Annual Bluegrass: The 33rd Flower of Spring!
Thank You to All My Friends!
peachy
Buttercup Beetle Bonanza
Double-Decker Pixie Lichen!
Common Chickweed: The 34th Flower of Spring!
Polinated Hover Fly!
Mushroom Shield
Melecta albifrons
Melecta albifrons
Melecta albifrons
Melecta albifrons
White Fuji Daisy on Black SOOC
The Awesome Golden Jelly Cone!
Stop Playing with Your Food!!
Heart of a Jonquil
San Francisco Woodland Star: the 39th Flower of Sp…
Heartbreak
Frühling
Deceptive beauty
wild and untamed trillium
Into the Wild Blue Yonder
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Flowers (faulty)
Mysterious Yellow Beauty: The 41st Flower of Sprin…
Manzanita Blossoms
Oregon-grape Blossoms
WOW! And Happy May, too.
Flowers (fixed)
Happy Shiny Mushroom Family
Wild Blue Flax: The 42nd Flower of Spring!
Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) butterfly
Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) butterfly
Perfectly pink
Banded Orange / Dryadula phaetusa
Leopard's bane (Dorinicum)
Leopard's bane (Dorinicum)
Grape hyacinth
Grape hyacinths
Grape hyacinth
Dangerous Details!
Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia) caterpillars, fift…
Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia) caterpillars, fift…
Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia) caterpillars, fift…
Andrena flavipes male.
Andrena flavipes male
Andrena minutula
Deep in the dark forest
Andrena minutula
Stand Tall and Take a Bow!
Hooray for Skippers!! This is the Propertius Dusky…
Tiny Treasure
Slender Phlox: The 31st Flower of Spring!
Greater stitchwort
The Lovely Syrphid Hoverfly!
Meet the Buttons! [Explore #16, TYVM!!!]
Miner's Lettuce Sub-Species! The 30th Flower of Sp…
Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)
Alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus) shoot
Alder buckthorn shoot
Silver birch catkins
Rusty Popcornflower: The 29th Flower of Spring! [E…
Rusty Popcornflower: The 29th Flower of Spring!
Ready for Lift-Off! [EXPLORE #14!! TYVM!!]
Against the Odds: Seedling on a Rock!
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The other day, Steve was outside and opened the door to call to me, "JANET! I HAVE A FRIEND TO SHOW YOU! BRING YOUR CAMERA!!" I bounced out the door, quick as a flash and he directed me to a cement block wall over by our shop. Sitting on top was this darling little buddy, who was very cold on this rainy day and trying to warm up. You may not know this, but many animals, including lizards, require the warmth of the sun for energy to move around. This tiny tyke might have been a statue, he was so still. If he were warm, I wouldn't get this picture--they are fast little devils!! I was able to take all the pictures I wanted, and the whole time he turned his head to stare at me with a most unimpressed expression on his face! :D I couldn't help but coo at him while I took pictures, what a cutie pie!! :D
I've always known these as Blue Belly Lizards, but their official name is "Western Fence Lizard." They are very common in California but are also found in neighboring states. As you can see, they get their nickname from the gorgeous, irridescent blue scales adorning their undersides, and juveniles have aquamarine-colored bellies, as you can see here! :) Adults have bodies about 3-4" long, with their tails adding another 3-4". They are non-aggressive, fast-moving, and eat spiders and insects. Did you know that Lyme disease is lower in areas where there are lizards??! Ticks feed on the lizards, and a protein in the lizard's blood kills the Lyme disease bacterium, which cleanses the tick's blood and they no longer carry it!! YAY LIZARDS!!!
If you would like to know more about Western Fence Lizards, Wiki has a page here: Wiki: Western Fence Lizard (Blue Belly Lizard)
The other day, Steve was outside and opened the door to call to me, "JANET! I HAVE A FRIEND TO SHOW YOU! BRING YOUR CAMERA!!" I bounced out the door, quick as a flash and he directed me to a cement block wall over by our shop. Sitting on top was this darling little buddy, who was very cold on this rainy day and trying to warm up. You may not know this, but many animals, including lizards, require the warmth of the sun for energy to move around. This tiny tyke might have been a statue, he was so still. If he were warm, I wouldn't get this picture--they are fast little devils!! I was able to take all the pictures I wanted, and the whole time he turned his head to stare at me with a most unimpressed expression on his face! :D I couldn't help but coo at him while I took pictures, what a cutie pie!! :D
I've always known these as Blue Belly Lizards, but their official name is "Western Fence Lizard." They are very common in California but are also found in neighboring states. As you can see, they get their nickname from the gorgeous, irridescent blue scales adorning their undersides, and juveniles have aquamarine-colored bellies, as you can see here! :) Adults have bodies about 3-4" long, with their tails adding another 3-4". They are non-aggressive, fast-moving, and eat spiders and insects. Did you know that Lyme disease is lower in areas where there are lizards??! Ticks feed on the lizards, and a protein in the lizard's blood kills the Lyme disease bacterium, which cleanses the tick's blood and they no longer carry it!! YAY LIZARDS!!!
If you would like to know more about Western Fence Lizards, Wiki has a page here: Wiki: Western Fence Lizard (Blue Belly Lizard)
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