Today Skunk's journey took him and a friend for a bike ride through Pacific Grove, California, then for an evening hike in the woods near Spanish Bay in the Lynn "Rip" Van Winkle Open Space, after which he continued riding into the sunset along Asilomar Beach. On the walk in the woods, he saw a lot a wild blackberry, yellow vetch, and monkey flower in bloom. We saw a few slender salamanders, two centipedes, many sow bugs, and several small cricket nymphs of some variety. An Anna's hummingbird gave us a wonderful show as he (along with several male mosquitos) was feeding on an impressive flowering bush (somewhat resembling Lavender) whose stalky flowers were blooming in an imposing array of purple shades. I'm pretty certain that it is an introduced species, but I haven't been able to identify it yet.
No picture today except for that found in your imagination. The camera batteries died.
Cool Website of the day:
BugGuide.Net!
Audience Favorites:
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Here is the first Garden Spider (a very young one), that I've seen at Phinizy Swamp this year. -
One of the young birds disappeared before I was able to get the improvised shoe-box bird nest ready; but the other enjoyed this little re...
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These little birds hopped out of their nest before they were able to fly. The mother was frantically trying to keep them fed and attemptin...
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Male (winged) Velvet Ant Tassajara Zen Mountain Center Early Morning - 24 July 2006 Female (wingless) Velvet Ant Tassajara Zen Mounta...
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Snail eggs. We originally thought, and hoped, that these might be predacious diving beetle eggs. (We are keeping both in a fishbowl.) -
I went for a bikeride along the trail near the Red River today. This dragonfly was in the brush alongside a dirt (more like mud) road. ... -
Rabbit on the Colorado River Trail in Grand Junction, Colorado. July 13th, 2010. -
A very large moth discovered on my midnight ride along the river. If I could have gotten a picture of the fox that ran alongside me for abo...
Life is short. Nature is forever. You are the nerve cell of a Universe experiencing its inner beauty.
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