feeders all winter. I make my own “suet” blocks with coconut oil, peanut butter as a base, then sunflower seeds, mealworm, whatever I’ve got, mixed in.
March 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I’ve had at least two Ruby crowned kinglets visiting my suet feeders all winter. I make my own “suet” blocks with coconut oil, peanut butter as a base, then sunflower seeds, mealworm, whatever I’ve got, mixed in.
Have you met this odd little plant? Centrostegia thurberi
Seen near Tuttle Creek campground in my favorite place, the eastern sierras.
Seen near Tuttle Creek campground in my favorite place, the eastern sierras.
March 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Have you met this odd little plant? Centrostegia thurberi
Seen near Tuttle Creek campground in my favorite place, the eastern sierras.
Seen near Tuttle Creek campground in my favorite place, the eastern sierras.
Here’s sunset from Schonchin Butte looking east. That’s the shadow of Mount Shasta. Late October 2017, a smoky year.
January 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Here’s sunset from Schonchin Butte looking east. That’s the shadow of Mount Shasta. Late October 2017, a smoky year.
I love my Catrike Pocket. It’s a joy to ride and can carry anything I can hang off it, strap to it, or even balance on my lap.
January 5, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I love my Catrike Pocket. It’s a joy to ride and can carry anything I can hang off it, strap to it, or even balance on my lap.
I love my Catrike Pocket.
January 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I love my Catrike Pocket.
Not electric yet, but I do love my trike. I’m trying to find the other trike people here.
January 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Not electric yet, but I do love my trike. I’m trying to find the other trike people here.
Small (5”) offset slip joint pliers. It’s like having fingers of steel. They can really grip, much more secure than regular pliers. They can turn nuts without rounding them off. I got one with a set of craftsman tools 50 years ago. Tekton makes a pair. www.tekton.com/5-inch-angle...
January 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Small (5”) offset slip joint pliers. It’s like having fingers of steel. They can really grip, much more secure than regular pliers. They can turn nuts without rounding them off. I got one with a set of craftsman tools 50 years ago. Tekton makes a pair. www.tekton.com/5-inch-angle...
Fritillaria pudica Modoc County. Bonus dog muzzle because she always wants to be in on the action. The beginning of May is early spring on the high elevation Modoc plateau. These and other spring bloomers were delightful to see.
December 30, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Fritillaria pudica Modoc County. Bonus dog muzzle because she always wants to be in on the action. The beginning of May is early spring on the high elevation Modoc plateau. These and other spring bloomers were delightful to see.
This may be a leafcutter bee. Note the hairs on her abdomen for holding and transporting pollen.
December 15, 2024 at 4:51 PM
This may be a leafcutter bee. Note the hairs on her abdomen for holding and transporting pollen.
If you see this, you know that Leafcutter bees are around. Celebrate! I love how regular the holes are.
December 15, 2024 at 4:47 PM
If you see this, you know that Leafcutter bees are around. Celebrate! I love how regular the holes are.
Bowie meet Chessie. More spots but similar build. 45 lbs
December 5, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Bowie meet Chessie. More spots but similar build. 45 lbs
Another crinoid? fossil. This one is from the lower Colorado river so it could be from anywhere upstream.
December 4, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Another crinoid? fossil. This one is from the lower Colorado river so it could be from anywhere upstream.
If you know, you know. Ok I’ll tell. The grocery in Ajo, Arizona, where three nations meet: US, México and the Tohono O’odham nation
December 4, 2024 at 6:39 PM
If you know, you know. Ok I’ll tell. The grocery in Ajo, Arizona, where three nations meet: US, México and the Tohono O’odham nation
I think these are crinoids but not a common type. They are from the Wyoming Range in western Wyoming north of Kemmerer. @clarkeocrinus.bsky.social what do you think?
December 4, 2024 at 4:43 AM
I think these are crinoids but not a common type. They are from the Wyoming Range in western Wyoming north of Kemmerer. @clarkeocrinus.bsky.social what do you think?
And the same bird with incoming baby bird food-yummy slurpy caterpillar.
December 2, 2024 at 8:41 PM
And the same bird with incoming baby bird food-yummy slurpy caterpillar.
June 2024. Black-capped chickadee leaving a nest box with a fecal sac. First time I’ve gotten a photo of a fecal sac. Chickadees use this nest box on my front porch most years.
December 2, 2024 at 8:33 PM
June 2024. Black-capped chickadee leaving a nest box with a fecal sac. First time I’ve gotten a photo of a fecal sac. Chickadees use this nest box on my front porch most years.
One of my favorite annual natives. Collomia grandiflora. The flowers are a lovely pale peach and the plant is big and showy. Collecting seeds is a bit hard because they seem to drop as they mature, so even though the seeds are big there are only a few mature ones at a time.
November 22, 2024 at 5:38 AM
One of my favorite annual natives. Collomia grandiflora. The flowers are a lovely pale peach and the plant is big and showy. Collecting seeds is a bit hard because they seem to drop as they mature, so even though the seeds are big there are only a few mature ones at a time.
The extremely plush brown belted bumblebee on a sunflowers. This bee was very large, at least 25 mm long.
November 21, 2024 at 12:34 AM
The extremely plush brown belted bumblebee on a sunflowers. This bee was very large, at least 25 mm long.
It’s embarrassing to not know names for bees but I’m just starting to learn them. I think family Apidae, based on the abundant scopal hairs on her legs. The Rudbeckia flowers are flashy, but bee numbers and diversity on them was low.
November 21, 2024 at 12:29 AM
It’s embarrassing to not know names for bees but I’m just starting to learn them. I think family Apidae, based on the abundant scopal hairs on her legs. The Rudbeckia flowers are flashy, but bee numbers and diversity on them was low.
Bumblebee on anise hyssop.
November 21, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Bumblebee on anise hyssop.