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Big-eared Woodrat (Neotoma macrotis)Observer
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Found dead and decapitated. Not clear what would have killed it and left it.
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Suncups (Genus Camissoniopsis)Observer
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Probably planted from a wildflower seedmix as part of www.wildflowering.org project a few years ago. Many individuals in this area.
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Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)Observer
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Inside parking structure
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Large-tailed Aphideater (Eupeodes volucris)Observer
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On Phacelia cicuteria
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Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)Observer
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Hole into skull around eye. Possible raptor kill? Found in vicinity of Red-shouldered Hawk perch.
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Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum)Observer
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Smaller flowers definitely different than Solanum douglasii
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Crown Whitefly (Aleuroplatus coronata)Observer
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On underside of bay leaves. Very heavily infested. Whole plant is covered in sooty mold from honeydew excretions I think.
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Purple Needlegrass (Nassella pulchra)Observer
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Very nice patch of purple needle grass in this open area. Possibly a remnant of the natural grasslands here. Although many other plants nearby were definitely planted.
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Hollyleaf Cherry (Prunus ilicifolia)Observer
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This cherry had smaller leaves and more compact form than the more tree-like Catalina cherries that I see at Sage Hill
