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How can anything that is sooo cute, be sooo stinky? I just love those cute little ears.
Stinky was hanging out under one of the bird feeding stations. There wasn't any sign of this guy's mommy anywhere; He may be big enough to be oh his own, I certainly hope so. I don't know enough about his kind to know when they are okay to be roaming about without mommy. After a little snack, Stinky headed to the understory. LOL, he loves peanut butter. Then again, who doesn't?
Happy mother's day to all you mom's out there. Happy snapping to all.
I believe that the hibiscus was native to tropical zones (as well as in Greece 5,000 years ago), but with over 300 species (one called the Rose of Sharon, another the Tropical Hibiscus, and many of the Mallow Family), I really don't know if this is a wild hibiscus or a hibiscus that's found a "home" in the wild. This one was found in the wetlands next to the Carquinez Straits in northern California. (But I found a very similar one in the snow in the yard of a Massachusetts home years ago.)
So, for the time being - or if you feel like adding to this minimalist body of knowledge - let's just assume that its a refuge from some garden that has established itself in a wild area in, of all things, a brackish area leading into a salt water body of water known as "The Pacific." Found in early summer 2020.
More of the Peregrine Falcon love affair on the ocean cliffs. You might remember their mating behavior I posted a couple of weeks ago. It's heating up here as he entices her with a flyby carrying a freshly caught feathered prey. She eventually followed him and they did a mid-air transfer, way out of my range. And that's the Blue Pacific for a background.