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Hummingbirds dive bombing backyards, Ice plant brightens up roadsides
Ocean temps are beginning to warm up
In the Winter, the lack of food leads hummingbirds to become more aggressive in defense of their territory.
Hummingbirds Are Zipping Around San Diego County’s Backyard Gardens, scrub-covered coastal hillsides, and the warming Anza-Borrego Desert. Seasonal hummingbirds are making their way back to Southern California in preparation for breeding season in early Spring. Resident hummingbirds like the Anna’s often dive bomb invaders to defend their turf. Male hummingbirds tend to patrol larger areas (up to a 1/2 acre) to defend mating territory. Female hummingbirds dive-bomb too, but tend to be localized around smaller nesting areas. Dive-bombing tends to be accompanied by a sound which the birds make by fluttering their tail feathers while diving. Males will also dive as a mating “dance” to impress a female.
Iceplant was introduced to California in the early 1900s to stabilize erosion around railroad tracks, and later Caltrans used it for the same purpose on freeway embankments.
Ice Plant is Responsible for Many of the Carpet-Like Splashes of yellow, pink, red, and purple we’re beginning to see around San Diego. Popular as a ground cover for concealing and stabilizing road cuts or any other easily eroded slope, ice plant covers the shoreline bluffs at La Jolla, freeway and road enbankments all over town, and front and back yards from Point Loma to El Cajon. Ice plant is native to South Africa, and is often sold in nurseries in San Diego despite being an invasive species.
Cold February storm approaching OB.
Ocean Water Temperatures, Of Late In The High 50s Fahrenheit, are finally on the upswing this month as the daylight hours lengthen and the sun arcs higher overhead in the sky each day. It will take about five months of spring and summer sunshine before the ocean’s enormous mass and large heat capacity fully respond to the input of solar energy. A maximum water temperature in the low to mid-70s is expected by August or September.
The Quarter Moon Will Blot Out The Stars Of Pleiades on February 5 and 6 at around 11:15 pm PST. This time of year the Pleiades cluster will be low on the horizon, in the western sky near where the sun sets. The Pleiades star cluster is also called the Seven Sisters. In Greek mythology the seven sisters were the seven daughters of Atlas who held up the sky, and the Oceanid Pleione, the protectress of sailing. They are also on the Japanese car logo for Subaru, the ancient Japaese term for the star cluster.
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Hummingbirds dive bombing backyards, Ice plant brightens up roadsides
Ocean temps are beginning to warm up
Hummingbirds dive bombing backyards, Ice plant brightens up roadsides
Ocean temps are beginning to warm up
In the Winter, the lack of food leads hummingbirds to become more aggressive in defense of their territory.
Hummingbirds Are Zipping Around San Diego County’s Backyard Gardens, scrub-covered coastal hillsides, and the warming Anza-Borrego Desert. Seasonal hummingbirds are making their way back to Southern California in preparation for breeding season in early Spring. Resident hummingbirds like the Anna’s often dive bomb invaders to defend their turf. Male hummingbirds tend to patrol larger areas (up to a 1/2 acre) to defend mating territory. Female hummingbirds dive-bomb too, but tend to be localized around smaller nesting areas. Dive-bombing tends to be accompanied by a sound which the birds make by fluttering their tail feathers while diving. Males will also dive as a mating “dance” to impress a female.
Iceplant was introduced to California in the early 1900s to stabilize erosion around railroad tracks, and later Caltrans used it for the same purpose on freeway embankments.
Ice Plant is Responsible for Many of the Carpet-Like Splashes of yellow, pink, red, and purple we’re beginning to see around San Diego. Popular as a ground cover for concealing and stabilizing road cuts or any other easily eroded slope, ice plant covers the shoreline bluffs at La Jolla, freeway and road enbankments all over town, and front and back yards from Point Loma to El Cajon. Ice plant is native to South Africa, and is often sold in nurseries in San Diego despite being an invasive species.
Cold February storm approaching OB.
Ocean Water Temperatures, Of Late In The High 50s Fahrenheit, are finally on the upswing this month as the daylight hours lengthen and the sun arcs higher overhead in the sky each day. It will take about five months of spring and summer sunshine before the ocean’s enormous mass and large heat capacity fully respond to the input of solar energy. A maximum water temperature in the low to mid-70s is expected by August or September.
The Quarter Moon Will Blot Out The Stars Of Pleiades on February 5 and 6 at around 11:15 pm PST. This time of year the Pleiades cluster will be low on the horizon, in the western sky near where the sun sets. The Pleiades star cluster is also called the Seven Sisters. In Greek mythology the seven sisters were the seven daughters of Atlas who held up the sky, and the Oceanid Pleione, the protectress of sailing. They are also on the Japanese car logo for Subaru, the ancient Japaese term for the star cluster.
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