The Cactus Garden was crowded today with families taking their holiday card photos, and as such, the birds were not out much. A few ruby crowned woodpeckers, but they were out of range. However, walking back to my car, there were a pair of stellar blue jays- with their bright cerulean feathers standing out amongst the eucalyptus and live oak trees. These jays took an interest in me, perhaps thinking I had acorns for them. They came pretty close to me and would watch me from about ~6-10 feet away, and as I wandered around, they followed me. They seemed as interested in me as I did in trying to get the right photo of the light on their bright blue feathers. (Click to enlarge)
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SF Botanical Garden- Flowers - Friday, Sept 4, 2020
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SF Botanical Garden- Birds - Friday, Sept 4, 2020
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Hummingbirds at SF Botanical Garden 08/01/20
Walked around the wonderful SF Botanical Garden and enjoyed watching the little hummingbirds fly around. Today, they were particularly active- so got a few shots of them- I think they look great with the greens and purples of the plants they are feeding from. (Click to enlarge images)
The Dahlia Dell (Garden) is Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 8/1/20
The Dahlia Garden is Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 8/1/20- It was still a bit cool with the fog just burning off. Had a chance to meet one of the Dahlia volunteer gardeners- Patricia Hunter and she taught me a bit about the garden, shared about how a specific variety of dahlia was created to remember Robin Williams, - called “For Robin” to remember the late great comedian, and showed my the dahlia that has been created in her name. (Click to enlarge photo)
