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fiddleneck Amsinckia menziesii ssp. intermedia

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sunya

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On 3-tree hill, growing on slope facing Mt. St. Helena.

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sunya

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Found along grass by corral near McCann Homestead.

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Rattlesnakes Genus Crotalus

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sunya

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Rattlesnake skin found on chert outcrop near McCann Homestead.

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sunya

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Found uphill due NE from Turtle Pond.

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Western Pond Turtle Actinemys marmorata

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sunya

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the past

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Western Pond Turtles basking in the middle of Turtle Pond.

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sunya

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Found along Turtle Pond.

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sunya

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Our class found several baby mice under a board by Turtle Pond.

This little one scurried away before we could get a better look at it...

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Aquatic Garter Snake Thamnophis atratus

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sunya

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the past

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Saw dozens of these guys swimming in Turtle Pond and sending ripples out.

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sunya

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the past

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The joys of field work: Our BIO 85.2 class put in 2 grueling hours of setting 80 traps along the border of the woodlands (up on the northern slopes behind Bechtel House.

The next morning, we were rewarded with a single nursing deer mouse out of 80 traps set!

Per Prof. Woodruff, you can tell it was "maniculatus" because of its bicolored tail. Could tell it was nursing due to extended nipples.

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Northern Pacific Treefrog Pseudacris regilla

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sunya

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May 4, 2013 08:00 AM PDT

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By dried creek west of Bechtel house.

Lots of these little guys hopping around the rocky creek bed.

I'm guessing these are Pacific and not Mountain based on the webbing these have (?).

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sunya

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May 4, 2013 08:07 AM PDT

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Saw several of these budding grass/flower heads (?) in the grassland off-road, west of Bechtel House.

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sunya

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May 4, 2013 09:20 AM PDT

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Green phase of poison oak trailing up the road/creek near Bechtel House...boy was it plentiful!

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Garter Snakes Genus Thamnophis

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sunya

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May 4, 2013 08:17 AM PDT

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Saw this fellow slowly gobbling up a little baby rodent, by a dried-up creek a bit west from Bechtel House.

It swam a bit in the water before settling on the rocks and moving the rodent down...

Unfortunately, I can't tell whether it's an aquatic or terrestrial garter snake.

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jecervan

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May 15, 2013 02:06 PM PDT

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jecervan

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May 10, 2013 12:00 PM PDT

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jecervan

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May 10, 2013 11:59 AM PDT

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jecervan

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May 10, 2013 11:59 AM PDT

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jecervan

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May 10, 2013 11:58 AM PDT

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Salsify Tragopogon porrifolius

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mmjensen

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May 14, 2013 01:46 PM PDT

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barbed goat grass Aegilops triuncialis

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jecervan

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May 8, 2013 11:50 AM PDT

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barbed goat grass Aegilops triuncialis

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jecervan

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May 8, 2013 11:40 AM PDT

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ryanwilliamslove

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May 6, 2013 11:11 AM PDT

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ryanwilliamslove

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May 6, 2013 11:04 AM PDT

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Turkey

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ryanwilliamslove

Date

May 6, 2013 10:47 AM PDT

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Was found dead, appeared to have been attacked, bones were scattered and both of the heads had been removed. There was another one near it.

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ryanwilliamslove

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May 6, 2013 11:08 AM PDT

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ryanwilliamslove

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May 6, 2013 11:06 AM PDT

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ryanwilliamslove

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May 6, 2013

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At pepperwood preserve, unkown plant.

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mmjensen

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May 2, 2013 07:46 AM PDT

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Butterflies and Moths Order Lepidoptera

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mmjensen

Date

May 2, 2013 07:47 AM PDT

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Beaten up but a beautiful pale green.

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jesse

Date

Apr 25, 2013
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The Pepperwood Vital Signs Project gives visitors an opportunity to share their natural history observations with the preserve's community while contributing to growing citizen-science datasets on the distribution of the plants and animals of the preserve. We hope you'll add your observations each time you visit us!

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