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Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)Observer
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Heard then seen. Cwc
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Yellow-haired Sun Fly (Myathropa florea)Observer
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This was unusually large to me for a Syrph, possibly a little smaller than a honeybee and sounded like a Sonoran bumblebee while flying. Possibly a new species. Cwc
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Mealybug Destroyer (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri)Observer
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Larva on a blade of grass. Cwc
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Painted Tiger Moth (Arachnis picta)Observer
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Alive larva. Cwc
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)Observer
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May possibly have been bathing? Cwc
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Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants, and Allies (Superfamily Pompiloidea)Observer
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Cwc
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Vivid Dancer (Argia vivida)Observer
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Male and female next to each other, pic two. Cwc
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Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)Observer
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Pretty sure. Cwc
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Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)Observer
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These are actually two separate individuals circling above. Cwc
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European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)Observer
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Resident starlings
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Beetles (Order Coleoptera)Observer
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Inat keeps suggesting beetle but I'm not sure what this larva is. Came out from or beneath a dead log
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Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)Observer
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I thought this was Western wood pewee but the shorter wings and pale eyering extending to a point to the rear (citing Sibley) makes me think Pacific Slope. Furthermore, a sound recording I took seems to suggest this was a male. Gfc
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House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)Observer
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Heard then seen. Gfc
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California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica)Observer
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Have never seen Artemisia californica with flowers before this
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Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)Observer
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Cool breeding colors
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Painted Tiger Moth (Arachnis picta)Observer
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Larva is alive, faking death. Cwc
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Genus VinealobryumObserver
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Growing off some streamside rocks
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Painted Tiger Moth (Arachnis picta)Observer
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Deceased larva. Cwc