Placerita Canyon - Wed Sept 27 - Minolta ---------------------------------------- al2: Coast Live Oak tree (alpha = kk) al3: Sycamore tree al4: Our Lord's Candle - Yucca Whipplei shrub al5: Black Sage bush al6: Coyote Brush bush al7: Mulefat bush al8: Scrub oak - branches with leaves and acorns al9: Dusky footed woodrat nest in Oak tree al10: Sycamore tree on river bank (?Mulefat in foreground) Ecology Field Lecture - Thur Sept 28 - Eaton Canyon - Long - Minolta -------------------------------------------------------------------- al11: Flat Top Buckwheat bush al12: Dodder (witch's hair or Angel's Hair) on Flat Top Buckwheat al13: Yerba Santa bush al14: Mulefat - part of bush (could be better) al15: Horehound bush (could be better) al16: Location of first homesteader (an Irish-Mexican who lived there for a few months) in Eaton Canyon. Looking North with paler green Pepper tree in center, over 100 years old. (?Also Olive and Cactus) al17: California sagebrush ('Cowboy cologne') on right; ?mugwort on left al18: Mullein (Verbascum) al19: Looking North up the wash, taken just upstream from the gate. Shows the abundance of mulefat in the wash Devil's Punchbowl - Wed Oct 4 - Dave Numer - Minolta ---------------------------------------------------- qq 0: Vasquez rocks 1: Gray fox - carnivore 2: Looking North 3: Looking East - shows V-shaped gap of Punchbowl fault and Pinyon ridge - slopes covered with chapparel 4: Pinyon pine 5: general view 6: Rocks facing in different directions because of fault 7: Sandstone rock 8: Mountain mahogany (center); Manzanita (left); rocks 9: River bed with Sycamores; Devil's chair ?plant on R; Whipple yucca in center foreground 10: Rock formation from base of PunchBowl; ?trees 11: Face of rock; 2 climbers; Red-colored bird droppings; Manzanita in right foreground; ?tree in left foreground 12: Joshua trees on flat ground outside park Left foreground: Manzanita?; Right foreground: pine golden bush Eaton Canyon - Thurs Oct 5 - 12 a.m. - Minolta ---------------------------------------------- 13: Rattlesnake being handled Eaton Canyon - Thur Oct 12 - 9 a.m. - Pentax ----------------------------------- de23: Flat top buckwheat .. (de = nn) de24: Scale broom parachutes .. de25: Pine golden bush .. with bee/wasp feeding on nectar? de26: Laurel sumac branch with seeds .. de27: Coast live oak branch .. larva of crown whitefly on one leaf de28: Sycamore leaves and fruit de29: Introduced Italian Honey Bees in hive in Oak tree, covered by boulders Whittier Narrows - Sat Oct 14 - Pentax -------------------------------------- de35: Poison Oak de36: Red ants Home - Pentax ------------- be 1: Lizard ?Western fence or alligator Charmlee - Wed Oct 18 - Pentax ------------------------------ be 2: Coastal Sage Scrub plsnt community (beta = oo) 3: Flat top buckwheat and meadow 4: 5: Wrentit and Towhee at sprinkler outside nature center 6: Santa Susana tar plant - 10% of known plants are in park 7: Red-shouldered hawk - stuffed display model 8: Red-tailed hawk - stufed display model Malibu Cove Lagoon - Wed Oct 18 - 12.30 - Pentax ------------------------------------------------ be 9: 10: 11: 12: Eaton Canyon - Thurs Oct 19 - Pentax - regular lens (missing writeup) --------------------------------------------------- be15: Cudweed Aster with insect on flower 16: Branch/leaves of Yerba Santa 17: Cottony-Cochineal scale insect on Prickly Pear cactus flower 18: Poison Oak 19: Coffeeberry (no berries) 20: California sagebrush ('Cowboy cologne') 21: Dodder on ?Laurel sumac 22: California Fuschia 23: Audobon's Cottontail rabbit;?Dusky-footed woodrat nest; scale broom with parachutes in foreground 24: Hillside (or Foothill) Gooseberry 25: Horehound 26: Elderberry 27: Gall on oak tree Eaton Canyon - Saturday Oct 21 - Pentax - regular lens ------------------------------------------------------ ep 5: Dusky-footed wood rat nest (epsilon = pp) 6: Dying yucca plant 7: Tobacco plant - came airborne from South America - leaves are poisonous 8: Gourd Eaton Canyon - Tues Oct 24 - Pentax - telephoto ----------------------------------------------- ep 9: Complete mistake (epsilon = pp) 10: Starling and another bird on dead branches of oak tree 11: 2 birds on dead branches of oak tree 12: Scrub Jay 13: Mourning Dove 14: 2 Thrashers/Robin/Towhee on ground 15: Scrub Jay 16: Female yellow-rumped warbler on Sycamore 17: House Finch and ?Robin on Laurel Sumac 18: lots of birds on Coast Live Oak 19: Painted Lady Butterfly 20: Closeup of Painted Lady butterfly (a nymphalidae or brush-footed butterfly) 21: 2 Mourning Doves on dead oak 22: Mourning Dove and male house finch on dead oak 23: ditto 24: ... Honeybee Hive 25: Audobon's Cottontail rabbit in ?sugarbush Whittier Narrows - Wed Oct 25 - Pentax -------------------------------------- qq 3: Cattails in stream 4: ?plant near stream 5: Elderberry fruit and leaves 6: ?Butterfly on ?daisy/sunflower 7: End of the stream ?trees/cattails or bullrushes 8: Female Phainopepla bird on treetop - Migratory, summer resident grey with white wing patches; eats berries, esp coffeeberries & insects 9: Bird (?same one) on treetop Eaton Canyon - Wed Oct 25 - dusk - Pentax ----------------------------------------- qq10: Mediterranean Mustard plant - Brassica gericulata 11: Looking North - Mulefat and clouds 12: Tree tobacco plant Eaton Canyon - Thurs Oct 26 - 1 a.m. - Pentax - w/u missing ----------------------------------------------------------- rr13: Mustard 14: Senecio? 15: ?Audobon's cottontail rabbit at center 16: Pine Golden Bush with bee 17: Black sage 18: Bush or Douglas Senecio 20: Mustard - introduced by the Spanish 21: White sage Eaton Canyon - near toll road - 8.30 - Nov 7 - Pentax ----------------------------------------------------- ss13: Castor bean branches with old seeds (tp) 14: Probably not Chamise? (macro) Maybe California sagebrush 15: Castor bean with new seeds 16: Probably not Chamise? 17: Wand Buckwheat (pink/white flowers, 7 on stem, spaced 1.5 in apart) grey stems; some dead grey leaves at base) - Eriogonum elongatum 18: Yellow flowers with half inch petals; 1 inch grey leaves; parachutes Perhaps bush groundsel. 19: ?sage-like; grey leaves; buds - look like yellow flowers; on river bed 20: alternate leaves; red tip on new leaves; flowers - red, white, yellow 21: red stem; white flower; stem green when new 22: same plant as 22: 2 feet tall; 2 feet wide; buds with ladybird beetle; long thin leaves 23: Prickly Pear cactus plant 24: Bird in oak tree 25: Collection of rats/mice/chipmunk Eaton Canyon - 1 a.m. - Nov 7 - Pentax -------------------------------------- uu 2: Acorn Woodpecker in Sycamore 3: Sycamore leaves and fruit 4: ?Black bird 5: Scrub Jay 6: ?Coffeeberry - red and green berries 7: Sparrow (?white-crown or house) 8: Sparrow ?type 9: ?Bird in sycamore 10: Probably bird which flew away 11: ?Red-throated bird in oak 12: Scrub Jay on Coast Live Oak 13: Telegraph Weed 14: Lizard in boulders of wash - ?Western Fence Lizard 15: Lizard hiding behind rock (same as 14) 16: Sparrow (?white-crowned or house?) 17: Chapparel - Whipple Yucca and Flat-Top Buckwheat on hillside 18: Dragonfly 19: ?Bee or wasp (with black/white bands) on California Sagebrush 20: ?Oak Tree (10' tall) on hillside 21: Southern Oak Woodland - on hillside facing N 22: Dragonfly on California Sagebrush - Anisoptera - see p172 Common Insects 23: Dragonfly 24: Dragonfly 25: Dragonfly 26: Dragonfly 27: Phacelia ?Type - 'Caterpillar plant' - in meadow - has gren compound leaves - blue (?flowers) in Spring 28: Mulefat branch with leaves and flowers 29: ?bullrushes 30: ? 31: Toyon Arboretum - Wed Nov 8 - 3 p.m. - Pentax --------------------------------------- uu32: Peacock 33: White-Fronted Goose 34: Male Mallard at front and Scaup (?Lesser or Greater) at back 35: Pintail 36: Male mallard in front; female behind vv 2: Spider web on fallen tree; 0.7 inch spider 3: 4: Mallard landing after flight 5: ? in flight 6: ? landing after flight 7: 8: Gulf Fritillary butterfly - Agraulis vanillae - feeds on Passionflower 2.5-3 in long 9: Same butterfly 10: Gabrielino Indian Wickiup reconstruction 11: ?Seagull in flight 12: ? in tree 13: 2 of bird in 12 in tree 14: ? and female Mallard Duck 15: Seagull in flight 16: Seagull landing after flight 17: Seagull in flight 18: 2 Seagulls in flight 19: Mistake 20: Closeup of SeaGull in flight 21: ? and 2 Male Mallard ducks on ground 22: Squirrel 23: Squirrel 24: Squirrel Eaton Canyon - Thurs Nov 9 - 12:30-2 pm --------------------------------------- 5: Birds in the Sycamore tree which has the Acorn Woodpecker colony 6: similar 7: similar 8: similar or woodpecker 9: woodpecker? 15: Alligator lizard in lizard display 16: Emory Baccharis (Baccharis emoryi) - female plants have fuzz - male has yellow pollen on flowers - always grows in wet places 17: Douglas? Senecio - 1' high but flowers are relatively large because in shade 18: (?Little leaf) Redberry - Rhamnus ?crocea (Buckthorn family) 19: Showy Penstemon 20: Sweet Alyssum Home - Sun Nov 12 - 2 a.m. ------------------------- 17: Butterfly 0.8 inch wide; lilac and blue upper; speckled black/white under; on red bush outside kitchen door 18: Spider on web on Birds of Paradise to right of front door 0.5 inch long; black/white striped legs 19: Similar to 17 20: Same as 19 21: Another similar butterfly Eaton Canyon ------------ xx 6: Closest I find is Southern Cabbageworm (or Checkered White or Common White); 1.3-1.6 in long; several subspecies and varieties; feeding on ? in wash 7,8,9,10,11 Same 18,21,22,23 Marine blue butterfly in garden feeding on ? 0.65-1.1 in Eaton Canyon - Wed Nov 15 - morning ----------------------------------- xx23: Mistletoe on Coast Live Oak NW of nature center xx24: Yellow rumped warbler on laurel sumac xx27-31: Beechey ground squirrel - SE of Nature Center Others: ------- yucca flower/seed pod holly-leaf cherry golden currant chamise mugwort bush groundsel (section 3-1)