Urban Wildlife: Awesome Raccoon Encounter
Ranger put on her special bark this morning to alert us that there was something besides a squirrel up in the loquat tree. Sure enough, there was: Video clip is here. YouTube version is here.
King Of The Dragonflies
This fine specimen allowed me to get my cam almost to its wingtips for this late-afternoon shot that I’m very pleased with (click to hummongify):
Botanically Speaking
Since I’m still pretty much punked out and recovering from me being a poor hydrater during the latter half of my 64-mile bike ride yesterday there isn’t a whole lot happening around here other than I’m wandering around the backyard with my cam complaining about how hot it is to no one in particular while …
Arachnicide
So. Sadness: my tiny doorway spider is dead. I’ve written about her far more than I’d imagined I would. I first found her in April and marveled as she produced not one but two egg sacs. Subscribing to the Charlotte’s Web mythology, after her first brood hatched and dispersed I figured she wasn’t long for …
Hummingbirds: The Next Generation
A year ago and a few days I held a ready-to-fledge baby hummingbird in the palm of my hand thanks to the nest in the backyard fig tree. This year, what may very well be the full-grown version of the very same baby opted to nest in a tree near the front corner of the …
Chance Encounter With The Ballona Creek Nine
Yo! Check out that guy on the bike. He’s stopping to take our picture! We’re sitting ducks! What do we do!? We gotta get the hell outta here! Mom!! I’m right here kids. Just chill out and follow me — tight formation! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, good! But Rodney! …
This Is Nature’s Way Of Saying “Psych!”
Sigh. I love figs. I mean I LOVE figs. Maybe not 81 of them, like the pile pictured here that I picked up around the patio this morning, but a few good fresh, ripened figs from a tree is a joy to me. Num num num. Num. The fig trees in our our backyard produce …