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S1 Ep 1 Crystal Cove S1 Ep 2 Anza-BorregoS1 Ep 3 Salton Sea S1 Ep 4 Chino HillsS1 Ep 5 Brannan Island S1 Ep 6 Benicia SRAS1 Ep 7 Benicia SHPS1 Ep8 Mt. DiabloS1 Ep 9 Castle Rock S1 Ep 10 Portola redwoods SPs1 Ep11 Henry Cowell RedwoodsS1 Ep 12 Big Basins1 Ep 13 San Gregorio SBS1 Ep 14 Tomales Bay S1 Ep 15 MArconi ShpS1 EP 16 Salinas River SBS1 Ep 17 Moss Landing SB & Elk Horn Slough

episode 17 Moss landing State Beach & The Elkhorn Slough

Sea Otter crossing sign with Lupine

Coastal Bush Lupine  

Lupinus arboreus

on the right

a beautiful Native flowering plant 

Silver Beachweed

Ambrosia chamissonis a species of ragweed known by the common names silver burr ragweed, and silver beach burr

Snowy Plover Sign

The Pacific coast population of western snowy plovers has been in decline for several years, due to a loss of habitat and disturbances due to development, recreation and other human pressures

 



Spiny Mole Crab

Blepharipoda occidentalis

a native species of sand crab that lives in the eastern Pacific Ocean 

Sand Castle with cool nature

Way to use the resources at hand folks!

Is this your sand castle? Reach out!

West Atlantic Surf Clam

Spisula solidissima

a native mollosk in the family Mactridae


This is a hot tip! Using SEEK app on shells and clams on the beachcombing!


Decomposing wood

Looks like it has lots of holes like it was once a granary tree!

Marbled Godwit

Limosa fedoa 

a large Native shorebird


Elkhorn Slough

Rules and Regulations

More Elkhorn excitement

More Elkhorn excitement

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episode 16 Salinas State Beach

Coastal Sagewort

Seacliff Wild Buckwheat

Alkali Heliotrope

Artemisia pynocephala

A fabulous native sagebrush


photo: Christian Schwarz

iNaturalist.org

Alkali Heliotrope

Seacliff Wild Buckwheat

Alkali Heliotrope

Heliotrpium curassavicum

a Native Heliotrope

Seacliff Wild Buckwheat

Seacliff Wild Buckwheat

Seacliff Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum parvifolium

A beautiful Native evergreen shrub

Gold Dust Lichen

Seaside Woolly Sunflower

Seacliff Wild Buckwheat

Chrysothrix candelaris

A  Native fungi commonly known as the mustard powder lichen.

 



Seaside Woolly Sunflower

Seaside Woolly Sunflower

Seaside Woolly Sunflower

 Eriophyllum staechadifolium

A beautiful native flowering plant in the daisy faimily.

Yellow Sand Verbena

Seaside Woolly Sunflower

Seaside Woolly Sunflower

Abronia latifolia

a beatuiful native perennial flower


European Searocket

Cakile maritima

A common plant in the mustard family it is widespread in Europe, North Aftica and western Asia especially on the coastlines.  It has inhabited our American coasts where it has become a noxious plant

Velella velella

Also known as By-the-wind Sailors

these cuties are native cosmopoliton free-floating hydrozoa that live on the surface of the open ocean.

Silky Beach Pea

Lathyrus littoralis

This is a Threatened and Native species of wild pea. Seen on beaches and dunes.

Sign at the beach

Special Status Speices

Rabbitfoot Grass

Polypogon monspeliensis

An introduced speices of grass commonly known as annual beard-grass

Wild Radish

An introduced flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae

episode 15 Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park

Lace Lichen

A view of Tomales Bay from the lodge grounds

the Aragoni Bridge


Ramalina menziesii

A fabulous native lichen!

the Aragoni Bridge

A view of Tomales Bay from the lodge grounds

the Aragoni Bridge

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Where does this charming bridge lead?

A view of Tomales Bay from the lodge grounds

A view of Tomales Bay from the lodge grounds

Beautiful views!

our "sweet spot"

Pine Siskin

Spinus pinus

lil cuties


dabellei

iNaturalist

Sign for the Meadow Trail

Sign for the Meadow Trail

It looks like this trail doesn't see many feet  


 



Redclaws

Sign for the Meadow Trail

An introduced tree


Escallonia rubra

An introduced tree 

Redclaws up-close

Escallonia rubra

introduced but the bees loved it that day


Brown Creeper

Certhia americana


jefb09

iNaturalist 

You could have a wedding here!

photo from their webbsite

one of several venue options!

https://lodgeatmarconi.com/gather/weddings/

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episode 14 Tomales Bay State Park

Orange Bush Monkeyflower

Diplacus aurantiacus

a beautiful California Native flower!

Western Sword Fern

Polystichum munitum

a beautiful native plant!

Common Bracken


Pteridum aquilinum

Another fabulous native plant!

Coffeeberry Midrib Gall Moth


Sorhagenia nimbosus

Common Hazel (Nut)

Corylus avellana

Tasty but sadly introduced


Spotted Cucumber Beetle

Brittle Gilled Mushroom with Chris behind!

Brittle Gilled Mushroom with Chris behind!

Brittle Gilled Mushroom with Chris behind!



 



Graceful Bedstraws

Brittle Gilled Mushroom with Chris behind!

Brittle Gilled Mushroom with Chris behind!

Galium porrigens


A California native species of flowering plant in the coffee family.

Gouty Stem Gall Wasp

Brittle Gilled Mushroom with Chris behind!

Gouty Stem Gall Wasp

Callirhytis quercussuttoni



Look at that cute little lichen tuft hairdo!


Red-berried Elder

Gouty Stem Gall Wasp

Sambucus raemosa


A beautiful native plant



Hanging Clubmoss

Phlegmariurus varius

is a native fir moss or club moss in the family Lycopodiaceae 

this is fun and interesting

Cramp Balls

Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum


a California native species of ascomycete fungus

episode 13 San Gregorio State Beach

Great Blue Heron we saw off the path

Ardea herodias


a beautiful native bird!

Really cool bridge we saw towards the highway



Bird's-foot-trefoil


Lotus conriculatus

Sign! Where did you go?

Sign! Where did you go?



Bristly Oxtongue

Sign! Where did you go?

Ribwort Plantain

Helminthotheca echiodes



A non native biennial herb


Ribwort Plantain

Sign! Where did you go?

Ribwort Plantain

Plantago lanceolata


Cute but introduced 



Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Coastal Bush Lupine Seed pods

Lupinus arboreus 

a beautiful native flower

( Those long green things are what we call Lupine Beans!)


Mystery Flower

If you can identify this flower....first ....you may be the winner of the first ever State of the State Parks T-shirt!

listen to the San Gregorio  episode for the  contest rules!

Willow Apple Gall Sawfly

Willow Apple Gall Sawfly

Check out how interesting this is!



episode 12 Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Redwoods regrowing as we drove in!

Moe reads park history



Pic of Native peoples area break down



Ceanothus Gall wasp

 

This gall is clearly occurring on the leaf midrib


Ceanothus Gall Wasp




Art Project about Tent Talks, Burn Piles, and conservation

This was the art project that was was through the loop.  The stories all on these giant postcards!

This was the art project that was was through the loop.  The stories all on these giant postcards!

Picture of Jennie Bliss Jeter

Picture of Jennie Bliss Jeter

Picture of Jennie Bliss Jeter

She and her husband were influential in the conservation of this area 



Banana Slug on Tree

Picture of Jennie Bliss Jeter

Picture of Jennie Bliss Jeter

Red Alder

Picture of Jennie Bliss Jeter

Pink Honeysuckle

Pink Honeysuckle

Ruptured Twig Gall Wasp Callirhytis perdens

Pink Honeysuckle

Lonicera hispidula a California Native perennial vine!

Ruptured Twig Gall Wasp

Ruptured Twig Gall Wasp Callirhytis perdens

Ruptured Twig Gall Wasp Callirhytis perdens

Wowee wow this is cool!


Ruptured Twig Gall Wasp Callirhytis perdens

Ruptured Twig Gall Wasp Callirhytis perdens

Ruptured Twig Gall Wasp Callirhytis perdens

More Ruptured Twig Gall Wasp Pics!  We were absolutely fascinated by this discovery!

episode 11 Henry Cowell Redwoods State park

Big sign as we drove in!

Big slab timeline out front

Where's Moe?

She is wearing camp clothing...lol


Blow up of big slab

Maureen And Lynda our wonderful docents!

Coast Redwood SEEK

Coastal Redwood Cone

Coastal Redwood Cone

Coastal Redwood Cone

Coastal Redwood Tree with no leaves until hundreds of feet up!

Coastal Redwood Tree with no leaves until hundreds of feet up!

Coastal Redwood Tree with no leaves until hundreds of feet up!

One of the many ways they protect themselves from fire!

Pileated Wood Pecker

Coastal Redwood Tree with no leaves until hundreds of feet up!

Coastal Redwood Tree with no leaves until hundreds of feet up!


Picture courtesy Of the Merlin Bird ID App.


Dawn Redwood Meta Sequoia

Coastal Redwood Tree with no leaves until hundreds of feet up!

Nursery Stump! Three different tree species growing from this old redwood stump!

The red arrows are pointing at the skinny little tree with the number 16 in front of it. That's it! That's the tree that was discovered 80 yrs ago!

Nursery Stump! Three different tree species growing from this old redwood stump!

Nursery Stump! Three different tree species growing from this old redwood stump!

Nursery Stump! Three different tree species growing from this old redwood stump!

Blue Arrows = Three different Tree species

Red arrows = Mud wasps packed in hive

Good Eyes Moe!



episode 10 Portola Redwoods SP

Banana Slugs in the Road!! Cute sign as we drove in!

Banana Slugs in the Road!! Cute sign as we drove in!

Portola Redwoods Visitor Center Porch/Patio

Banana Slugs in the Road!! Cute sign as we drove in!

The moss on the old bridge

Western Star Flower Lysimachia latifolia

A Native flowering plant in the Primulaceae family

Coast Redwood SEEK

Coast Redwood: Just look up!

Coast Redwood: Just look up!

Coast Redwood: Just look up!

Keep it crumb clean sign




DYC: "Darn Yellow Composites"

Image Borrowed from:

https://gardeningwithsoule.wordpress.com/2022/01/19/cute-composites-or-dycs-for-low-care-color/


Evergreen Huckleberry Vaccinium ovatum

Evergreen Huckleberry Vaccinium ovatum

A native Flowering shrub!



Marbled Murrelet Video Link

Marbled Murrelet rescue article Becky spoke about

Evergreen Huckleberry Vaccinium ovatum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWDvZwhBIUI&t=1s

  Image Copyright: David Pereksta


Leopard Lilly Lilium pardalinum

Marbled Murrelet rescue article Becky spoke about

Marbled Murrelet rescue article Becky spoke about

Image Copyright: Bill Rhoades

Marbled Murrelet rescue article Becky spoke about

Marbled Murrelet rescue article Becky spoke about

Marbled Murrelet rescue article Becky spoke about

https://sempervirens.org/news/monitoring-marbled-murrelets/


Image Copyright: Kim Nelson and Dan Cushing

episode 9 Castle Rock SP

Pacific Madrone Arbutus menziesii

Solomon's Plume Maianthemum racemosum

treacleberry, feathery false lily of the valley, false Solomon's seal Solomon's plume or false spikenard

The Warbling Vireo

The Spiny-Leaf-Gall Wasp Diplolepis polita

© Mason Maron

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The Spiny-Leaf-Gall Wasp Diplolepis polita

The Spiny-Leaf-Gall Wasp Diplolepis polita

The Spiny-Leaf-Gall Wasp Diplolepis polita

Moe Lifts Logs

Moe

California Bay Umbellularia california

Tanoak Notholithocarpus densiflorus

Tanoak Notholithocarpus densiflorus

Tanoak Notholithocarpus densiflorus

Tanoak Notholithocarpus densiflorus

Tanoak Notholithocarpus densiflorus

Check out those parking lot lines!

Dendroalsia Moss

Tanoak Notholithocarpus densiflorus




Thimbleberry




Climbing Map available

Chris Pointing

episode 8 Mt Diablo SP

Western Tiger Swallow Tail

Western Tiger Swallow Tail

Western Tiger Swallow Tail

Elegant Clarkia

Western Tiger Swallow Tail

Western Tiger Swallow Tail

Variable Checker spot

Western Tiger Swallow Tail

Mt Diablo Painting

Oak gall Click click click

Ocean Spray




Narrowleaf Goldenbush




Coastal Woodfern

Hairy Curtain Crust

Hairy Curtain Crust

episode 7 Benicia Capitol State historic Park

Benicia Capitol SHP

Historic Sign out front

Benicia Capitol SHP

Wisteria!

Historic Sign out front

Benicia Capitol SHP

Historic Sign out front

Historic Sign out front

State Seal Embossing Machine

State Seal Embossing Machine

State Seal Embossing Machine

Current Seal/Old Seal

Solano Train Ferry pic



Whos' that in the reflection?

Portrait of Doña Francisca Benicia Carrillo de Vallejo

Portrait of Doña Francisca Benicia Carrillo de Vallejo

Portrait of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo.

Portrait of Doña Francisca Benicia Carrillo de Vallejo

 

House chamber

Senate Chamber

Original Historic Desks

Red arrow is pointing to the Fire exit we were talking about!

Original Historic Desks

Original Historic Desks

Original Historic Desks

episode 6 Benicia State recreation area

Benicia SRA we made it!

Rabbit foot Grass!

Red Willow

Tall flat sedge

Tall flat sedge

Tall flat sedge

Tall Harding Grass

Encrusted Lichen. Picture courtesy of Wikipedia

Pickle Weed!

Julio Talking about communing with nature

 

Our nature journal entries!

Our nature journal entries!

EPISODE 5 BRANNAN ISLAND STATE RECREATION AREA

Its The Brannan Island Loop Trail!

Its The Brannan Island Loop Trail!

Its The Brannan Island Loop Trail!

Mt Diablo Finger point photo

Its The Brannan Island Loop Trail!

Its The Brannan Island Loop Trail!

Goodings Willow

Its The Brannan Island Loop Trail!

Goodings Willow Floof

Goodings Willow Floof

Goodings Willow Floof

Moe smelling the Elder berries!

Video of us eating Elderberries

California Black Walnut tree

California Black Walnut tree

Valley Oak Galls

California Black Walnut tree

  This is where the California oak Gal wasp comes from
Andricus californicus

  This is where the California oak Gall wasp comes from

Andricus californicus

Stay Back Moe!

Coyote on the Path!

Coyote on the Path!

Moe Found a Pay Phone!

Coyote on the Path!

Moe Found a Pay Phone!

Moe Found a Pay Phone!

Moe Found a Pay Phone!

Coastal Bush Lupine

Moe Found a Pay Phone!

Moe Found a Pay Phone!

episode 4 Chino hills State park

Wild Radish

Mistletoe (not exactly an epiphyte )

Mistletoe (not exactly an epiphyte )

Mistletoe (not exactly an epiphyte )

Mistletoe (not exactly an epiphyte )

Mistletoe (not exactly an epiphyte )

Bee on Thistle

Mistletoe (not exactly an epiphyte )

Bee on Thistle

Arroyo Lupine

Bee on Thistle

Common Yellow Throat

Bells Vireo

We couldn't get a good shot, so this is a pic courtesy of www.allaboutbirds.org

Bud Gall Midge

Tidy Tips and Menzy'sBaby Blue Eyes

Felt Leaf Everlasting

Felt Leaf Everlasting

Tidy Tips and Menzy'sBaby Blue Eyes

Felt Leaf Everlasting

Tidy Tips and Menzy'sBaby Blue Eyes

Tidy Tips and Menzy'sBaby Blue Eyes

Tidy Tips and Menzy'sBaby Blue Eyes

Old Wind Mill

Chris, Tree peeping in Crocs!

Tidy Tips and Menzy'sBaby Blue Eyes

Arroyo willow

Chris, Tree peeping in Crocs!

Chris, Tree peeping in Crocs!

Chris, Tree peeping in Crocs!

Chris, Tree peeping in Crocs!

Chris, Tree peeping in Crocs!

episode 3 Salton sea

Sunrise on the Sea

Black necked Stilt

Ghost Teeth Barnacles

Ghost Teeth Barnacles

Verdin

Salt cedar

Ghost Teeth Barnacles

Salt cedar

Salt cedar

Salt cedar

Super invasive! Meh!

Sea ox Eye

Salt cedar

Salt cedar

Welcome to Bombay Beach!

Poster of Strange Girl at the entrance to Bombay Beach

Poster of Strange Girl at the entrance to Bombay Beach

Poster of Strange Girl at the entrance to Bombay Beach

We think this is a poster about dust mitigation?


TV House Art Project

Egg nest Bird House

The Ski Inn

Bombay beaches last active Bar

Burner Art at BBAC

Stop by for an excellent Latte !

Episode 3 continues with the sonny Bono Salton Sea national

First Burrowing owl sitting

A pair of them!

Who you looking at!

a couple of burrowing owls outside of their home

a couple of burrowing owls outside of their home

a couple of burrowing owls outside of their home

Markers alerting of the burrowing owls in the tubes!

Thank you for the pose!

Such a huge sea!

Such a huge sea!

Such a huge sea!

episode 2 Anza Borreggo

We made it to Anza Borreggo!

We made it to Anza Borreggo!

We made it to Anza Borreggo!

Desert Holly

We made it to Anza Borreggo!

We made it to Anza Borreggo!

Slot Canyon

We made it to Anza Borreggo!

#moesscramblinggloves

Starting the Slot canyon Hike!

#moesscramblinggloves

Moe takes a long shot of Chris!

#moesscramblinggloves

Sunrise Hike!

Moe takes a long shot of Chris!

Moe takes a long shot of Chris!

Moe takes a long shot of Chris!

Chris takes a long shot of Moe!

Moe takes a long shot of Chris!

Moe takes a long shot of Chris!



Steep hill at the end of slot canyon hike

Steep hill at the end of slot canyon hike

Desert lily pre flower

Steep hill at the end of slot canyon hike

Pano shot at the top of the steep hill.

The red arrow is where we parked our truck!

Ocotillo tree!

Silver Cholla (not the teddy bear lol)

So Big!!

Creosote

Silver Cholla (not the teddy bear lol)

Silver Cholla (not the teddy bear lol)

Check out those Lanterns!

Silver Cholla (not the teddy bear lol)

Silver Cholla (not the teddy bear lol)

Silver Cholla (not the teddy bear lol)

Crystal cove episode 1

We didn't Know what this meant when we drove in!

We didn't Know what this meant when we drove in!

Watch the video below! 

Sawtooth goldenbrush

We didn't Know what this meant when we drove in!

Milk Snail

Coastal Prickly pair Tuna!

Milk Snail Shell. We found quite a few snails and shells!

Coastal Prickly pair Tuna!

California Thrasher (not a northern Mockingbird lol)

Coastal Prickly pair Tuna!

The fruit of a prickly pair is called a tuna!

California Thrasher (not a northern Mockingbird lol)

California Thrasher (not a northern Mockingbird lol)

California Thrasher (not a northern Mockingbird lol)

Beautiful song. Long bent beak!

Coyote brush rust

California Thrasher (not a northern Mockingbird lol)

California Thrasher (not a northern Mockingbird lol)

Fungi we found growing on Coyote brush!

Puccinia Evadens


Deer Broom AkA Deer "weed" (No more calling our native plants weeds!)

Not sure we will ever forget this stuff after this hike!

Chillicothe (not California Manroot)

Frog rehab

The Western Spade foot Frog needs some space, people! Other invasive frogs booo! 

Black Sage

Seed Balls!

Raven Pair at the top of the hike!

Beautiful Pair of Raven on the top of the hike!

Do you now the difference between a Raven and a Crow?

Walk through tunnel hoping to see the beach after hike?Push Play!


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