This Coast Live Oak is growing by the Children's Garden Trail.
It might be planted. This observation is part of my project to post each of the Irvine Park and Santiago Oaks Regional Park oaks to iNaturalist. Progress can be seen here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=33.8252711161687&nelng=-117.73546396968754&place_id=any&subview=map&swlat=33.78911290392449&swlng=-117.78782068965825&taxon_id=47851&user_id=kyle_eaton_photography&verifiable=any
I found this stem-based Oak Gall in a California Scrub Oak. I collected it to rear.
It was raining at the time.
Host plant observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/166524984
These photos were edited in Photoshop to have a Flash White Balance. Many of these photos were also sharpened somewhat.
This Oak is planted. Please identify it to species before marking it as "captive." It has a bent tree tag on it.
There are a few organisms on it:
Actually kind of a cute face hehe
This skinny tree is growing on a hill in a grove of Coast Live Oaks.
The leaves on this one look different from the surrounding Oaks.
Photos 1-2, 4-10, and 12-14 were brightened.
This Coast Live Oak is growing in the middle of the Santiago Oaks parking lot. It has some small developing acorns currently. There are dried flowers stuck in its branches.
Temperature: 98°F (36°C). Humidity: 35%
Host to:
I found this empty bivalve shell on the beach at night.
Initial ID based on iNaturalist's AI suggestion.
Along Santiago Canyon Rd in Orange Heights proposed development site.
These are not all the same individual, but I am combining to get an id. I think these are tadpoles and by location, guessing American Bullfrog. They were leaping up in the water. I am open to any suggestion.
This Mallow was growing unplanted next to the sidewalk. Unfortunately it had no reproductive structures. I pulled it out. After pulling it out I noticed it is host to multiple galls and a leaf miner.
Host to:
This Orbweaver has been living on a chair in our backyard for over 4 months. In the day time it curls up between beams of the chair, and at night it remakes its web.
Photo 3 shows the spiderweb. Most of these photos were darkened (they came out a bit overexposed) and sharpened.
I previously posted this Spider from 2 months earlier at this link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145303514
This Western Black Widow was near the storm drain entrance.
These photos were edited to have a Custom White Balance in Photoshop.
I found this dead Yellow-rumped Warbler near a large window. It had maggots inside and under it, which I've posted here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138474297
Its carcass remained here for a few weeks before someone took it. :(
Spotted on the way to work one morning!
This was in an Industrial area and had no Collar. So I'm not sure if it was feral or someones pet.
Scattered parrot feathers underneath a trio of Genus Amazona parrots perched in a Western Sycamore. I'll post the parrots separately later.
With C. connata (paler) in comparison photos.
iNat suggestion
Beat from pine cone. Also posted to BG here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1346120
There are a few of these plants growing next to the Santiago Creek Trail in the partial shade of a Coast Live Oak.
iNaturalist thinks it's Poison Oak, but I'm unsure. Just to be careful I avoided touching it. It has "leaves of three" and vaguely oak shaped leaves, but otherwise looks pretty different.
Another individual I observed next to it: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215860502
Some kind of nest made in the crook of a small tree. The last photo shows the tree. I walked up to the edge of the nest, but didn't hear any movement inside.
Some kind of growth on the underside of two branches of a Coast Live Oak tree.
I photographed it from the ground and from an adjacent wall, as this is about 10-15 feet off the ground.
2nd snail crawling on top of leaflitter. Was pooping.
This is an odd looking buckwheat. I think it's a Buckwheat based on the leaves. I'm not sure if it's "odd looking" to me because I've never seen a Buckwheat budding or for another reason.
Coast Live Oak
An interesting looking bone found close to the path, among the plants. Will make the location more exact on a future visit. Upland ecosystem.
Odd looking Toyon?
could this be a badger den?
I found this Fruit Fly on the fence next to my compost bins. The bins were moist and open at the time. There were multiple Fruit Flies here.
Photos 1 and 2 are unedited. Photo 6 has a Flash White Balance.
Observed decomposing remains of a dead Rodent on the trail. Possibly a Botta’s Pocket Gopher.
fucking bigfoot dude! (we fucked bigfoot, dude)
What looks to be a Woodrat nest on the ground, built in the open. A pile of Woodrat scat was on a rock a few feet away, posted separately: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109818603
Images 4-5 show the area.
The nest reobserved on July 1st, 2022: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205351456
This plant was host to many galls. The fruits were sticky and covered in dead insects. The plant is growing along the Bogart Trail.
Host to:
This observation is for these coffee bean like seeds that were in some scat.
A water sample was taken from the bank of the Vuoksi River. The sample was stored at room temperature and observed nine days after collection.
Video: https://youtu.be/YIRBZxNW2qI
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This Spider was on a spiderweb spun between Prickly Pears.
There were many Silver Argiopes around, but this one looks like a different species.
American Coots grazing in the grass at sunset.
This flowering and fruiting Redstem Stork's-Bill was growing next to the parking lot.