Yesterday, Dino gave himself at least a partial day off to go birding with one of his Audubon friends, this particular expedition being designated as a "Raptor Run" day, aka an Audubon Society citizen science project.
When he got home, he did head right back outside to continue working on the water lines, which are definitely getting there. Some days seem to bring a few more obstacles than one would think absolutely necessary.
Saturday's walk had me in arachnid and insect mode. The first fly is Minettia flaveola, a common fly in California. The second fly is a bee mimic, I have not been able to figure out species yet - we'll see how much peering at flies in insect field guides I can take.
Finally, I spent quite some time sticking my macro lens in the direction of a Green Lynx spider who was guarding her egg sac. These spiders seem to believe that tarweed stalks make good egg sac substrates, as there were four or five of them scattered in one relatively small area in our Upper Rodeo Meadow area near the road.
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