Random Photos

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A random taste of photos:
Kapalua Beach on Maui. This is either a Sharp-shinned Hawk or a Cooper\'s Hawk, eating a smaller bird. I believe it is a juvenile (fledged some weeks ago). This hawk family lived in a eucalyptus tree on a golf course. Raven in profile, closeup (somewhat).
Lingcod fish skeleton. Nasty sharp point teeth. Bright orange California poppies. White clouds in a brilliant blue sky over a hill in Pacheco State Park, California.
Orange and brown fungus growing on a fallen tree trunk. Closeup of red and yellow leaves or petals of a tropical plant. Rainbow at the base of Shoshone Falls (sometimes called the
Sap stalactites dripping from a tree limb, translucent and silhouetted against a background of blue sky. I have no idea what kind of plant this is. The stems resemble rosemary, and the red- or purple-speckled 2-lobed seed pods or flowers resemble spotted pillows. Any help identifying this strange plant would be appreciated! A fallen tree sleeps among the hills in Pacheco State Park, California.
Moss-covered stones in a grassy field in Pacheco State Park, California. A cyclist reflected in the water of a salt marsh rides across the horizon. Horseshoe Lake.
A black and purple wasp-like creature with red legs and a long stinger or ovipositor (egg-laying organ). Possibly a female Ichneumon wasp -- Pimpla? If someone knows for sure, I\'d love to be enlightened! Giant yellow flower on a zucchini plant. Salt beds form a strange landscape.
A dead tree near Horseshoe Lake. A tight cluster of thin red-orange seaweed at the beach. Petrified wood in this desolate landscape has been fossilized and turned to stone.
Blue dragonfly on a pine tree. A cyclist reflected in the water of a salt marsh rides across the horizon. Colorful rough-textured rock.
A bee hovering over a purple flower at the beach in Morro Bay, California. Little purple flowers growing in beach sand. It resembles sand verbena, but I\'m not sure. (If you know the species, please let me know and I\'ll add the info!) Some kind of green fuzzy seed pod plant growing wild. (If you know the species, please let me know and I\'ll add the info!)
An empty snail shell impaled on a stick and covered with spider webs. A white mushroom on a fallen tree near Mammoth Lakes. A red rock stands out among gray ones in a creek in Sedona.
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