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Impressive Oil Beetle (Meloe impressus)Observer
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2.5 cm. Shiny bluish black (not green as photo suggests). Would not stop moving!
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)Observer
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Cruising across paved road on hot, humid day
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Diurnal Fireflies (Genus Ellychnia)Observer
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Observed mid day. Landed briefly on deck railing next to me, then flew off.
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Pickerel Frog (Lithobates palustris)Observer
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Numerous hopping about on berm trail alongside channelized creek, 1.5” long.
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Genus MacrolepiotaObserver
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Approx. 7” tall, cap approximately 4” diameter. Rough/shaggy cap
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Variegated Yellow Archangel (Lamium galeobdolon ssp. argentatum)Observer
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)Observer
mctatterDescription
At backyard feeder on August 1. Unmistakable black/white/red. Also present: black-headed grosbeak, house finch, lesser goldfinch, hooded oriole and CA towhee.
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Coast Garter Snake (Thamnophis elegans ssp. terrestris)Observer
mctatterDescription
T. elegans terrestris? On Muddy Hollow Trail near Limantour Beach.
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Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)Observer
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Large flock of mixed ages at Limantour Beach, Pt. Reyes. Approx 80 brown pelicans also observed flying northward at same time.
