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Category Archives: Landmarks

Yosemite and the 12,000 Serenity Prayers

February 29, 2020by concretechaparral 2 Comments

Hetch Hetchy Valley was the little sister to the valley of Yosemite, a glacier carved gorge lined with vertical granite walls where multiple waterfalls roared.

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Habitat & Wildlife, Hikes/Walks, Landmarks, National Parks and Forests

A Few Stops in Ireland

September 15, 2019by concretechaparral 3 Comments

Exploring ruins give me a sense of connection to those before me, of being a part of the stream of humanity.  But I connect with ghosts.

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Abandon Sites/Ruins, Birds, Habitat & Wildlife, Landmarks, Native Plants
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Abney Park

August 26, 2018by concretechaparral 4 Comments

Every forest is a graveyard.

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Abandon Sites/Ruins, Birds, Garden, Habitat & Wildlife, Hikes/Walks, Landmarks, Native Plants, Urban Parks

To Wonder View and Beyond!

June 20, 2018by concretechaparral 7 Comments

Besides city views and apex predators, there is also show biz!

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A willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) searches the tide pool for a tasty snack. Soon they will leave for their summer range in the north-central United States and south-central Canada, one of the shorter migration for our winter shorebirds.
On the rocky beaches of Pablo’s Verde a whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) enjoys their last days of California sunshine. Whimbrels summer in the far north of Alaska and Canada.
New flower emerging on a California bush sunflower (Encelia californica).
Malva Rosa (Malva assurgentiflora) has one of the most stunning flower of California natives. Interestedly, its two to three inch flowers are obscured by its own foliage. These flowers I saw only because I was weeding around it. Evolutionary-wise, I wonder how that came to be. Colorful flowers can take a lot of a plant’s energy to create and are meant to attract pollinators, so why do malva rosa hide their flowers?
What!? No one told me yesterday was California Poppy Day! >sigh< Here are some California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) and a Concha ceanothus (Ceanothus ‘Concha’). If you planted ceanothus before, you would know it is a bee magnet. However, the poppies have a stronger pull - few bees are visiting the ceanothus while dozens go from poppy to poppy. Everyone loves the poppies!
An Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) grabbing a quick snack.
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