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Giant Leaf-footed Bug (Acanthocephala declivis)Observer
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Giant bug with white markings. The second photo has my hand for scale, maybe an inch and a half long.
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Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)Observer
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Very colorful small bird. Green, yellow, and red
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Grapevines (Genus Vitis)Observer
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Plant connected under the soil to others of its kind. Had very woody roots
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Mustang Grape (Vitis mustangensis)Observer
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Vine like plant growing on the ground, wrapping around other plants
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Tall plant with many small edged leaves
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Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies (Family Asteraceae)Observer
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Plant with prickly leaves and a fuzzy tip
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Sevenleaf Creeper (Parthenocissus heptaphylla)Observer
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Small plants with leaves on the tops. They were connected together under the soil
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Hairyfruit Chervil (Chaerophyllum tainturieri)Observer
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Small plant with many small leaves connected to long stems
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Giant Walkingstick (Megaphasma denticrus)Observer
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Found on a window screen during the rain today.
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Brambles (Genus Rubus)Observer
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Spiky leaved and stemmed plant, very dark green
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Common Yellow Woodsorrels (Section Corniculatae)Observer
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Small plant with seed pods. The seeds popped out of the pod after pressing
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Texas Yellow Star (Lindheimera texana)Observer
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Yellow flowering plant with a fuzzy base and leaves
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Poppymallows (Genus Callirhoe)Observer
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Small deep purple flowers with very thin stems
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Bush like plant with many plumes of purple flowers
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Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)Observer
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The last photo is a cropped photo of the first with the contrast changed to hopefully show more detail, but it altered the color a little. It is a green color very close to the foliage around it and was eating the seeds off the plants low to the ground
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Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)Observer
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Small blue bird with darker colorings
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Many Stem Evax (Diaperia verna)Observer
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Small plant with fuzzy white flowers
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Rough Earthsnake (Virginia striatula)Observer
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Small snake, about the length of a hand
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Saw Greenbrier (Smilax bona-nox)Observer
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Plant that was connected underground to others of the same kind. Has thorns and speckled leaves
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Redseed Plantain (Plantago rhodosperma)Observer
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Very small plant (2-3 inches) with fuzzy leaves
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Antelopehorn Milkweed (Asclepias asperula)Observer
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Plant with spherical flowers
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Drummond's Rain Lily (Zephyranthes drummondii)Observer
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Fibrous and long leaves with a very deep root, looks like an onion maybe?
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Snow-on-the-Mountain (Euphorbia marginata)Observer
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Tall, leafy, and green with a very shallow root structure
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Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)Observer
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Bird ran into the screen door and was stunned, allowing for really close photos(:
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Hummingbirds (Family Trochilidae)Observer
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Small bird hovering near flowers by the road
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Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)Observer
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I’m unsure if this duck is cultivated or not but I observed it in Tokyo Disneyland
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Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)Observer
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A nest that was in my backyard of only two eggs that eventually matured into these birds
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Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)Observer
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Small yellow bird with black/brown wings.