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White Mulberry (Morus alba)Observer
konshauDescription
Being fed on by about 15 waxwings. No perceptible sweetness in any of them to me yet but not bad tasting either.
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Arroyo Bluet (Enallagma praevarum)Observer
konshauDescription
I think the cerci are long enough and body dark enough to eliminate tule.
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Vivid Dancer (Argia vivida)Observer
konshauDescription
Several males and females (not pictured) present. They were chasing each other a bit. Spot on side of each abdominal segment eliminates CA/Aztec
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Elm Leaf Beetle (Xanthogaleruca luteola)Observer
konshauDescription
A flock of 40 Cedar Waxwings was flycatching these in the big elm tree S of the track and W of A street.
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Winter Grass (Poa annua)Observer
konshauDescription
Essentially no visible spikelet axis so not infirma.
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Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)Observer
konshauDescription
There must be a dozen in the yard. Very common.
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Net-winged Beetles (Family Lycidae)Observer
konshauDescription
Captured in flight.
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Jersey Cudweed (Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum)Observer
konshauDescription
A good handful across the yard. Growing in weedy non native annual plant patches.
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Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum)Observer
konshauDescription
Pretty confident in this id though douglasii seems possible. One of the most unpleasant keying experiences ever.
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Slender Hairgrass (Deschampsia elongata)Observer
konshauDescription
A random couple of robust clumps in the garden recorded here. Common around the yard in shady and open spots. Last photo is in another spot and is of smaller more hair like plants.
Perennial as evidenced by last year's leaves dry around the base. Otherwise seems like danthonioides to me.
There are almost no native grasses or forbs in the yard right now, so this stood out to me. Plenty of non native Bromus, Cerastium, Taraxacum, Vulpia, Poa. Cardamine, and other annuals around the yard.
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Santa Cruz Aquatic Garter Snake (Thamnophis atratus ssp. atratus)Observer
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Interior Live Oak (Quercus wislizeni)Observer
konshauDescription
Last 3 photos show the postfire habitat here. Lots of Dendromecon, Eriodictyon, Arctostaphylos crustacea, and Chrysolepis as well. Essentially no different from the year after the burn.
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Artist's Popcornflower (Plagiobothrys chorisianus)Observer
konshauDescription
2 plants mixed in with dense annual grass and non native forb cover. No others seen in a brief 10 minute visit to the N end of the grassy lot here.
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Bracted Popcornflower (Plagiobothrys bracteatus)Observer
konshauDescription
Always a challenge to id and separate stipitatus at this growth stage.
These plants were scattered around the gravelly areas of the elevated road.
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Popcornflowers (Genus Plagiobothrys)Observer
konshauDescription
More succulent than the nearby braceatus. Growing in dense patches in the managed wetland units. Species not yet identifiable.
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Ground Beetles (Family Carabidae)Observer
konshauDescription
These were common in the gravel of the roads.
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Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa)Observer
konshauDescription
A Calliope Hummingbird fed on this vetch for a minute or so. I could not taste any sweetness in the corolla bases.
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Genus GryllusObserver
konshauDescription
Hundreds of them across the bike path and mulched road margin. Maybe drawn to the sports lights? Males and females present and many are flying up for short distances. There is a weird rattle introduced into my recording by the ASR app.
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Sacramento Blackfish (Orthodon microlepidotus)Observer
konshauDescription
9 blackfish here among the dozens of dead carp. The water in lake spafford has just started rising again after it was drained for construction a few days ago.
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Bobcat (Lynx rufus)Observer
konshauDescription
Fresh tracks that were not here an hour before. Half an hour before this I saw a Bobcat run by the rental, so it must have walked over here as well.
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Vernal Pool Mousetail (Myosurus sessilis)Observer
konshauDescription
Only individual we saw in the grassland S of the pond at woodland regional park
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Alkali Goldfields (Lasthenia platycarpha)Observer
konshauDescription
Looks like gracilis but has pinnately lobed leaves. Dense carpets of this species in this area near Rd 102 but only Fremontii in the area S of the pond.
