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Birds Class Aves

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kimewart

Date

May 23, 2012
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Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis

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kimewart

Date

May 23, 2012
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Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus

Observer

kimewart

Date

May 23, 2012
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Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis

Observer

kimewart

Date

May 20, 2012
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California Towhee Melozone crissalis

Observer

kimewart

Date

May 20, 2012

Description

Observed bathing in a stream.

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Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana

Observer

kimewart

Date

May 20, 2012
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kimewart

Date

May 20, 2012
Birds

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Birds Class Aves

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kimewart

Date

May 20, 2012
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California Quail Callipepla californica

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kimewart

Date

May 20, 2012
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Western Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis

Observer

kimewart

Date

May 20, 2012
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Northern Pacific Rattlesnake Crotalus oreganus oreganus

Observer

kimewart

Date

May 20, 2012
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black-tailed deer Odocoileus hemionus columbianus

Observer

kimewart

Date

May 20, 2012
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White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus

Observer

kimewart

Date

May 20, 2012

Description

After turning a corner onto a less popular trail, I came upon two white-tailed kites hunting in a field of bright yellow wildflowers. They have a beautiful flight pattern in which they flutter their wings rapidly while hovering in one place, then drop straight down to the ground, and swoop back up again.

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Western Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica

Observer

kimewart

Date

May 20, 2012
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Pacific Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer catenifer

Observer

kimewart

Date

May 20, 2012
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Western Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis

Observer

kimewart

Date

May 20, 2012
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butterfly mariposa lily Calochortus venustus

Observer

kimewart

Date

May 19, 2012
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kimewart

Date

May 19, 2012

Description

Observed in a cow pasture.

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kimewart

Date

May 19, 2012
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millipedes Class Diplopoda

Observer

kimewart

Date

May 19, 2012
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Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta

Observer

kimewart

Date

May 19, 2012
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Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus

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kimewart

Date

May 19, 2012
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grasshoppers, crickets, & locusts Order Orthoptera

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kimewart

Date

May 19, 2012
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kimewart

Date

May 19, 2012
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wavy-leafed soap plant Chlorogalum pomeridianum

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kimewart

Date

May 19, 2012
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kimewart

Date

May 19, 2012
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kimewart

Date

May 19, 2012
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kimewart

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May 19, 2012
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perennial ryegrass Lolium perenne

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kimewart

Date

May 19, 2012

Description

I was trying to photograph a cricket, but it hopped away, and I was left with this image of a grass forest. The family Juncaceae is a guess. What species could it be?

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Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

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kimewart

Date

May 19, 2012
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