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American Badger (Taxidea taxus)Observer
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Found dead on side of I-80. No conceivable crossing spot within 1/4 mile. Head is pulverized 😔
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Rodents (Order Rodentia)Observer
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The area is full of Voles & Rock squirrels, though I feel it may have been too small for a squirrel. I had nothing to show for scale
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Biscuitroots (Genus Lomatium)Observer
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Not versed enough to nail it down to specofics, though I'm positive it isn't the Carrotleaf Desert Parsley, leaves weren't succulent-like at all. Any tips on differentiating would be great, and I'll be out there a lot so would love to know what I'm showing people, and even better if it's a native.
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Short-winged Blister Beetle (Meloe angusticollis)Observer
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Beetle was exhibiting a digging or gathering bebavior behavior in the depression of a Mule deer hoofprint in clay along a well worn 2-track pathway.
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Something...Observer
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I suspect Turkey but couldn't find tracks or anything to confirm it
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Something...Observer
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We have badgers, Yellow-bellied marmots, and Rock squirrels on the property and in this area. About 6500 ft elev.
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Common Carrion Beetle (Thanatophilus lapponicus)Observer
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Several feeding on Coyote scat on a trail.
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Occidentalis-group Harvester Ants (Complex Pogonomyrmex occidentalis)Observer
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Blue Fescue (Festuca glauca)Observer
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Growing along edge of unmown area of apartment complex hillside
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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)Observer
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6555 ft. Elev., just a guess on Red Fox, or maybe Bobcat. It was near a newly exposed frozen deer carcass.
