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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bodega Rock covered in California Sea Lions and some Steller Sea Lions earlier this month, for #WildlifeWednesday. 💚 #WaterWednesday #NaturePhotos #iNat #Mammals #Ocean 📷🦭

Distant portion of a small rocky island off Bodega Head, with large numbers of sea lions resting on it.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#Twosday Twinberry Honeysuckle berries ripening last week at Sonoma Coast.💚 Plant info. here... calscape.org/plant/2276/L... #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos 📷

Close-up of two black berries with fuzzy red bracts behind them. There is a portion of a green leaf in foreground and blue sky beyond.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#Twosday Marbled Godwits foraging in Bodega Harbor last week for #EFG, #BirdOfTheDay. These beautiful shorebirds have a globally vulnerable conservation status.💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷

Two mottled brown shorebirds are wading in mudflats. The closest one has their head down in the water, while the second one is standing directly behind with their two-tone beak slightly open.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Big beautiful Lion's-mane (Hericium erinaceus) from years ago for #MushroomMonday. 💚 #FungiFriends #Fungi #NaturePhotos 📷

Large fuzzy off-white mushroom growing from dead tree trunk.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

California Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis ssp. californicus) gliding by Bodega Head earlier this month. This subspecies has a vulnerable conservation status in California.💚 #Seabirds #Airborne #BirdOfTheDay #Ocean #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

A line of three brown pelicans flying above the ocean.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Adorable Chestnut-backed Chickadee enjoying a bird bath this week for #Brown #Borbs #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds

Black, white and brown chickadee is splashing around in a bird bath.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Turkey-tail (Trametes versicolor) on Sonoma Mtn. this week for #FungiFriday. 💚 #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mushrooms #NaturePhotos 📷

Brown/orange and grey striated bracket fungi growing on down tree trunk. The underside was whitish and porous.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Young Bigleaf Maples at the edge of Redwoods last week on Sonoma Mtn. for #ForestFriday. 💚 #Trees #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos 📷

Path leading in to redwoods with yellowing maples in foreground.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Two of many beautiful Wood-Nymphs (Cercyonis pegala) we saw in Sonoma Mtn. woodlands earlier this month for #InsectThursday. 💚 #Butterflies #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Small brown butterfly with three black and off-white eyespots on their wings. S/he is perched among woodland duff and dry soil.

Another small brown butterfly with two eyespots, perched among dried grasses and leaves.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Red-breasted Nuthatch staring in our window this week for #BirdStare and #WeekLforLookingIn. 💚 #BirdOfTheDay #AlphabetChallenge #Birds 📷

Small grey, black and white bird with a faint red front is perched on a vertical branch outside my window.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Creek reflections in Glen Ellen last weekend for #WaterWednesday. 💚 #Trees #NaturePhotos 📷

Long shot of tall trees reflected clearly in pooled creek that is lined with grass-like sedges.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Red-tailed Hawk approving of park expansion work last month for #Raptors, #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds

Large mottled dark brown with white bird-of-prey is perched on a temporary fence, with dried plants around them and in the blurry background.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy Autumnal Equinox! Here's a male Acorn Woodpecker for #Redheads, #BirdoftheDay. These #birds are very chatty and busy in our oak woodlands these days.💚 #NaturePhotos 📷

Male acorn woodpecker is clinging vertically to an old weathered fencepost. He is mostly hidden by the post, but you can see his black and white spotted upper chest, and head with a red cap.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Beaked Twig Gall Wasp & Crystalline Gall Wasp #galls we saw on Saturday in Glen Ellen, for #MacroMonday. They were both on California Scrub Oaks, alongside hefty acorns ripening.💚 Oak info. here... calscape.org/plant/3135/Q... #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Trees #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

Macro of yellow spotted red gall on oak stem.

Macro of tiny reddish fuzzy gall cluster attached to underside of oak leaf.

Close-up of large green acorn that is just beginning to ripen. It is growing upside down on a branch, surrounded by small pointy green leaves. There are more blurry oaks in the background.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

First Townsend's Warbler of the season, recently on Sonoma Mtn. So glad these gorgeous #FallBirds overwinter here.💚 #LightAndShadow #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Small grey, black, white and yellow warbler perched in an oak with tattered end-of-season leaves.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#Elegant Terns (Thalasseus elegans) along the shore of Bodega Harbor yesterday for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Portion of a large group of black and white shorebirds standing in shallow water along a bay. There are small waves lapping beyond them.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Oak Titmouse clinging to a Redwood this week for #Paridae, #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷

Small grey bird clinging vertically to a large redwood trunk.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

California Bumble Bee feeding in a pollinator garden yesterday. I think the plant is Mexico native Germander Sage (Salvia chamaedryoides), but not certain.💚 #NativeBees #NaturePhotos #Bees #InsectThursday 📷🌱

Close-up of large black with yellow bumble bee feeding upside-down on a blue sage flower.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#Butterflies feeding on native Pacific Aster (Symphyotrichum chilense), and Coyote Mint (Monardella villosa) yesterday for #InsectThursday. 💚 #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

Close-up of small orange with dark brown Mylitta Crescent butterfly feeding on pink with yellow daisy-like flower.

Close-up of small black and white Checkered Skipper butterfly feeding on pink with yellow daisy-like flower.

Close-up of brown butterfly with black, orange and cream markings is feeding on a purple Coyote Mint bloom.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Marbled Godwits and Willits showing up for a #BirdyLongLegs club gathering. 💚 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷

Mostly mottled brown birds with a few gray and white ones in a large gathering on a sandy beach.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#Twosday Harbor Seals resting on a bed of mussels at Bodega Head last week. My nephew says that lighter one has a "creepy face".😆💚 #Mammals #Ocean #NaturePhotos 📷

Two chubby seals, one dark and the other light grey, are resting on a mussel covered rock. There is a small sea star on the foreground, attached to the rock as well. The light grey seal is facing the camera with a serene demeanor which looks almost human.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Violet-gray Knight (Tricholoma griseoviolaceum) last December on Sonoma Mtn for #WeekKforKn, #AlphabetChallenge. 💚 #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Fungi #NaturePhotos 📷

Close-up of large mushroom freshly emerged from ground. It has a white stipe and lavender-gray cap with white gills. There are blurred trees in the background.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

American Kestrel looking miffed down a cliff at Bodega Head last week for #AngryBirds, #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #NaturePhotos #Birds 📷

Close-up of small falcon who was perched part way down a 200+ foot granite cliff at the edge of the ocean.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Two of many tiny Acmon Blue #butterflies we saw at Bodega Head yesterday, for #InsectThursday. 💚 #Inverts #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Close-up of little blue butterfly with orange band at bottom of wings. S/he is perched on and among dried grass.

Another of same species with wings closed, showing their dots on light background, and some orange with blue spots along wing edge.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Time for me to start addressing again. 🙏🏻✌️😊

Voting matters postcard getting ready to have an Iowa voters address written on it. “Visit votingmattersIA.org for voting info”

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Fluffy Nuttall's Woodpecker was chasing a chickadee last week for #Black&White, #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Close-up of a small speckled black and white woodpecker clinging to a vertical branch, looking away from camera.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Beautiful Columbian Black-tailed buck grazing on acorns this week on Sonoma Mtn. for #WildlifeWednesday. 💚 #Deer #Mammals #Wildlife #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Adult four-point buck in oak woodland with dry grasses in foreground and behind.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

One of a few Brown Creepers we watched gleaning the oaks on Sonoma Mtn. this week for #ABCD, #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat 📷

Small mottled brown bird with curved beak is holding on vertically to an oak trunk covered in lichen.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#Twosday Umber Skipper #butterflies fluttering and feeding at one of my strawberries yesterday.💚📷🌱

Two tiny brown skipper butterflies. One is feeding on a strawberry flower while the other hovers nearby.

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DiRebecca (Di) @direbecca.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Aeʻo/Hawaiian Stilt and Kōlea/Pacific Golden Plover on Kauaʻi (Nov. 2024) for #BirdBuddies, #BirdOfTheDay. Sending much love to Kauaʻi this morning as they begin their recovery from hurricane Lowell.💚 #Birds

Wading long-legged black and white shorebird in foreground with smaller mottled brown bird beyond.

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