Went out to Castle Rock at Mt. Diablo this past weekend. It's full of crumbling sandstone cliffs and raptor nests (also crumbling).
It's one of those weekends that make you love California so hard! We had a picnic under the oaks:
And from the bench we spotted nuthatches, bluebirds, oak titmice, golden crowned sparrows, acorn woodpeckers, scrub jays...
...even some far-off turkey vultures. Getting better at photos through binoculars...
Pyracantha adds some color. I'll have to come back here to check for waxwings.
Tom found some quite large acorns. Choadcorns.
Turns out there is a reason the trail is called "Shell ridge."
Maybe Rebecca can tell us all more about why these round chunks of sandstone are breaking off in rounded segments.
The Quest for the Holy Tarantula is at an end:
It was interesting to watch different people's reaction to the tarantulas. They ranged from "ew gross" to "woah cool" to "big deal." Knowledge levels also varied from "which end is the front?" to "mind the urticating hairs."
It's one of those weekends that make you love California so hard! We had a picnic under the oaks:
And from the bench we spotted nuthatches, bluebirds, oak titmice, golden crowned sparrows, acorn woodpeckers, scrub jays...
...even some far-off turkey vultures. Getting better at photos through binoculars...
Pyracantha adds some color. I'll have to come back here to check for waxwings.
Tom found some quite large acorns. Choadcorns.
Turns out there is a reason the trail is called "Shell ridge."
Maybe Rebecca can tell us all more about why these round chunks of sandstone are breaking off in rounded segments.
The Quest for the Holy Tarantula is at an end:
It was interesting to watch different people's reaction to the tarantulas. They ranged from "ew gross" to "woah cool" to "big deal." Knowledge levels also varied from "which end is the front?" to "mind the urticating hairs."
Acorns? I call them Tree Eggs.
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