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Buffalo-Bur (Solanum rostratum)Observer
muddyshoemikeDescription
Plant snap said this could be a watermelon plant
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Horse-Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)Observer
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Small Tree with cone shaped cluster of blossoms.
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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Missing LocationDescription
Catepillar, black in color with a brown band in the middle.
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Broom Snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae)Observer
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Yellow flowered plant along hiking trail (Hall Ranch - Boulder County Parks and Open Space).
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Dotted Gayfeather (Liatris punctata)Observer
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Purple or blue flowering penstemon type plant. Could not find it in my field guide.
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Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas)Observer
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A toad with a light colored stripe down the center of it's back.
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Cactus Coreid Bug (Chelinidea vittiger)Observer
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Six legged tick or beetle??
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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)Observer
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My wife and I saw this fox trotting along a road in Routt National Forest near Clark, Colorado. It had a small bird or mammal in it's mouth.
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Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum)Observer
muddyshoemikeDescription
A large cluster of tiny white flowers on a very tall almost 6 foot stalk with green fern like leaves.
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Bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer ssp. sayi)Observer
muddyshoemikePlace
Boy Scout trail near the flagstaff summit nature center. Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks. Boulder, Colorado (Google, OSM)Description
A four foot or longer bull snake near the Boulder Open Space and Mountain Park Nature Center along the Boy Scout trail. The snake located what appeared to be a mouse hole and went about a foot down inside. Judging from the body movements (thrusts etc.), it appeared to have found something to eat.
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Bird's Nest Fungi (Family Nidulariaceae)Observer
muddyshoemikeDescription
A tiny cup like fungi found in our vegetable garden.
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Dotted Gayfeather (Liatris punctata)Observer
muddyshoemikeDescription
A five or six inch tall flower growing along the Greenbelt Plateau trail in south Boulder.