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poceaeObserver
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This is a common clump-forming, tenacious root system plant growing under a ft. (30 cm) tall.
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Whip Cicadas (Genus Okanagana)Observer
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A Cicada fan mentioned to me, after I had submitted a cicada photo from a different event, that there may be a little known species in my area. They mentioned that sound recordings might help ID cicadas. I later realized i have this recording from last summer of what may be a cicada.
A little more than halfway through the recording, one of the insect voices drops off, leaving 1+, then resumes. So, there's at least two different insects calling at the same time, for most of the recording.
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Oregon Anemone (Anemonoides oregana)Observer
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Single plant
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Mason Bees (Genus Osmia)Observer
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Resued from a water bucket
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Greek Anemone (Anemonoides blanda)Observer
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I've looked at the auto ID suggestions here, abooks of wildflowers for the region, a plant list for a nearby Botanical area and I just cannot find any ranuncula family member that matches this, I thought it might be Asteraceae, like an Erigeron species. But it also has leaves characteristic of the Buttercup family.
I also consider that it might be an early spring ornamental exotic flower, but I'm not that accomplished at identifying all the early spring exotic ornamentals. There were a very few exotic ornamentals that survived previous ownership here, like crocus and grape hyacinth
This came up last year at the end of April, in the middle of a path that I had created 2 years earlier. I moved it to a nearby garden bed and it just bloomed on March 31st this year . These photos are from last year. This is the single plant I've seen of this here.
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Rockfishes (Genus Sebastes)Observer
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Top left fish larvae is intended submission here
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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)Observer
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Fish larvae.
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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)Observer
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The group of fish larvae on the center left are the intended submiasion here, the only ones that might be identifiable by the features the photo allows. Both the bigger larvae on the left, and the possible gunnel larvae on the right are too poorly photographed to separated into their own submissions.
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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)Observer
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Fish larvae.
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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)Observer
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Fish larvae with a midge, from a plankton tow
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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)Observer
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Fish larvae.
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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)Observer
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Went out in a boat to see what gulls were eating. Larvae fish.
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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)Observer
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Fish larva. I tried to add to a couple relevant projects, but links didn't work
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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)Observer
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Larva prey out of a juvenile chinook salmon.
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California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica)Observer
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First butterfly I have seen here this year I looked at past records here for Cal Torts, and of the dozen or so, they've all been April or earlier, or September or later.