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| Anna's Hummingbird, Grandview Park |
I had things to do this morning that pre-empted my usual Thursday schedule, so I took a quick trip over to nearby Grandview Park to see what's on offer on this beautiful day of Spring Equinox. With light and darkness in harmonious union, now's our chance to experience Carl Jung's transcendent function.
Although I titled this post "Spring Roundup," I made no attempt to do a comprehensive bioblitz. I just wanted to poke around and see what I might find, and also to collect a few plant specimens to photograph back at home.
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| Black Phoebe |
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| Anna's Hummingbird |
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| Pipevine Swallowtail & Yellow Woodsorrel |
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| California Poppy & Bumblebee |
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| San Francisco Wallflower |
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| This other Anna's hummingbird was hanging out on the south-facing slope of the park, whereas the previous one was on the east-facing slope. I wonder how this one's bill ended up looking so unusual. |
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| White-crowned Sparrow & Lupine |
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Black and Orange Plant Bug & Ice Plant
(The bug might be Largus californicus.) |
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| I was hoping the bumblebee was only sleeping in this ice plant, but I didn't want to disturb it to find out. |
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| Footsteps of Spring |
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| Silver-bush Lupine |
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| Wild Cucumber |
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| Mt. Shasta Spring Sunrise |
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| Another screenshot of Mt. Shasta from a little later in the morning. I checked the web cam just now (close to 2:30 p.m.), and the valley is all fogged up. |
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