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Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus)Observer
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Found this one in my roasting pan on top of my kitchen cupboards this morning.
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Sonoran Bumble Bee (Bombus sonorus)Observer
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Saw this bee on one of the sunflowers in my in-law's backyard
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Hawks, Eagles, and Kites (Family Accipitridae)Observer
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I saw this juvenile while riding around on my place this morning. The mother flew from the nest to a tree about 200 yards down the creek out of sight, but this one could only fly across the creek & then start hopping up from one branch to another. This creek is about 200 yards from my house.
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Horse Crippler Cactus (Homalocephala texensis)Observer
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We saw this cactus on one of our rides around our ranch. My son is holding his 5" long knife beside it for size reference. We'd like to know what type of cactus this is because we've actually seen some that are larger than this one but didn't have a way to take any pictures at the time.
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Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)Observer
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Sitting in the tree on my backyard.
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Blackfoot Daisy (Melampodium leucanthum)Observer
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These flowers grow all over our place. Are they a type of daisy? like to know what they are because I like the way they smell.
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Scarlet Globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea)Observer
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Please help... these little flowers are popping up along my road home and I thought they were pretty. I haven't seen them before this year. I'd like to know what they are.
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Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)Observer
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I saw these on my way home from work.
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Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)Observer
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We were watching this young bird out of our dining room window when it took its prey from a flock of passing birds. I'm not sure what the the birds were that went by. The tree it's sitting in is about 30 yards from my house. I believe that this is last year's chick as I have seen 2 larger birds around as well.
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Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)Observer
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Wild turkeys in my backyard on Thanksgiving Day.
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Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)Observer
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The picture is a little fuzzy because I took it through the window in my breakfast room this evening and the sun was shinning in a little bit as the windows face WNW. This little guy was about 5 feet from the house. We usually have 3-5 jackrabbits in the yard at a time, but this one was the only one tonight.