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Desert Marble (Euchloe lotta)Observer
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In a desert wash in the Mojave National Preserve
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Four-spurred Assassin Bug (Zelus tetracanthus)Observer
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On Cirsium occidentale in the southern San Bernardino Mountains
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Northern White-Skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum)Observer
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On Lathyrus latifolius in the southern San Bernardino Mountains
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Grey Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)Observer
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Three rounds of sound from the fox, interspersed with calls of a Pseudacris treefrog
The sound confused me when I first heard it in the afternoon. I went to the edge of our deck and looked down, and saw a gray fox bounding away. So when the sound came again in the wee hours of the morning (with some additional high-pitched noises at the beginning of the call), I knew what it was. So cool to hear this creature!
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Sara Orangetip (Anthocharis sara)Observer
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Nectaring on Dichelostemma capitatum (blue dicks) in the southern San Bernardino Mountains
A bee (see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45163316) tried to buzz it off these flowers, but after shaking its wings, the butterfly held its ground.
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Eastern Patch-nosed Snake (Salvadora grahamiae)Observer
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Bit of a surprise. DOR. 48° when found. 7000 ft. elevation. Definitely wasn’t there four hours earlier.
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Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)Observer
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In the branches of Pinus attenuata, along Old City Creek Road in the southern San Bernardino Mountains
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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)Observer
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In the southern San Bernardino Mountains
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Pacific Glasswort (Salicornia pacifica)Observer
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Along the Batiquitos Lagoon Trail
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American Wigeon (Mareca americana)Observer
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Above the Batiquitos Lagoon
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Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)Observer
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At Batiquitos Lagoon
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Melissa Blue (Plebejus melissa)Observer
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On scat in the Kendrick Mountain Wilderness
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Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)Observer
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This was a strange sight--a woodpecker feeding on a mullein inflorescence in a weedy field overrun by mullein. Who knew a woodpecker could make a living in these conditions?
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Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)Observer
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In the southern San Bernardino Mountains
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Nuttall's Woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)Observer
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Along a creeklet in the southern San Bernardino Mountains
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Wide-throated Yellow Monkeyflower (Diplacus brevipes)Observer
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On a dry slope in the southern San Bernardino Mountains
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Lotus Hairstreak (Callophrys dumetorum)Observer
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Near an intermittent stream in the southern San Bernardino Mountains
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Acmon Blue (Icaricia acmon)Observer
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On pointed cryptantha Cryptantha muricata) in the southern San Bernardino Mountains
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Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)Observer
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At a hummingbird feeder in the Chiricahua Mountains
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Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata)Observer
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Next to a pond in the Chiricahua Mountains; strong, fast flyer patrolling area around the pond
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Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium)Observer
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On a decomposed granite slope in the southern San Bernardino Mountains
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Painted Redstart (Myioborus pictus)Observer
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Getting ready to nest, in Cave Creek Canyon, in the Chiricahua Mountains
