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We hike the ridge top at Jim Dilley Reserve in Laguna Canyon CA
We hike the ridge top at Jim Dilley Reserve in Laguna Canyon CA		 Warm day brings Brambles Hairstreak (male)
Warm day brings Brambles Hairstreak (male)		 Color brown of Western (Brown) Elfin is spectacular
Color brown of Western (Brown) Elfin is spectacular		 Duskywing species (mournful or funereal)
Duskywing species (mournful or funereal)
Best of all, Pale Swallowtail
Best of all, Pale Swallowtail		 It was defending this scrub oak
It was defending this scrub oak		 At one point, THREE chased each other
At one point, THREE chased each other		 Similar to Western Tiger Swallowtail but cream instead of yellow
Similar to Western Tiger Swallowtail but cream instead of yellow
Sunny day for a sunning fence lizard
Sunny day for a sunning fence lizard		 Sunny day for Red-tailed Hawk on a thermal
Sunny day for Red-tailed Hawk on a thermal		 Raven carrying nesting material
Raven carrying nesting material		 Wrentit remains hidden in the bushes
Wrentit remains hidden in the bushes
Cholla
Cholla		 Everlasting in flower
Everlasting in flower		 Ground pink along the walk
Ground pink along the walk		 Deerweed in flower
Deerweed in flower
Anna's Hummingbird, male
Anna's Hummingbird, male		 Head feathers reflect sunlight
Head feathers reflect sunlight		 I am watching over you!
I am watching over you!		 What a fun hike!
What a fun hike!

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lenahayashi 17-Mar-2010 22:52
Wonderful. Thanks
Betty S 17-Mar-2010 22:40
Your butterfly photos are as great as your birds! Beautiful!! Why am I not surprised? Thanks for sharing!
Kate Grabenstein 17-Mar-2010 16:49
Hi Trude:

What amazing butterflies! I need to move to another "B" group...do they have songs? Even little eentsy-beentsy ones?

Kate
Guest 17-Mar-2010 15:25
Trude,
As always, your pictures are fabulous.
Especially love the hovering hummer pix--would that all guardian angels look like this!
Thank you, thank you for brightening my day!
Pamela Phillips
Trude17-Mar-2010 15:15
Thank you, Guest, for noticing that! I will make the correction. This adds another species of butterfly for the day. :-)
Guest 17-Mar-2010 12:25
Thanks, Trude. Your female Bramble is really a Brown Elfin. :)
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