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Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)Observer
cspnlDescription
7 or 8 count- zoom in on the blue photos
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Long-nosed Leopard Lizard (Gambelia wislizenii)Observer
cspnlDescription
Mostly in the sun, head facing left. Well camouflaged!
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Sweat Bees (Family Halictidae)Observer
cspnlDescription
Small green bee in the flower (on left edge of photo)
The flower is on a small tree, cultivated, but I don’t know the type. It kept reddish berries on, and still has some. It is deciduous and is just leafing out and blooming.
Possibly flowering- crabapple, plum, cherry etc.
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Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus)Observer
cspnlDescription
About a dozen gathered and flew East, just a little south of the fence around BLM land.
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Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus)Observer
cspnlDescription
Started out with 1 on the fence, then 2, then a group landed in cultivated Douglas Fir, and the flock flew away East and North, generally toward the Johnson Lane Cross
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Slender Phlox (Microsteris gracilis)Observer
cspnlDescription
Fingertip for size reference. These are small plants.
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Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)Observer
cspnlDescription
Found in the garage, moved outside.
It may be the same species I saw recently in a nearby blooming peach tree.
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Tiger Moths (Tribe Arctiini)Observer
cspnlDescription
Caterpillar runs from one tiny blooming plant to the next.
Flowers are about the size of a grain of sand. Caterpillar is about 1 1/4 inch long. Shoe for size reference.
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii)Observer
cspnlDescription
In cultivated peach blossom
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Long-nosed Leopard Lizard (Gambelia wislizenii)Observer
cspnlDescription
Apparently it became a meal for a California Scrub Jay.
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Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)Observer
cspnlDescription
This is the big one, that is usually very dark. It’s tail regenerated.
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Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)Observer
cspnlDescription
He hides in the gap between the stone and wood
