ckjannabirds's Identifications
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North American Deer Mice (Genus Peromyscus)Observer
lmtaylorDescription
Seen in a street in downtown Ithaca, about midday. The mouse then climbed the curb, darted across the sidewalk, and disappeared into a flowerbed.
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Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)Observer
noskcaj55Description
Found next to highway 12 being mobbed by crows. Upon closer inspection the owl was starving and sent for rehab at the Owl Foundation.
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Paintbrushes (Genus Castilleja)Observer
vickie_zellerDescription
Clustered, erect, without glands. Stems stiff, brittle, often branched, finely haired. Leaves with fine short and long hairs. Basal leaves linear, entire; upper leaves deeply divided, 3–7 linear lobes. Bracts and calyx similar, upper 1/2 usually bright red to red-orange to yellow, never purple. Flower tube twice as long as calyx, with upper tip slender and pointed. Grows in Great Basin, sagebrush-steppe, deserts. Often confused with closely related C. angustifolia.
Description from: https://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/castilleja-chromosa
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