Nature Watch, Your Flora and Fauna Photos and Stories

ErichPryde · May 24, 2025

sxl2004
Canon Beach is one of my favorite beaches ever!!!!

Haven't been there since last year, but I definitely like it as well! We like to Camp just a bit further south down the coast at Cape Perpetua.

DaveK · May 25, 2025

I use a iPhone 16 and just found out that it automatically uses AI to tag my photos 🫣. I was going to look up this butterfly, when I saw that the work was done for me. Apparently it’s a polygonia.

Just click the little AI thingy circled in red at the bottom

bubba48 · May 25, 2025

ErichPryde · May 25, 2025

DaveK
I use a iPhone 16 and just found out that it automatically uses AI to tag my photos 🫣. I was going to look up this butterfly, when I saw that the work was done for me. Apparently it’s a polygonia.

Just click the little AI thingy circled in red at the bottom

That does appear to be polygonia sp. If it's like the ones that I grew up around, it probably has a silver "question mark" on the ventral/underside of the wing ( that you would see when the wing is closed). I used to see these eating rotting fruit all the time!

RE: the AI identification, it's typically good enough to get the general species or genus mostly accurate but rarely specific species or ssp.

ErichPryde · May 25, 2025

😀

sxl2004 · May 26, 2025

Some Salt Lake City flowers

Waltesefalcon · May 27, 2025

I took my dog for a walk about half an hour ago and these guys were trying to graze behind the house. I grabbed my camera but with the light quickly fading I found getting a good shot difficult.

bubba48 · May 28, 2025

Walrus · May 29, 2025

Someone sent me this. Way cool.

ErichPryde · May 29, 2025

pdxleaf · May 29, 2025

ErichPryde

hen · May 30, 2025

A bit more grim side of nature, but good for the seagull chicks that got fed on these doves. It could have been a hawk, but seagulls nest on the roof above.

Pvt-Public · May 30, 2025

Well that just ruined my morning coffee.

hen · Jun 1, 2025

How about some live magpies that we have been feeding nuts and biscuits in the garden.

TexOmega · Jun 1, 2025

wagudc
This guy was back today and decided to go to town on the wild strawberries I planted. It was hard to count, but I watched him eat over 20 of them. I can't believe they all fit in his little belly.

Well, as a bonus, he'll help you and your neighbors have addition wild strawberry plants next year as he "moves" through the day and probably tomorrow.😎

TexOmega · Jun 1, 2025

DaveK
I use a iPhone 16 and just found out that it automatically uses AI to tag my photos 🫣. I was going to look up this butterfly, when I saw that the work was done for me. Apparently it’s a polygonia.

Just click the little AI thingy circled in red at the bottom