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Western Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma californicum

Observer

icosahedron

Date

May 8, 2013 10:15 AM PDT

Description

The caterpillars seemed to be dead, as you can see in the second picture where I've breached the tent.

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Observer

icosahedron

Date

May 8, 2013 10:00 AM PDT

Description

Could easily find on several species of 'live oaks' throughout the park.

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Observer

icosahedron

Date

May 8, 2013 11:45 AM PDT

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icosahedron

Date

May 8, 2013 11:30 AM PDT

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Black Walnut Juglans nigra

Observer

miles_anderson

Date

Apr 24, 2013

Description

Dark green leaves, with annoying walnuts that fall on my dads truck and leave forest green-black spots on the windshield.

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Henderson's shooting star Dodecatheon hendersonii

Observer

icosahedron

Date

Mar 26, 2013 02:50 PM PDT

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Rose Clover Trifolium hirtum

Observer

icosahedron

Date

Mar 26, 2013 03:10 PM PDT

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Observer

icosahedron

Date

Mar 26, 2013 03:00 PM PDT

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icosahedron

Date

Mar 26, 2013 03:00 PM PDT

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Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

Observer

sterling

Date

Mar 13, 2013

Place

marin ca (Google, OSM)

Description

Shooting out the car window.

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Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

Observer

sterling

Date

Mar 13, 2013

Description

Shooting out the car window.

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Merlin Falco columbarius

Observer

billyverde

Date

Feb 24, 2013

Description

This bird showed up in my neighborhood in early January, and I've been stalking it ever since. It spends a lot of time on the very top of one of the taller neighborhood trees, and I wouldn't have given it a second glance were it not being divebombed by a pair of crows one afternoon. Twice now I've seen this bird dining on a mouse or small bird such as a sparrow, and whenever it flies near any of the other neighborhood trees, every bird in the tree scatters.

The missile-like trajectory of its flight, its size (smaller than a crow, bigger than a kestrel), its diet, and its banded tail lead me to believe it might be a merlin, but if anyone else could back me up on that, it would be much appreciated.

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spring vetch Vicia sativa ssp. sativa

Observer

curiousgeorge61

Date

Feb 15, 2013

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English Plantain Plantago lanceolata

Observer

curiousgeorge61

Date

Feb 15, 2013

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Willows Genus Salix

Observer

curiousgeorge61

Date

Feb 15, 2013

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Observer

curiousgeorge61

Date

Feb 15, 2013

Description

This is known as a suncup.

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Observer

curiousgeorge61

Date

Feb 15, 2013

Description

The common name I heard first was Ground Iris.

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Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis

Observer

curiousgeorge61

Date

Feb 15, 2013

Description

I'm not totally sure about this one.

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Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium

Observer

curiousgeorge61

Date

Feb 15, 2013

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Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata

Observer

curiousgeorge61

Date

Feb 15, 2013

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Pacific Hound's Tongue Cynoglossum grande

Observer

curiousgeorge61

Date

Feb 15, 2013

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Milkmaids Cardamine californica

Observer

curiousgeorge61

Date

Feb 15, 2013

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White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus

Observer

curiousgeorge61

Date

Feb 15, 2013

Description

I saw this guy sitting on a bush and tried to approach it slowly to to get a good shot, but of course it was watching me the whole time and took off.

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American Kestrel Falco sparverius

Observer

dave-barry

Date

Feb 9, 2013

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Barn Owl Tyto alba

Observer

dave-barry

Date

Feb 9, 2013

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Common Raven Corvus corax

Observer

dave-barry

Date

Feb 9, 2013

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Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber

Observer

dave-barry

Date

Feb 9, 2013

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula

Observer

dave-barry

Date

Feb 9, 2013

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Brown Creeper Certhia americana

Observer

dave-barry

Date

Feb 9, 2013