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Scallops and Allies (Order Pectinida)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Near Fossil Ridge Trail in Topanga State Park. Occasional shell fossils embedded in boulders in the area. Not a signifiant amount of visible fossils but enough for the trail to get its name.
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Pale Swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Near Fossil Ridge Trail in Topanga State Park. Partly cloudy day in the 70’s F.
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Common Ringlet (Coenonympha california)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Near Fossil Ridge Trail in Topanga State Park. Partly cloudy day in the 70’s F.
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Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Near Fossil Ridge Trail in Topanga State Park. Partly cloudy day in the 70’s F.
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Blue Dicks (Dipterostemon capitatus)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Growing near Fossil Ridge Trail in Topanga State Park.
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Silver Bird's-foot Trefoil (Acmispon argophyllus)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Growing near Fossil Ridge Trail in Topanga State Park.
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Rose Clover (Trifolium hirtum)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Growing near Fossil Ridge Trail in Topanga State Park.
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Greenbark Ceanothus (Ceanothus spinosus)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Growing near Fossil Ridge Trail in Topanga State Park.
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Collared Annual Lupine (Lupinus truncatus)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Growing near Fossil Ridge Trail in Topanga State Park.
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Clearwater Cryptantha (Cryptantha intermedia)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Growing near Fossil Ridge Trail in Topanga State Park.
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Chaparral Bird's-foot Trefoil (Acmispon grandiflorus)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Growing near Fossil Ridge Trail in Topanga State Park.
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Prickly Phlox (Linanthus californicus)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Many of these growing on cliffs next to the highway.
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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
White variants in garden at McClellan Park.
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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Pinkish purple variants in garden at McClellan Park.
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Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Eating at bird feeders at Audubon Society garden at McClellan Park. Cloudy day with showers in the 50’s F. Not sure if this is identifiable. Flew off after seeing me. Was eating small black seeds out of feeder.
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Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Eating at bird feeders at Audubon Society garden at McClellan Park. Cloudy day with showers in the 50’s F.
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Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Eating at bird feeders at Audubon Society garden at McClellan Park. Cloudy day with showers in the 50’s F.
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Blue Dicks (Dipterostemon capitatus)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Growing on rocky hillside in Arroyo Seco canyon.
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California Chicory (Rafinesquia californica)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Growing on rocky hillside in Arroyo Seco canyon.
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California Chicory (Rafinesquia californica)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Growing on rocky hillside in Arroyo Seco canyon.
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Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
On flowers at Bellyache Springs Waterfall on Highway 33.
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Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
This sighting is for the spider. Caught a Cabbage White butterfly at Bellyache Springs Waterfall on Highway 33.
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Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
This sighting is for the butterfly. Caught by spider at Bellyache Springs Waterfall on Highway 33.
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Tufted Poppy (Eschscholzia caespitosa)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Growing at Bellyache Springs Waterfall on Highway 33. Not a CA poppy due to no pink disc under the flower.
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
On Deerweed at Chandler Nature Preserve. Partly cloudy day in the 60’s F.
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Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
On California Brittle-bush flowers in Chivo Canyon. Cloudy day in the 60’s F.
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Texas Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon texanus)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
On California Brittle-bush flowers in Chivo Canyon. Cloudy day in the 60’s F.
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Tower Snails (Family Turritellidae)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Fossil Turritella shells. In Chivo Canyon where the rocks span at least the Miocene and Eocene eras
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Tower Snails (Family Turritellidae)Observer
ezeemoneeDescription
Fossil Turretella shell. In Chivo Canyon where the rocks span at least the Miocene and Eocene eras