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Cyathus striatus I think. Birds nest fungi produce cup-like fruiting bodies that contain tiny "eggs", or peridioles. The cups are about 6mm wide. The peridioles contain the spores, and are knocked out of the cups by raindrops, and this is how the fungi reproduce.
Photographed in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Focus stack using Zerene
We were traveling this week. Returning from a trip at Thanksgiving to visit my daughter and our grandchildren in LA. Spent the last evening in Pecos Texas before driving home the next day. We pulled into the drive thru of a local barbecue place. All of a sudden we were surrounded by "The Birds" as a huge flock of starling began roosting in the power lines over us. With my camera gear all packed in the back of the Jeep, I luckily had my iPhone out to Apple pay at the window and got a few quick shots. Amazing how they space themselves out.
I took this picture during an 8-day snowstorm in Fort Collins, Colorado. It was just on the edge of Spring, and the summer birds were starting to come back. The snow covered everything, except for this ivy. The ivy had berries the birds were eating. There were hundreds.
This picture reminds me of a Roman or Greek painting.
Those birds sang a lot (but it was about two weeks ago)...it was so nice and spring like.
Hope you all have a great weekend!
The birds like the tall grasses in the yard. Full house of birds during yesterday's snow storm. Feeders were busy.
This little bird was so strange looking, I couldn't tell if it wanted to kill me or if it was just ugly or really cute.
Later, as it went into adulthood, I did see what I think is this same bird, and it's the prettiest female Northern Cardinal I have seen.