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Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)Observer
larrynicholsDescription
Monarch butterflies were feeding on this Tansy Ragwort nectar.
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False Tarantula (Calisoga longitarsis)Observer
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Burrow opening larger in diameter than a quarter
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Northern Rubber Boa (Charina bottae)Observer
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Female, about 16" long. Active and apparently healthy. Found in the open in the middle of a just beginning to clear cloudy/sunny day. (unusual for a species which is generally crepuscular)
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Coast Garter Snake (Thamnophis elegans ssp. terrestris)Observer
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Observed eating a vole. The entire feeding episode, from capture of the vole to complete ingestion lasted about ten minutes. Snake was approximately 18-24" long
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
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Sinkyone Wilderness in the vicinity of Orchard and Bear Harbor Campgrounds. Dozens of individuals, feeding especially on Jacobaea vulgaris (Tansy Ragwort)
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Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus ssp. oreganus)Observer
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Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus ssp. oreganus)Observer
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Rattan's Penstemon (Penstemon rattanii var. rattanii)Observer
larrynicholsDescription
Additional P. rattanii in Prairie Creek. CREA Trail, within the first half mile of the train from Rhododendron Trail intersection
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Rattan's Penstemon (Penstemon rattanii var. rattanii)Observer
larrynicholsDescription
I believe this is the first record of P. rattanii in Prairie Creek. Prairie Creek RSP, Rhododendron Trail between Brown Creek and CREA
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Western Fairy-Slipper (Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis)Observer
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California Fetid Adderstongue (Scoliopus bigelovii)Observer
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an individual specimen with no leaf blotching. I did not know this could happen
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American Mink (Neogale vison)Observer
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Roadkill. Fairly large male. Nearly fresh at 4:00 in the afternoon. Only minor carcass damage from crow pecking
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Pacific Jumping Mouse (Zapus trinotatus)Observer
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Dead in a flower bed at Humboldt State University. End of tail missing and generally roughed-up. Several hundred feet from the nearest wild/brushy/marshy habitat
