Pages Tagged “South Coast Botanic Garden”
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- Lunching Squirrel
This squirrel was completely nonchalant about two humans standing a few feet away. It just kept grabbing more berries and eating them. In retrospect, I should have pulled out the better camera once I was sure I had some clear shots on the phone, since it probably wouldn’t have gone anywhere.
- Good Advice
A few Covid-19 rules are still in place at this botanical garden, though it’s a lot more relaxed than it was last spring when they managed to stay open even through the early-pandemic lockdowns.
- Covid Garden
Finally made it out to the botanical gardens up in the hills for a hike. They’ve actually stayed open this whole time by requiring reservations to limit the number of people on the grounds at a time. (Also face masks, distancing, and closing off benches and some sections.) Ironically there were more people there than […]
- Hawkspotting
I’ve been seeing hawks lately when I’m out walking, which is new. I know partly it’s that I’m actively looking for suburban wildlife, but I’ve been doing that since last June when I started participating in iNaturalist. I started noticing how many squirrels and sparrows and phoebes and finches were around (in addition to the […]
- Um, I’ll be sure to keep that in mind…
- iNaturalist is like Pokemon Go for real animals
I’ve joked about how iNaturalist is like Pokemon Go for real animals. Well, since I started playing the game, I’ve been combining walks for both. And on yesterday’s hike in the local botanical gardens, I took some photos with a few Pokemon in their, um, natural habitats? (Still not sure why I found so many […]