Southern California
Sandpiper-Over-Water-wilcephotos.com-P2094865
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) Flies With Its Own Reflection; Puddingstone; 9 February 2022
WaterfowlShorebirdsSandpipers plovers curlews and snipesWading birdsOrder CharadriiformesFamily Scolopacidae
Hinds-Nightshade-wilcephotos.com-P2105887
Hinds Nightshade (Solanum hindsianum); Live Oak Canyon, Claremont, California; 10 February 2022;
Nightshade familyFlowers of the solanum genussouthern CaliforniaGarden flowersClaremontCalifornia
Western-Grebe-wilcephotos.com-P2083549)
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis); Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park (Puddingstone); 8 February 2022
Diving birdsWaterfowlFlamingos and grebesFishing birdsOrder PodicipediformesFamily PodicipedidaeSouthern CaliforniaPublic ParksRiparian areas in arid regions
Hummingbird-and-Gum-Flowers; wilcephotos.comP2095555
Anna's Hummingbird At Lemon Scented Gum Flowers; Frank G. Bonelli Park (Puddingstone); 9 February 2022
HummingbirdsBirds in FlightFlowersParksRiparian Areas in Arid RegionsSouthern California
Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus; Pomona, California
ButterfliesLepidopteraFamily HesperiidaeSouthern California suburbsAutumn in CaliforniaFront yard wonders
Profile Near Full Moom
Black Skimmers At Dusk
Rynchops niger; Upper Newport Bay, California
Gulls terns and skimmers forming Family LaridaeSeabirdsSouthern California coastPacific OceanUpper Newport BayWetlands
Bees And Cactus Flower
Genus Apis; Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve, Newport Beach, California
PollinatorsEndangered speciesPublic parksNature PreservesSymbiosis between plants and animals
Black Skimmers
Rynchops niger; Upper Newport Bay, California
Family Laridae Gulls terns and skimmersSeabirdsSouthern California coastPacific OceanWetlands
Black Skimmers At Dusk
Rynchops niger; Upper Newport Bay, California
Family Laridae Gulls terns and skimmersSeabirdsSouthern California coastPacific OceanUpper Newport BayWetlands
Mockingbird Harassing Raptor
Mimus polyglottos; Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve; Newport Beach, California;
Raptors Fighting
Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve; Newport Beach, California;
Sunset
From the hills of Claraboya neighborhood in Claremont, California
Clouds Catching Sunrise
Claremont, California
Sunset
From the hills of Claraboya neighborhood in Claremont, California
Succulent(?) Flowers
Claremont, California
SucculentFlowersClaremontCA7817C1PSD1
From Flowers/Plants, BNAz
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis; Bonelli Park, Pomona, California
Family PodicipedidaeSouthern California
From Birds, BNAz
Mourning Cloak Butterfly
Nymphalis antiopa; Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California
Order LepidopteraFamily NymphalidaePublic spacesResearch gardensClubbed antennae
From Insects, BNAz
Willet
Tringa semipalmata; Laguna Beach, California
Family ScolopacidaeShorebirdsSouthern California
From Birds, BNAz
