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Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees (Genus Megachile)Observer
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Segmented dried leaf tubes found in some roof rotted wood being replaced.
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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)Observer
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It was making soft whistling sounds.
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Velvetweed (Oenothera curtiflora)Observer
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There were several of these growing on the edge of a field of wildflowers.
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Sonoran Bumble Bee (Bombus sonorus)Observer
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This bumble bee had 2 yellow stripes on its thorax, with a black band between. We live on a wildish limestone bluff with small caves and grow all native plants, so bumble bees are common on our lot. This bee was very large, so I suspect a queen.
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Texas Bluegrass (Poa arachnifera)Observer
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Grass is growing in our natives “prairie” yard. Most of our yard is natives as we live on a river bluff in a neighborhood developed in the 1990s from rocky pasture land. Seed tufts grow 2-3 feet tall in early spring. We have about 100 sf section with this grass growing.
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Mountain Laurel Scarlet Mirid (Lopidea major)Observer
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Dozens found on a struggling mountain Laurel in my native plants yard.
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Missouri Violet (Viola missouriensis)Observer
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New volunteer in our natives yard, under a live oak.
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)Observer
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This was a large raptor flying along the South San Gabriel River. It had a dark bar from its eyes back. It circled back, hovered, and dove to the water with a splash. Then it continued upstream with something dangling from its feet.
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Genus CicurinaObserver
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Found inside our house, which is on a karst limestone bluff riddled with small caves. We frequently also have Texas cave scorpions, Pseudouroctonus reddelli, come inside too. ID suggested on Antman’s Hill.
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American Beaver (Castor canadensis)Observer
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Fresh beaver chew a few feet from the South San Gabriel River on private property.
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American Beaver (Castor canadensis)Observer
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Recent beaver chew. One fallen trunk and another partially chewed through.
Berry Springs Park and Preserve
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Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)Observer
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Merlin ID’d the song as Golden-crowned Sparrow.
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Leavenworth's Eryngo (Eryngium leavenworthii)Observer
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Several of these in the Berry Creek Park and Preserve.
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Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)Observer
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It’s slightly larger than the lesser gold finches, but has only been seen in our native plants patch for the past day. There was no white on its tail as seen in the view with its tail raised and fanned.
