Monday in Nature Nov. 7, 2016

[Laura Weishaupt]

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<p>Good Morning,<br>

Autumn color abounds in the woodlands. While the trees change in broad color swaths across the mountains, the understory has a different palette. When golds and ambers fill the canopy,<em> Viburnum acerfolium</em> goes pink, then purple. It's velvety leaves have a soft feel in contrast to the cold yet to come.</p>

<p>No matter the season, Monday in Nature is always warm. Have a great day everyone.</p><div></div>

[Bill J Boyd]

<p><strong>Red-Tailed Hawk</strong> seen at White Rock Lake in Dallas.</p><div></div>

[gordonjb]

<p>I believe this to be Fomitopsis pini-canadensis.<br>

Found growing on a living hemlock tree.</p>

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[sallymack]

<p>Scum on pond, wetlands restoration site.</p><div></div>

[ronald_duren]

<p>Cardinal in the thicket.</p><div></div>

[funkag]

<p>I usually walk right past most fungi in my search for wildflowers, but this collection of <em>Laetiporus</em> (right?) was too good to pass up. </p><div></div>

[Laura Weishaupt]

<p>Greg,<br>

Were those fungi gilled or smooth on the underside? It's hard to tell from the photo. If gilled, not <em>Laetiporus</em>, but likely <em>Omphalotus illudens</em>. Growth habit also doesn't look <em>Laetiporus</em> like, but fungi don't always follow the book.</p>

[andy_szeto]

I am not a bird person and have no idea what this is. Just lucky I get a picture of it.<div></div>

[Jon Eckman]

<p>Looks like a chickadee Andy</p><div></div>

[funkag]

<p>Laura - <strong><a href="/photo/10210340">HERE</a></strong> is a close-up of the same bunch - I don't know if it helps ID them or not.</p>

[Matthew Currie]

<p>Just a bird. Playing the pathetic fallacy, I'll say he looks a little grumpy.</p><div></div>

[nilantha]

<p>This is the Sandhill cranes migration season in Northern California. Image is from Woodbridge Ecological Reserve, San Joaquin County, CA.</p><div></div>

[ShunCheung]

<p>Sea otter with young</p><div></div>

[Miha]

<p>Last leaf 'standing'.</p>

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[dcstep]

<p><strong>Eye-to-Eye</strong></p>

<p><a title="GBH Catches Shad - Shot 7" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://c8.staticflickr.com/6/5480/30615062671_4a14f864c3_b.jpg" alt="GBH Catches Shad - Shot 7" width="1024" height="768" /></a></p>

[Leslie Reid]

<p>Mushroom season has begun out here on the coast, though this one's from the mountains near Klamath Lake. </p><div></div>

[Gup]

<p>Hello all. <br>

Safely back to a very late autumn up here in the near north. Together with my dog Elwood I logged 7,338 miles (or a much more impressive 11,809 kilometres) through 19 states, one twice, over 6 weeks in my new camper. This was a bucket-list road-trip for me that I have been dreaming of since hitch-hiking to Vancouver as a teenager.<br>

We saw and did many amazing things along the way, the piece de resistance being the three day Desert Trip rock concert in Indio., California.<br>

This shot features over one hundred elephant seals basking (baking!) in the hot California sun. These beasts grow to a very impressive size and weight; males can reach 16 - 20' and weigh up to 8800lbs with an ability to dive to 1500' for as long as 2 hours.<br>

I am now in love with northern California.</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>Leslie that's a wonderful picture. Mine is much more boring, but I couldn't resist this clump of honey rot.</p><div></div>

[bnelson]

<p>Nilanthia, You were in my neck of the woods. (wetlands)<br>

This is a GBH from Staten Island Road near Thornton.</p><div></div>

[User_6502147]

<p>Apparently these are "western elderberries"....that is they grow on West Side of the Sierra's...and supposedly edible. Someone even posted making liquor online out of these....the stems seem to be toxic. Various red type berries can make you sick and some are ultra poisonous. One guy reported getting back to his vehicle and being sicko for the rest of the day. Any foragers (out there), be careful that you know what you are ingesting.</p>

<p>Found these in Kings Canyon NP.</p>

<p>Les</p>

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[User_6667263]

<p>Doe under a mesquite tree.</p><div></div>

[fgorga]

<p>Juvenile Ruby-throated Hummingbird... s/he headed south many weeks ago.</p>

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[biomed]

<p>Even as temperatures are falling and a reminder that winter is imminent, there's still some Fall colors on display.</p>

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18308142-lg.jpg" alt="_MG_0272" width="1000" height="667" border="0" /></center>

[User_2019667]

<p>A beautiful foggy morning showing the fading colors of Fall in my neck of the woods.</p><div></div>

[stemked]

<p>We suddenly have a peck of Red-Headed Woodpeckers in our neck of the woods.<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18307547-md.jpg" alt="" width="516" height="680" /><br>

Red-Headed Woodpecker, K3 +600mm f5.6 A +1.4X-L TC</p>

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