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California Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor ssp. hirsuta)Observer
pranamanaDescription
@wildmarin I would love for you to ID this observation. Thank you!
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Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)Observer
backyardbiologist77Description
I apologize for the quality of the photos. As you can see, there is a white turkey. I am fairly sure that it is leucistic or something similar.
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Fruity Brittlegill (Russula queletii)Observer
dgreenbergerDescription
Sharp peppery taste
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Giant Water Scavenger Beetle (Hydrophilus triangularis)Observer
wildmarinDescription
found outside the Clem Miller Environmental Education Center by @audreyorum whose pink shirt is reflected in the beetle's shell
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Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)Observer
wildmarinDescription
Dark morph Swainson's hawk - long, pointed wings with four primaries; brown head; faintly streaked tail with brownish terminal band; dark body and wings contrasting with paler undertail coverts; "comma" distal to carpal area of wings is just visible in photo; dark forewing contrasts slightly with paler hind wing. Soaring around over wetlands.
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Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)Observer
wildmarinDescription
this dark-morph Swainson's hawk was about half a mile away and being pestered by a blackbird. I didn't think i'd get a decent enough shot to ID it, but with the help of the folks below, it seems pretty clear. Not an eagle which is what I thought it was at first. Even better.
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Beaverpond Baskettail (Epitheca canis)Observer
wildmarinDescription
I'm not sure of this ID - never seen this species before, but I can't see any other options that seem similar. the "hairy shoulders" seem pretty distinctive, as does the tail shape
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Bleeding Fairy Helmet (Mycena haematopus)Observer
wildmarinDescription
ID by @alan_rockefeller on California Mushroom Identification Forum on FB
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Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)Observer
nmcnearDescription
Interesting if true.
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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)Observer
catmaveDescription
saw several of these tiny "cotton balls" on mt. tam. this one was along the matt davis trail, btwn. the coastal trail & pan toll. - any ideas who made it & whose home this is? maybe a tarantula home
