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Western Pearlshell (Margaritifera falcata)Observer
michaelheggenDescription
Found in creek bed after high water had receded. Have not previously seen mussels in Pedee Creek, but maybe that’s because I wasn’t looking for them. :-)
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Checkerspots, Anglewings, Peacocks, and Allies (Subfamily Nymphalinae)Observer
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Flies (Order Diptera)Observer
michaelheggenDescription
This was creek side. It was very interested in tasting the fabric of my work pants and T-shirt. Doesn’t show in the photo, but it had a blunt proboscis that it had to drop its head/raise its butt slightly to use.
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Yellow-spotted Millipede (Harpaphe haydeniana)Observer
michaelheggenDescription
On the bark of a standing Douglas-fir.
There are actually two millipedes in the photo—apparently in flagrante delicto. :-)
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American Elm (Ulmus americana)Observer
michaelheggenDescription
Coppiced from tree that was mature in the 1920s, just south of the foundation of the old Hoskins Schoolhouse. First elm I’ve ever seen!
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Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)Observer
michaelheggenDescription
Terrible photo, but the best I could do. Raptor beak and head, massive size, light-colored legs (also massive), and chirping cries.
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Common Privet (Ligustrum vulgare)Observer
michaelheggenDescription
May be a cultivated plant. We have only found it in one location on the farm: close to the farmhouse, where it had formed a nearly impenetrable thicket.
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Pacific Ninebark (Physocarpus capitatus)Observer
michaelheggenDescription
Note the woody stem in the second photo
