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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
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
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!
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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!
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"
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
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 Spiny-Leaf-Gall Wasp Diplolepis polita
The Spiny-Leaf-Gall Wasp Diplolepis polita
The Spiny-Leaf-Gall Wasp Diplolepis polita
Moe Lifts Logs
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 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
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
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!
Do you now the difference between a Raven and a Crow?