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Cliff Swallows and Allies (Genus Petrochelidon)Observer
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Looking for assistance in identifying this bird.
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Clockweed (Oenothera lindheimeri)Observer
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Perhaps if I wait a few more days, this plant will flower, and I will be able to find it in one of our plant guides. Then again, maybe it's not a flowering plant. Since I have observed it in many locations in our pasture, I am seeking the community's help in its identification.
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Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)Observer
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Not sure if this is a Wild Turkey, since there are folks in the neighborhood that raised domesticated birds that occasionally escape.
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Plains Bee Assassin (Apiomerus spissipes)Observer
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Two insects appear to be getting the better of a honeybee. The antelope horn milkweed serves as a battlefield. The photo has been rotated 180 degrees for clarity.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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I think it may be a scarlet pea (indigoera miniata) but looking for correct identification from the community.
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Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)Observer
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Not a great picture, but submitted to document the location of the sighting of this beautiful bird. (In reviewing my observations on iNaturalist, I realized I had submitted a sighting of what might have been a young flycatcher in September, 2019.
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Lindheimer's Paintbrush (Castilleja lindheimeri)Observer
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First of the season on our land.
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Prairie False Foxglove (Agalinis heterophylla)Observer
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At the suggestion of rymcdaniel, I am submitting this observation of Agalinis heterophylla as a follow-up to my initial observation. See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29818413 that did not originally include the photos of the plant in bloom.
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Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)Observer
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Is this bird going through a change in plumage? I can't identify in my guides nor through Merlin or allaboutbirds.org. I will appreciate your help.
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Prairie False Foxglove (Agalinis heterophylla)Observer
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This plant (forb?) has appeared in our pasture in considerable numbers this spring/summer. I can't identify it. Some kind of verbain has been suggested as well as Morman tea (Ephedra viridis). I am trying to determine if it is an invasive at my location.
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Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)Observer
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I can't identify this in my guide to Dragonflies of Texas. It's kind of like a Black Saddlebags, but I am not sure.
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Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)Observer
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About four days old.
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Leavenworth's Eryngo (Eryngium leavenworthii)Observer
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This is the species common to Central Texas. Soon it will show a beautiful cluster of minute purple flowers.
