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Conifer Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus conifericola)Observer
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There's nothing for scale on this photo but let's say it was probably slightly larger than my head! Found at the base of a tree by the road.
ID from a quick Google search leading to this similar-looking fungus: http://mbushii.blogspot.com/2007/10/fungus-amongus-in-santa-barbara.html
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Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower (Diplacus nanus)Observer
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I love its common name!
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Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)Observer
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At Summer Camp on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The owl lives in the barn at Summer Camp.
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California Quail (Callipepla californica)Observer
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Possibly my new favourite bird, they look so silly!
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Typical Old World Deer and Elk (Genus Cervus)Observer
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Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)Observer
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Soaring above Harsen's Butte on Zumwalt Prairie.
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Coyote (Canis latrans)Observer
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Seen being chased away from a herd of cow elk and young by a couple of elk.
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American Badger (Taxidea taxus)Observer
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Look very different (and in a different genus) to European badgers.
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Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)Observer
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Soaring above Harsin Butte on Zumwalt Prairie
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American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)Observer
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A golden-coloured bear seen far away on a hill on Zumwalt Prairie.
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Garter Snakes (Genus Thamnophis)Observer
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A garter snake basking on the rocks near Hurricane Creek in the Wallowa Mountains. It hid before I could get a proper look at it!
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Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)Observer
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Soldier beetle
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Brown Hawker (Aeshna grandis)Observer
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Brown hawker dragonfly. The mother of all dragonflies! Made a racket in the undergrowth.
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Common Slowworm (Anguis fragilis)Observer
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Looks like a snake but is actually a legless lizard! First time I've seen something like this in Britain, it was as I was walking along a closed road near Salisbury, just sticking out of a drain.
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Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)Observer
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Seen circling over fields just outside of Salisbury in September.
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Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet (Zygaena lonicerae)Observer
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Or could possibly be the Five-spot burnet moth (Zygaena trifolii)
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)Observer
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Just minding my own business and look what flies into the window!
Either a Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) or Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperi).
