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Panamint Liveforever (Dudleya saxosa)Observer
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Growing on vertical rock side of small wash.
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Mountain Lion (Puma concolor)Observer
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Cigar size scat on top of Bush. When broken up scat contained fur and bone chips. Track shows no indication of claw mark.
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Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)Observer
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Was lying in tall brush and ran off as I approached. Second picture is clearer. On dirt road.
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Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)Observer
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Ok. So you can barely see it . The dot in the wash.
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California Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus)Observer
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Spines are longer, flatter, and less curved than cactus I saw at a lower elevation
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Crystalline Gall Wasp (Feron crystallinum)Observer
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Red growth on twigs of oak
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Pancake Pricklypear (Opuntia chlorotica)Observer
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Growing from rock high on hill
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Bladderpod (Cleomella arborea)Observer
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Flowering and new green pods. A bit early
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Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens)Observer
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In Rattlesnake Canyon JT Monument. Maybe 30 of them in the area. This was the only one staying still long enough to photo. Note large pile of droppings on branch below it.
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Desert Woodrat (Neotoma lepida)Observer
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Droppings and a large conglomerate nest inside of a yucca ring
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Shaggy Mane (Coprinus comatus)Observer
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Large Mushroom in Big Morongo Preserve. Note quarter
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Coyote (Canis latrans)Observer
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Burrow under creosote roots. About 16 3/4" high. It was difficult to measure. Skull on the other side of the bush from the burrow. Coyotes have been missing from this area lately.
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Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)Observer
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Well eaten.Probably by Jack Rabbit. They are hungry this year.eating everything
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Spiders (Order Araneae)Observer
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Spider web at mouth of burrow. What type of spider would build this web so close to the ground?
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Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia)Observer
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Between JT Park and MDLT property. Holes in trunk go almost all the way through. Made by ?????
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Even-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans (Order Artiodactyla)Observer
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Think this is deer. Bone has been well gnawed.Probably by coyote.But deer don't normally appear in this area and most of the coyotes seem to have vanished this year
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Silver Cholla (Cylindropuntia echinocarpa)Observer
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Has been browsed upon by Jack Rabbit. Scat can be barely be seen at base. Between JT Park and MDLT property.
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Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)Observer
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Was browsing on creosote but ran off when it notice me
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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Unknown species of bee MDLT reserve Joshua Tree area
