20
taxa
1 kelp, diatoms, and allies
2 animals
3 birds`
2 insects
12 plants
21
observations
19
life list firsts

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What

Poison Hemlock Conium maculatum

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

This looked like a weed/fern. It was light green and the leaves were pretty firm. (This picture is really close up. The entire bush was about the size of a basketball).

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Canada Goose Branta canadensis

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

Common goose seen all over Seattle.

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Himalayan Blackberry Rubus armeniacus

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

Blackberry bush. Not flowering or fruiting.

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willow

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

This is a pretty bad picture but this tree is about 20-30 feet tall and has branches than sort of fall downwards but don't really hit the ground. The branches are thin and have a lot of notches on them. Some of them even resemble bamboo shoots. The leaves are small and light/lime green.

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Common Lilac Syringa vulgaris

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

Tree with purple bulbs that looked like berries. They were just about to start blooming and the branches were covered in what looked like gold crust lichen. The trunk howerver, was covered in a different more flaky type of lichen.

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Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

Another tree with lots of thin branches. This tree was full of leaves and also just about to start blooming light pink/white flowers.

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Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

Saw these two ducks swimming together in the Puget Sound.

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Cherry laurel Prunus laurocerasus

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

Really tall tree/bush? Maybe 30 feet tall. Green leaves with white and yellow stalky things that look fuzzy from far away.

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Hybrid bluebell Hyacinthoides massartiana

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

Flowering bluebell amongst grass.

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pill bugs

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

Tiny bug that was around the tiny crab (from the last post). Looked sort of like a potato bug but a bit different.

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California Bumble Bee Bombus californicus

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

Fuzzy bumblebee flying around low to the ground. Black wings, fuzzy yellow and black coat, long bent black legs.

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Tea Camellia sinensis

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

Big flowering camellia. White flowers with clear stamen and yellow pollen at the ends.

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Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

I've seen these things a lot but never really knew what they were. Here's a picture of one under water and then a bunch dried up on the beach.

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What

Rose Campion Lychnis coronaria

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

This is another small bush. I've seen this every spring/summer. Later it has very pretty magenta flowers on tall stalks. The leaves are very fuzzy.

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roses Genus Rosa

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

Roses were not in bloom. Green leaves with dark red edges bleeding into the green of the leaves. Not sure what type of rose bush this is though.

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American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

Also commonly seen all over the city.

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Yellow Shore Crab Hemigrapsus oregonensis

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

Tiny crabs that are always under big rocks on the beach.

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Cabbage White Pieris rapae

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

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grape hyacinth Genus Muscari

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

Common purpleish-blue flower seen around edges of grass. This particular cluster of muscari had some dead flowers but was just a small secluded cluster in this patch of grass.

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What

huge grass

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

Saw a lot of this grass (possibly planted) around my neighborhood.

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red alder Alnus rubra

Observer

lisad22

Date

Apr 22, 2012

Description

Tree right on the waterfront. Sort of coming out of the side of the land and looked like it was falling toward the water. The tiny cones made me think it was a red alder.