Mokka mit Schlag » 2008 » September

I had a hard time deciding whether to walk over to San Joaquin this morning or drive up to Santiago Oaks for the monthly Sea & Sage Walk led by Susan Sheakley. San Joaquin’s been great lately, but I haven’t been up in the hills in the morning for quite some time. Fortunately I decided to go to the mountains because we had an exceptionally cool morning, which meant we walked further than usual, which meant we got all the way to the dam, which meant we found this Rock Wren, a bird I hadn’t even thought of looking for in Orange County:

(I’ve been focused on Black-chinned Hummingbird and Barn Owl.)
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Short-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus
Bolsa Chica, 2008-08-31
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Western Spotted Orbweaver,
Just outside Huntington Central Park at the Armstrong Garden Center, 2008-08-31
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I’ve been building up quite a backlog of moth species. Not to much of a surprise since they’re somewhere around 10,000 species in North America alone, so I’m going to start posting one every Monday until I run out. First up for Labor Day we have the Cabbage Webworm Moth, Hellula rogatalis, Hodges#4846:

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