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Botta's Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae)Observer
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Fearless while nibbling on a dry stem of Bermuda grass
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Field Bird's Nest Fungus (Cyathus olla)Observer
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Recent heavy rains brought these up.
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Quill-leaf Lewisia (Lewisia leeana)Observer
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These are screen shots from a video by the late Matt Yaussi. Matt's YouTube channel archives his hiking and outdoor videos. Sadly, Matt died in a canyoneering accident while descending Bottomless Pit Canyon in Death Valley in 2019. In addition to being an accomplished climber and canyoneer, Matt was an avid botanist and documented many observations of the flora of the Sierra Nevada in his videos. An included screenshot shows the link address for the video these came from and the time in the video where they are found. Matt's Lewisia leeana observation extends its occurence onto the bench east of Portal Lake.
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Wool-bearing Gall Wasp (Druon quercuslanigerum)Observer
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Oak galls from the largest oak tree in the neighborhood with some that accumulated across the street
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Wool-bearing Gall Wasp (Druon quercuslanigerum)Observer
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could be Druon quercuslanigerum, Wool-bearing Gall Wasp
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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)Observer
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Hawk being harassed by mockingbirds.
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Singleleaf Pinyon (Pinus monophylla)Observer
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Wildrose Charcoal Kilns
Death Valley National Park
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Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)Observer
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Stovepipe Wells Campground
one photo shows a gall
