Found in coastal conifer/hardwood mixed forest, Salt Point State Park, Stump Beach Trail
Found in a thicket of Carex, growing on dead Rubus ursinus stem right off the side of trail
Tiny black football-shaped or eye-shaped sporocarps. Margin dark teal in coloration. Larger, open sporocarps with a bumpy, teal-grey, almost gelatinous looking matrix filling the internal contents of the "eye"
The drawing is… well rudimentary but I found this mushroom with tentacle like attachments on the stipe. About the size of the last digit of your thumb. The protrusions from the stem occurred around the stipe and reminded me of those hairs on new bicycle tires. Please help!
A "snout mite"?
Putah Creek South Fork Preserve, Yolo County, California.
Lampreys suck!
I let this lamprey latch onto my face during a salmonid redd survey.
About 5mm long, growing on old coconut husk right by irrigation.
Acalitus phloeocoptes (dunno why it’s not an ID option). Plum bud gall mites. 250x magnification
I first seen this goose closer to the grass. He or she started walking towards the dirt, and I assumed they were going towards the lake. But now that he is by the lake, he is not going inside the water. The goose is now walking on the sidewalk. He is following the path of the sidewalk, just staying on the sidewalk. They’re walking in a straight line. They are slowing down now and he is moving to the dirt and here he is now, smelling and biting at some things on the ground. The goose actually is now walking back towards the water. But they are still staying on the dirt. Now he has paused. This lasted only a few seconds before he was walking again. They keep looking at their surroundings. Here he is now paused for longer than I’ve observed.
Wow, he just looked at me! It’s interesting to me how this goose is not entering the water. They may just be wanting to enjoy the sun. Oh wow here she is now walking towards me! We are pretty close in distance now! We’re only a few yards away. The goose is getting even closer to me. As they are walking up to me, they are biting at the things around them and eating. Oh, I have to take a picture!! Now that I am seeing them up close, I am receiving female energy. There is a puddle next to me that they walked over to and is now drinking water. They must’ve been thirsty. As she is drinking water, she cleans her feathers. While she is drinking water from the puddle, I am pretty close to her. She is now done drinking water and she is walking back towards the lake. This is pretty much the same position she was in when I started this observation.
I thank her, and the energy, and time that she shared with me. I feel like she knew what I was doing and is still staying within my proximity. She is so beautiful and elegant. Even when I returned to my car, I can still see her. I hope she stays safe.
Countless holes bored into side of dead (still standing) coast live oak. Each hole has a mound of sawdust at the entrance. I couldn't blow away the sawdust closest to each of entrances, as if it were stuck there.
I found a very small arthropod at the entrance of one bore, but couldn't make out what it was at the time.
蠅蟲黴
This is for the raptor
California Buckeye
This snake went into the water after a tadpole. My exposures were all off and this is the only somewhat useful shot I got.
Observation for the Coccinella trifasciata ssp. subversa here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47946835
Observation for the Ladybird Parasitoid Wasp (Dinocampus coccinellae) here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148877211
Thanks to @alsion for pointing out the wasp pupa and the relationship of the virus in the interaction on my original beetle observation.
Wow what a surprise to see one on campus! Fairly approachable individual munching on holly oak acorns.
Growing on Turkey tail mushrooms m
With Double-Crested Cormorant
Causing a major anoxic event in this area, millions of dead fish and invertebrates
On cow manure.