A flock of wild turkeys landed in a pasture in Fremont, California. In the background are the San Francisco Bay and the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Found a very small lizard in the sand on the beach. The body including head was about an inch long and the tail another inch long.
Two turkeys foraging in a residential neighborhood in Fremont, CA. Saw them walking down the street, across lawns looking for food.
I found a sick crow on my patio and the feral cats wanted to eat it. It could not fly.
I put a wire cage over it to protect it during the night. When I woke in the morning, it was dead.
I called the Santa Clara County health department to have it tested for the West Nile Virus. A short time later a guy from the county came to pick it up. A few hours later I received a phone call. The bird tested negative and did not have the West Nile Virus. What a relief. Well Kudos to the Santa Clara County Health Department. Those guys are really on the ball and doing a great job to protect the public health.
A kind of raptor few onto neighbor's roof. Please help to identify it from the photo.
Only got one photo before it hopped behind some trees.
Looks like a damselfly, but the shape of the wings is more rounded and dark in color. It was observed above a creek. In the fourth image it appears to be laying eggs on a leaf above the stream.
This one was on the rocks when I passed by and slid into the stream when I came closer. About 3 inches long.
Due to the rust colored markings above the legs, I suspected this may be a rusty crayfish, but it doesn't seem to be in the right area for that. Not sure how to ID them.
Known locally as "poison parsnip" - a highly toxic plant.
A weed with spikes on its fruit. Please identify it for me. The spikey ball is about 1/2 inch diameter, and the plant is knee high.
Found in a wooded area near lake Champlain.
There were many of them in an apple tree. When I shook the tree they all fell to the ground.
A type of bug unknown to me on an apple tree.
Probably it's a chrysalis of some type of butterfly. It was observed on an apple tree.
A turkey vulture observed from the top of Coon Mountain.
