Wednesday, November 2, 2016

California Trip - Not Birds


I went to California recently and saw a ton of birds and also lots of things that were animals but that were not birds. Here is photographic proof.

WEST COAST SQUIRRELS, HOMEBOIIII!

Douglas's Squirrel!


A crappy photo of a Belding's Ground Squirrel!


California Ground Squirrels were everywhere!

Western Gray Squirrel!

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel!
Another chipmunk that I wasn't able to identify!

CREATURES FROM THE DEEP!

Woah Risso's Dolphins in Monterey Bay!



California Sea Lions in that selfsame bay!



A Brown (I think) Trout in the not-so-deep depths of a Yosemite stream!


GIANT KITTY CATS!

Holy cow dudes and dudettes I had only seen a Bobcat once in my life, and wasn't really prepared for how beautiful this creature was, just chilling under a tree in Andrew Molera State Park.



SLIME AND SCALES!

Biggest (only?) bummer of the trip was that I missed a beautiful California Mountain King Snake that a lot of the other folks saw. The only snake I connected with was this little guy, which I believe is a Mountain Garter Snake.


It was hunting these guys, two California Red-legged Frogs, which are a threatened species and live only in CA. 



CREEPY CRAWLIES!

A beautiful (though the photo doesn't really capture it) Golden Hairstreak in Yosemite.


 AHHHHHHHH! A tarantula!!!!


Are we safe? Oh thank god. Here's a very pretty Mormon Crescent. 



And a California Sister, the most common butterfly on the trip. Glad to see them. 

Bye, everyone, I love you.


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