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Malayan Krait (Bungarus candidus)Observer
damontigheDescription
Struck at me while I was trying to photograph
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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)Observer
caenvsciDescription
Ten feet away. Too cold to care we were there.
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii)Observer
caenvsciDescription
Was moving across the trail that was flooded and flowing slowly. Didn't seem able/willing to fly. Put it on a manzanita bush after pictures.
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Waxcaps (Genus Hygrocybe)Observer
damontigheDescription
Permit = Collection under OneTam fungal bioblitz
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California Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus)Observer
humboldt_naturalist
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Convergent Lady Beetle (Hippodamia convergens)Observer
caenvsciDescription
Lot going on here.
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Banana Slugs (Genus Ariolimax)Observer
caenvsciDescription
No picture, about four inches long. Slender. Green with black spots. On sidewalk headed towards certain death. Relocated to wet, shaded area in the channel below.
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Oregon Ensatina (Ensatina eschscholtzii ssp. oregonensis)Observer
maxlaubstein
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California Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus)Observer
cedric_leeDescription
Found on the middle of a trail. Appears that someone had stepped on it. It was still alive when I found it.
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California Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus)Observer
richardwassonDescription
Found this dead in creek. Not sure what species it is.
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California Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus)Observer
kookamongusDescription
Emaciated and covered in warts, mouth partially open, clearly unheathy. Found immediately adjacent to (under the same log) completely smooth skinned, healthy adult.
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)Observer
caenvsciDescription
Three individuals. Left appears to be adult, middle likely juvenile, right possibly juvenile.
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Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus)Observer
rmyoshiharaDescription
Update on 1/27/2020:
The habitat was a wooded riparian strip along a levee adjacent to agricultural fields at the edge of the Sacramento Bypass Wildlife Area.
Three photos have been added
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caenvsciDescription
Could be a yellow morph of C. elegans - given range and deep yellow coloration of C. monophyllus that's probably what this is.
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Tolmie's Pussy Ears (Calochortus tolmiei)Observer
caenvsciDescription
Best spot in the park.
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Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata)Observer
stjohnwDescription
This was the most exciting find of the day. My assumption is that this turtle just emerged after overwintering in its nest (we've seen them do this up in Lake County). We found this little friend at a relatively newly constructed restoration site, and it's super cool to know that these native turtles are able to breed here!
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California Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus)Observer
hotel_calochortusDescription
Dead with rodent tail hanging out of its mouth. Maybe a bird got them while the sally was struggling with the rodent?
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Cellophane Bees (Genus Colletes)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Found on Wild Buckwheat.
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Kangaroo Rats (Genus Dipodomys)Observer
jlmartinDescription
Trying to steal some uncooked pasta
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Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa)Observer
caenvsciDescription
Curious about me.
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American Badger (Taxidea taxus)Observer
lotusmorningDescription
M2E36L0-6R350B36
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Ensatinas (Genus Ensatina)Observer
sandboxerDescription
Definitely some kind of eggs.
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Lungless Salamanders (Family Plethodontidae)Observer
riley96Description
Accidentally dug up some eggs when transplanting creeping wild rye
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Western Grey Squirrel (Sciurus griseus)Observer
caenvsciDescription
Drinking from a gutter.
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Coastal Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus)Observer
marinebioteacherDescription
Some of you have asked about this picture. THe Salamanders are in the creek that runs about ten feet in front of my home. Having the four sons I do they often go into the creek looking for Salamanders in and under the rocks. They like to see the variance in morphology and other interesting things. When they have a bunch like this they call me and ask for a picture as I took here. They then let them all go back into the rock where they found them until the next time they are bored enough to get into the creek. SO this is not a natural aggregation as found in the picture but more a picture of all the salamanders caught in a ten-foot-long part of the creek in about an hour.
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
ocean_beach_gothDescription
On Asclepias
adult ovipositing and egg
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Narrowleaf Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis)Observer
ocean_beach_gothDescription
Site 49
adult in photo 4 is ovipositing
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Narrowleaf Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis)Observer
david_n_leeDescription
Thin-leaved milkweed?
Searched database for that name but system didn't recognize.
Going to seed.
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Narrowleaf Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis)Observer
truthseqrDescription
With seed pods.
I'm documenting the Narrowleaf Milkweed plants we saw today, even if they were growing close to each other. There were dozens of plants on all 4 sides of this old barn (I didn't photograph them all).
For the Xerces Society and other organizations that are starting a continent-wide Monarch and milkweed BioBlitz.
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Botta's Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae)Observer
coreyjlangeDescription
A Red-tailed Hawk captured a Botta's Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae), killed it, and ate it on the side of the hill! The Red-tailed Hawk was even banded!
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Rincon Ridge Manzanita (Arctostaphylos stanfordiana ssp. decumbens)Observer
jeffbisbee
