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Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus uniformis)Observer
bobcDescription
this lizard ran across the open area and picked up the caterpillar in the previous observation. In the first photo the lizard had just returned to the tree it came from, with the caterpillar in its mouth. In the second photo only the last few bristles of the caterpillar can be seen at the mouth of the lizard
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Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)Observer
bobcDescription
this caterpillar was crossing an open area at the east end of the orchard. See next observation
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Myrtle × Audubon's Warbler (Setophaga coronata coronata × auduboni)Observer
bobcDescription
note white eyebrow and white rearward extension of yellow throat patch
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Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)Observer
bobcDescription
same bird in both photos
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Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)Observer
bobcDescription
in the mulberries
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Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)Observer
bobcDescription
first winter male
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Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)Observer
bobcDescription
vocalization confirmed visual id
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Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)Observer
bobcDescription
visual id confirmed by vocalization
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Ross's Goose (Anser rossii)Observer
bobcDescription
one of the two continuing at Floyd Lamb
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)Observer
bobcDescription
another brood only recently out of the egg and nest
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Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)Observer
bobcDescription
showing why they are part of the "stifftails" group
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Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)Observer
bobcDescription
in full breeding plumage
