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Common Green Lacewings (Genus Chrysoperla)Observer
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Felt it biting me
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Uloborus diversusObserver
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Second pic is of egg cases in web.
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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)Observer
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Cluster of orange California Poppy flowers on the side of a hiking trail near the beach. These flowers were surrounded by shorter shrubs.
Lexi Stephens
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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)Observer
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Cluster of orange California Poopy flowers on the side of a hiking trail near the beach.
Lexi Stephens
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Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitata)Observer
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I was in the Kerkoff coffee shop area when this little guy (do not know its gender) popped out of no where and landed on my hand. He slowly made his way down to the table form my arm of-course. he had a golden back and golden wings. it seemed like a fly but it was much brighter and beautiful.
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Striped Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)Observer
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We saw this little guy running around in the tide pools. It is as cool in person as it is in the picture, very green and with prominent stripes. It grazes on the film of algae that grows on rocks.
-Monica Ruelas
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Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)Observer
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As we walked across the path that led to the water front we spotted a mom and a baby killdeer. Friscia added that the killdeer is famous for a "broken wing" distraction display that it performs when a predator gets close to its nest...as the killdeer drags itself along pretending to be injured and the predator follows once it is far away enough from its nest it will pick up speed and fly away.
-Monica Ruelas
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Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)Observer
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The red wing black bird was flying around the lagoon as we walked down the path that led toward the open water. The specks of white and yellow were just as vibrant in person as they are in the picture shown here. Only the males have this sort of black and vibrant mix, whereas the females (not observed here) are tan and speckled to blend in with their nests.
-Monica Ruelas
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)Observer
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The Great Blue Heron stood alone on a small little island patch of the lagoon. It was rather large and gray toned.
Monica Ruelas
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Lupines (Genus Lupinus)Observer
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This purple flower is a native plant to California and falls under the genus Lupin.
Lexi Stephens
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Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)Observer
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This hummingbird, also known as Anna's humming bird, had a greenish-black metallic body. It was sitting still on a bush just long enough for me to get a quick observation.
Lexi Stephens
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California Newt (Taricha torosa)Observer
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By: Monica Ruelas
While hiking on the Santa Monica Mountain, the group came across a small "waterfall" that flows right beneath a small bridge marking what seemed to be the midpoint of the hike. Seeing as there wasn't much rain this past winter the "waterfall" was more like droplets of water that fell upon the creek that also resembled scattered puddles. In the creek we saw a groups of California Newts squirming around. One of the newts we observed in particular was approximately 5-6in in length. It was very small and had the infamous orange/yellow underbelly.
