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Pacific Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer ssp. catenifer)Observer
rprovostDescription
Western rattle snake or gopher?
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Pacific Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer ssp. catenifer)Observer
rprovostDescription
Western rattle snake or gopher?
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)Observer
rprovostDescription
This bird blocked me from driving down the road. While I waited, it tried to lift its prey off the ground, up three feet and back down, over and over. I broke the challenge, drove down the road and put the prey, a chicken on a bluff on the side of the road. When I came back 5 minutes later the chicken was gone. The hawk just needed a mechanical advantage.
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Columbian Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus ssp. columbianus)Observer
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Skeletal remains of a deer carcass as posted May 2, 2018 and being eaten by a lion on May 2, 3, & 4, then by turkey vultures on May 4 and finally a coyote on May 6.
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California Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire. Mt St John
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Wallace's Spikemoss (Selaginella wallacei)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire, Mt St John
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Valley Tassels (Castilleja attenuata)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns fire. Mt Veeder
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Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns fire, Mt Veeder. Tree ring. Been burned before.
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Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns fire, Mt Veeder. Tree ring. Been burned before.
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Solomon's Plume (Maianthemum racemosum)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns fire, Mt Veeder
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California Milkwort (Rhinotropis californica)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire, Mt Veeder
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Naked Buckwheat (Eriogonum nudum)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire, Mt Veeder
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Twining Snapdragon (Neogaerrhinum strictum)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire, Mt Veeder
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Bindweeds (Genus Convolvulus)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire, Mt Veeder
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Diogenes' Lantern (Calochortus amabilis)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire, Mt Veeder
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Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire, Mt Veeder
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Bindweed Family (Family Convolvulaceae)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire recovery, Mt Veeder
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Foothill Deervetch (Acmispon brachycarpus)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire recovery, Mt Veeder
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Bearberries and Manzanitas (Genus Arctostaphylos)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire recovery, Mt Veeder
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Bearberries and Manzanitas (Genus Arctostaphylos)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire recovery, Mt Veeder
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California Bay (Umbellularia californica)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire recovery, Mt Veeder
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Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus betuloides)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire recovery, Mt Veeder
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Blue Dicks (Dipterostemon capitatus)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire recovery, Mt Veeder
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Desert Poppies (Genus Eschscholzia)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire recovery, Mt Veeder
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California Turret Spider (Atypoides riversi)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire recovery, Mt Veeder
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Coastal Woodfern (Dryopteris arguta)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire recovery, Mt Veeder
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Giant Chain Fern (Woodwardia fimbriata)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire recovery, Mt Veeder
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Hillside Woodland Star (Lithophragma heterophyllum)Observer
rprovostDescription
Nuns Fire recovery, Mt Veeder