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Black-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus melanopygus)Observer
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male and female?
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Coastal Green Hairstreak (Callophrys viridis)Observer
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Flagging these two obs as I think the common name usage is incorrect
Callophrys sheridanii viridis, aka
Callophrys dumetorum is the Coastal Green. Is also Callophrys sheridanii?
Way past bedtime. Conflicting tax, argh
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Coastal Green Hairstreak (Callophrys viridis)Observer
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Flagging these two obs as I think the common name usage is incorrect
Callophrys sheridanii viridis, aka
Callophrys dumetorum is the Coastal Green. Is also Callophrys sheridanii?
Way past bedtime
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Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)Observer
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I assume with the less that bright pink wash about the face and breast, the not quite bright blue cap, and lack of a mustachial stripe, this bird, that was just singing out back, is a 2023 male
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Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)Observer
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smartest kingfisher ever
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)Observer
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SY female, been around a couple of days
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Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)Observer
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first one actually in the yard
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North American Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata ssp. cachinnans)Observer
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Nuttall's White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys ssp. nuttalli)Observer
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a few years ago they started nesting in native plant areas around the stadium
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44848758
This is the first time one has sang in the courtyard, been here a coupla weeks
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