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Century Plants (Genus Agave)Observer
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Chisos Basin Campground, Big Bend National Park. Image scanned from 35 mm slide.
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Prickly Pears (Genus Opuntia)Observer
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Chisos Basin Campground, Big Bend national Park. Image scanned from 35 mm slide.
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Wheeler Sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri)Observer
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Lower Pinnacles Trail, Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park. Image scanned from 35mm slide.
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Prickly Pears (Genus Opuntia)Observer
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Window Campground trail, Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park. Images scanned from 35mm Kodachrome slide.
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Century Plants (Genus Agave)Observer
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View south from Panther Junction, Chisos Mountains. Image scanned from 35 mm slide.
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Prickly Pears (Genus Opuntia)Observer
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Upper Pinnacles Trail, Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park. Images scanned from 35mm slides.
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Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)Observer
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Attracted to birds at bird feeder.
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Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris)Observer
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Drawn to feeder placed near wooded arroyo.
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Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)Observer
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Drawn to feeder placed near wooded arroyo.
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Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)Observer
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Bird hunting among boulders at tram base station.
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)Observer
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Juvenile that appeared to be looking among garden pots for prey.
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Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)Observer
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Bird was trapped in the lower part of a backyard fountain. Seemed exhausted and died shortly afterwards. Female (or juvenile?).
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Elk (Cervus canadensis)Observer
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Two cow elk wading across the Rio Chana.
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Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)Observer
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Female, at bird bath near wooded arroyo. Largely grey plumage with slight amount of yellow under throat and near under tail coverts. Slight eye ring.
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Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)Observer
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Adult butterfly feeding at Agastache cana.
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Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)Observer
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Perennial plant volunteer in large container. Previous observation of blooming plant: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121306081
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White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)Observer
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Drowned in rain barrel.