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California Sister (Adelpha californica)Observer
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Butterflies black with orange-yellow dots at wingtip, line of white dots in a line down wings. 1.5 inches wingspan. Shasta-Trinity NF.
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Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)Observer
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Lizard, 3 inches to 5 inches long, brown head color changing to a electric blue and bright purple on the tail.
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Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)Observer
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18" to 24" tall with fuzzy clusters of light green blooms turning reddish purple. Oval leaves in pairs alternating 90 degrees as they go up the stalk, 3" to 6" long. Pods open to reveal 5-pedaled blooms, narrow light pink petals about 1/2" long.
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Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)Observer
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Frog 2" long, dark brown and bumpy on top, light green markings on bottom and around mouth
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Common Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)Observer
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Snake mud brown, alternating black and light brown stripes on top, reddish brown markings on sides
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Harvestmen (Order Opiliones)Observer
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Daddy longlegs spider?daddy long legs spider?
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Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)Observer
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Fungus on wood, fuzzy, dark brown orange with light orange outer edge
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Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)Observer
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Black songbird 3" tall, red and yellow markings on shoulder
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Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum)Observer
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18" tall, oval leaves, purple Red stem
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Something...Observer
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Tree,7 to 8 feet tall, silver bark with green moss; small green berries 1/4"; short trunk long limbs
Photos / Sounds
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Curled Dock (Rumex crispus)Observer
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3 1/2 ft. Tall long pointy leaves 10 in. Long at bottom, individual stalk clustered together, smaller alternating flower stalks up the stalk about 1 in. Long
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Something...Observer
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1" tall, purple flower clusters, triangular green leaves with scalloped edges tinted red, looks like spiky little purple balls.
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)Observer
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Male and female pair.
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Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)Observer
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Small tree, bushy growth habit, reddish smooth bark on new growth. Cultivated.