Yesterday's walk

After a (for us) torrential downpour, complete with thunder and hail, I went for a walk this last evening.

Posted on May 5, 2023 04:07 PM by sparky_lurkdragon sparky_lurkdragon

Observations

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What

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Date

May 4, 2023 07:17 PM PDT

Description

Was trying to photograph two of them when the third photobombed. Heard the characteristic dove wing sounds as they took off.

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What

Domestic Cat (Felis catus)

Date

May 4, 2023 07:20 PM PDT

Description

Someone's cat, out in the after-rain evening. Looked too well-fed to be a stray.

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What

Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

Date

May 4, 2023 07:14 PM PDT

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What

Flixweed (Descurainia sophia)

Date

May 4, 2023 07:23 PM PDT

Description

Don't know enough about plants to tell ferns from fern mosses... the woody bits seem more ferny, though?

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What

Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

Date

May 4, 2023 07:23 PM PDT

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What

Flixweed (Descurainia sophia)

Date

May 4, 2023 07:24 PM PDT

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What

Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)

Date

May 4, 2023 07:27 PM PDT

Description

I see mule deer in this park all the time.

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What

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Date

May 4, 2023 07:31 PM PDT

Description

Observed the one robin pecking at a worm, until he was distracted by another robin.

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What

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Date

May 4, 2023 07:33 PM PDT

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What

Flixweed (Descurainia sophia)

Date

May 4, 2023 07:33 PM PDT

Description

More of these little ferny guys, with my hand for scale.

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What

Earthworms (Family Lumbricidae)

Date

May 4, 2023 07:36 PM PDT

Description

A worm probably driven out by the rain, that a robin was pecking at before another robin distracted him. It was still alive.

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