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California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus)Observer
nleonard73Description
There were three, but only managed to photograph one. Tag #16. Purple with white numbers is bird #816 according to the sources I looked at.
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Woolly Mule's Ears (Wyethia mollis)Observer
wildmare64Description
Very smoky due to wildfires, Castle Peak
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Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)Observer
jbeckyDescription
Look at the spines on this low, bushy legume! They're just over an inch long. I was looking for small thorns or prickles on the stem. Doh! At least I didn't stab myself.
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Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)Observer
johnclarkDescription
-pant was not easy to identify due to the time of year
-the pods/seeds had not yet dropped to look like legumes
-plant was not very abundant in park
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Silverleaf Sunray (Enceliopsis argophylla)Observer
joeysantoreDescription
Lovely area with a perfect ambiance. Just need a Wal-fat and a Maverick Gas Station nearby. "The American Dream Is Not-Negotiable" - Dick Cheney
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Cobwebby Thistle (Cirsium occidentale)Observer
joeysantoreDescription
Looks like it might be hybridizing with invasive thistle
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Stick-Leaf (Mentzelia oligosperma)Observer
ewsurplessDescription
Flowers all had petals in 4’s. Leaves opposite. Stems were very hairy, velcro-like and stuck to my fingers.
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alan_rockefellerDescription
Cultivated by Steven Pollock on August 8, 1978.
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Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)Observer
pixiferDescription
Individual two
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Green Algae (Phylum Chlorophyta)Observer
janetmejiaDescription
Had to look under a microscope to see this organism.
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Green Algae (Phylum Chlorophyta)Observer
janetmejiaDescription
Looked at this organism under a microscope.
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Thurber's Stemsucker (Pilostyles thurberi)Observer
joeysantoreDescription
On Dalea frutescens. Flowers smelled very pleasant/sweet. Sweat bees and this blue stopped by to pollinate while I was here.
The species is dioecious so all flowers are unisexual. The flowers lack petals. The perianth is a spiral of sepals. Male and female flowers arrange their sex organs on a unisexual column (like unisexual orchids in the genus Catasetum). In both flowers the central column terminates in a fleshy disc I presume would be called a compitum. In female flowers the receptive, stigmatic papillae ar arranged under the compitum on the surface of the style. In male flowers the column is a pistilode also with a fleshy compitum. Sessile anthers re fused to the pistilode style.
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Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)Observer
michellekubinDescription
At first it was two Bewick's Wrens (one singing and the other calling). Then a third one came (presumably fighting over mate/territory) and kicked out the one that was singing. But the one kicked out continued to sing in the parking lot nearby.
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Genus HalimedaObserver
danielavalleDescription
Washed up on shore in Dry Tortugas National Park.
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Checkered Nerite (Nerita tessellata)Observer
kingmushDescription
I am curious what kind of snail this hermit crab is inhabiting. Some kind of nerite snail?
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Polychaete Worms (Class Polychaeta)Observer
fmoretzsohnDescription
This photo is not mine; it was posted on a FaceBook page and then sent to me looking for an identification. I do not have any copyright on this image; please do not use it for commercial purposes.
At first I thought it resembles the brachiopod Lingula anatina, in size and shape, but someone pointed out that they don't have translucent shells.
So now I think the most plausible ID is that it is a polychaete worm egg mass. The clear gelatinous mass is acting like a camera lens/prism, and the dark parts in the image are the inverted palm trees in the background.
I do not have any additional information about this creature or the observation.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
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Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)Observer
hdmillerDescription
On Left thank you
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Genus DynastesObserver
jbeckyDescription
This is the largest grub I've ever seen! Is it a Hercules Beetle? It's about 4 inches long, although I didn't straighten it to measure. It's rather bristly and has wicked-looking mandibles.
I found it while turning my compost pile, which has a fairly high live oak leaf content with a couple of small chunks of small tree branches.
It came out of the oldest and best-digested layer of compost at the bottom. After I took photos, it went back into the middle of the turned pile.
After taking a few photos, I put it in the middle of the new pile.
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Eastern Hercules Beetle (Dynastes tityus)Observer
baisaoDescription
Dynastes tityus adult female
