Baby ladybug or lady beetle climbing on the wall of the house

A lazy fly sitting on a leaf. I felt like the karate kid after getting off a couple of shots

Little jumping spider I saw walking around after work walking to my car, I was so excited to try and grab a picture I forgot to adjust the aperture.

Then I spent the next couple of minutes trying to carefully get it off my camera as it decided to jump on my lens and run amok in my flash diffuser leaving webs everywhere.

The leaves being lit up by the sun made me feel like little foot looking up at a tree star, which made me hungry

@photography

I took a little early morning hike for my birthday a few days ago, and it was so nice to see the redwoods start to light up as the sun poked through.

Visitors welcome!

Asian lady beetles doing some stuff

Saw the hordes on a hike they were all along the side of the path

after learning that they weren't lady bugs and are an invasive species I'm not really sure what to think of them.
@entomology

Limon running like a maniac through the flowers

Little bee slurping up some sweet nectar

Some California Scrub-Jay's on the fence looking for a nest

Also this weekend is the iNaturalist 2025 city nature challenge so don't forget to join your city if you use #iNaturalist or the global event if your area isn't participating.

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2025

@birding
#birds #california #bayarea #nature #neatobuilds #challenge #monterey #southbay #gilroy #morganhill

Another view of the moon from our 2021 road trip to New Mexico

Vermilion Cliffs we saw on our way from camping in #Utah through #Arizona and on to New Mexico.

It looked like an alien planet almost, huge cliffs and such flat area

Shake it off, I'm telling you this girl wont quit if she gets near the water

is that a dolphin? No its Akira!

@dogs

Akira the goof waiting for the ball to be thrown, can't let her wait too long or she'll punch you!