What’s out your window?

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From our upstairs bedroom, I can look out the window in the evening and often see the following:

Venus, the moon, a few planets and stars; any my favorite, Orion. We are on a mountain so we have a good view of the night sky to the southwest. We also get treated to some spectacular sunsets.

A few weeks ago I saw a Northern Harrier (marsh hawk, Circus hudsonius) fly past at 9 AM right at window and eye level. We have a lot of wildlife here.

Oh, and I forgot, the lights from a ski slope about a mile or two away. They keep me company on winter nights.

How about you? What’s going on outside your window?

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honibaker

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I took this shot this morning, temp was 3 degrees (had been below zero overnight). I guess the wildlife and cold air had emptied the birdbath.

I don't own a cat.

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ljwrar
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From my kitchen window, I see a lot of rooftops, a beautiful 1930's pink stucco church, Golden Gate Park, and the Golden Gate bridge support structures. I often see ravens, and when I'm really lucky, a flock of wild parrots that live in San Francisco.

From my bedroom, I see more rooftops and a wooded hill called Sutro Heights that blocks Twin Peaks.

Lots of greenery for being in such an urban city.
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Fun2BHere
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Ocean, trees, hummingbirds, squirrels, roses, fountain
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bpath
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Dark.
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chloebud
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Michele
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Sunrise on Saturday morning. Looking out the front window.

Out in the back. In broad daylight coming to eat our visiting feral cat’s food! NYC by the way. There are possum too.

Here’s our beautiful visitor

Looks really dry out there. Taken during our super dry summer.
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eld6161
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On vacation!
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lgmd_gaz
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Thru the back room window

Thru the glass door view as we eat in the kitchen
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dadoes
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Front view is hard and a busy FM road and neighbors. Back view is yard and neighbors.
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petalique
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Thanks for contributing you outside views.

I HAD our yard and gardens looking pretty. We’ve gone downhill and so has our weather. Last year the late spring was rain rairainrain. The hot and humid and GUMID from June to September.

Youse guys have such interesting gardens and yards. That mountain lion is beautiful tranquilized. I prefer to have any up close felines under 20 pounds. Was this mountain lion close to your house? How frequently do they visit?

Arcy, love you patio and opossum. We have a few very fat ones here. What do you feed yours? Ours come for black oil sunflower seeds, but sometimes we put things like old cheese, chicken bones, skin, fat, sinew out for them. I love those critters.

Eld, rub it in whydontcha. It was about 11 degrees here last night.

Honibaker — evidently a heated bird bath and a clever cat. Our heated bird bath is very busy every morning. Oftentimes the mourning doves congregate around its rim — like 70 year olds at a health club’s hot tub.

lgmd, nice space. What is that mint like plant? And nice frilly cedar or cypress or ______ tree to the left foreground.
chloebud
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“Was this mountain lion close to your house? How frequently do they visit?”

It was just up the street, and they visit fairly often since we’re so close to the foothills. Our neighbors directly across the street and next door have both sent me videos of mountain lions and bears wandering around their yards at night. No strolling after dark here!🥴
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carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10
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Lots of lovely views!

This reminded me of a website that emerged during the pandemic - people all over the world sharing short videos of the views from their windows...

https://www.window-swap.com/Window

IMO, it's really a lovely time suck, and kind of soothing too - clicking through all the different window views is fascinating to me. It really felt good when we were all stuck in lockdowns - still does.

BTW, my current view is the parking lot of the condos where we're living now - pretty boring.
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lgmd_gaz
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petalique, The mint like plant is Nepeta subsessilis. It is 3 to 4 feet tall, never flops and is loved by humming birds. Frilly plant to the left is an Arborvitae, great cover for the birds when needed.
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rob333 (zone 7b)
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petalique
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Chloebud —- but mountain lions and bears alsowander around during the day. I’ll view them on PBS or Disney, thanks.

lgmd — I thought so, but they look nicer than mine. I have just ho hum arborvitae and probably ho hum nepeta as well. Mine gets floppy (only about 5 hrs of sunlight) bur yours looks healthy and with a good form. Maybe a different variety.

We have a lot of plantings for our only hummingbird, the ruby throated. I appreciate the way they visit the tiniest blooms. We have a lot of volunteer Agastache (anise). I forgot the complete name. We have zillions of volunteer plants.