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Common Loon (Gavia immer)Observer
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Common Loon seen with what looked like a striped shore crab prey(?)! Saw at least two, possibly three this day
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Wandering Skipper (Panoquina errans)Observer
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Looked like Hylephila phyleus on the ventral side and Lerodea eufala on the dorsal side. Saw at least two in the same area this day. Lifer.
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Surfbird (Calidris virgata)Observer
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Pair seen jetty. Lifer
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Surfbird (Calidris virgata)Observer
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Pair on jetty. Lifer
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Common Loon (Gavia immer)Observer
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Saw at least two, possibly three this day
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Wandering Skipper (Panoquina errans)Observer
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On Sea Rocket. Lifer
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Western Subterranean Termite (Reticulitermes hesperus)Observer
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S. occidentalis seen consuming a continuous buffet of Western Subterranean Termites (?). See final pic for scene. Unsure if inat's ID is correct but adults seemed to match photos
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Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)Observer
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S. occidentalis seen gorging on a buffet of what looked like Western Subterranean Termites (?)
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Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans)Observer
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Seen bathing near the shoreline (see pics)
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Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)Observer
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Large flock near jetty (see pic three for numbers)
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Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)Observer
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With a Hummingbird perched on snag
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Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)Observer
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Saw possibly 200 this day, the most I've ever seen together. Pic three captures most of one large group I saw
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Feral Pigeon (Columba livia var. domestica)Observer
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Lone Columba livia right on jetty
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Decollate Snail (Rumina decollata)Observer
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Noticed thousands at dusk
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Decollate Snail (Rumina decollata)Observer
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Noticed thousands at dusk. This one was going into this hole
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Broken-backed Bug (Taylorilygus apicalis)Observer
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On Glebionis coronaria. Unsure if inat's ID is correct
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Tansy Mustard Sweat Bee (Lasioglossum sisymbrii)Observer
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On Glebionis coronaria
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Pug Moths (Genus Eupithecia)Observer
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Larva on Glebionis coronaria
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Western Calligrapher (Toxomerus occidentalis)Observer
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Awesome Syrphidae diversity lately, think this may be a lifer. AMC
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Sonoran Bumble Bee (Bombus sonorus)Observer
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Saw two Bombus vosnesenskii and one Bombus sonorous on Phacelia hubbyi (see last pic). Amc
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii)Observer
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Saw two visiting Phacelia hubbyi with one Bombus sonorous this day. Amc
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii)Observer
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Saw two visiting native Phaceila hubbyi with one Bombus sonorous this day. Amc
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Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)Observer
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Seen eating seeds and discarding the pappus (pappi) into the wind. AMC
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Convergent Lady Beetle (Hippodamia convergens)Observer
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Took a ride on my boot :D. AMC