As we were packing up leaving Northridge, this Praying Mantid caught our eye.
Now he's giving us the eye.
Lesser Goldfinch
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Western Kingbird
We stopped at Malibu Creek State Park on the way to the ocean.
Spotted Towhee
Another Spotted Towhee coming in for a landing.
Wintering House Wren
California Towhee
Looking east from our RV site at Malibu Beach, We are about 200 feet above the Pacific Ocean and the very busy Pacific Coast Highway 1.
Looking west from our RV site.
One of a pair of local Red-tailed Hawks seen daily.
A pair of Fox Sparrows (look closely) observed in Solstice Canyon.
The canyon is about a half mile from the RV park with numerous nature trails.
Male Nuttall's Woodpecker
Coast Live Oak acorns
Raven with acorns
California Scrub-Jay with two acorns
Acorn Woodpecker with guess what?
Nanday Parakeets (formerly Black-hooded) daily flight over the RV Park and into Solstice Canyon
advertise their approach with very noisy calls.
Parakeets exploring nesting cavities.
Nandays cuddle and mutual grooming
Parakeets feeding on California Sycamore achenes
Scrub-Jay watching circling Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk soaring above Jay
Say's Phoebe next to the RV.
Breath-taking sunrise greets us almost every day looking toward LA.
Flowering plants with thorns cover much of the chaparral steep mountainsides.
California Manroot thorn covered seed pod (wild cucumber family)
Wild Italian Thistle spear - everything has thorns!
Singing California Thrasher
Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler, most common passerine encountered.
Marbled Godwits 200 feet below our RV Park
Marbled Godwits feeding in the surf
Willet
Black-bellied Plover extends as high tide wave rolls in
Whimbrel searches aquatic plants for invertebrates
Non-Bird of Paradise adorns RV Park
Just another brillant sunrise every day a blessing from God.
Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann
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