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Conejo Europeo Salvaje (Oryctolagus cuniculus ssp. cuniculus)Autor
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This rabbit appeared from cover near the track to the lookout, then made its way down the slope (in the open) until it finally arrived a bit of scrub near the cliff edge. It ignored the gannets, and they ignored it, with just the one exception in the photo here. Mostly it poked around as it went, but occasionally got startled and ran a short distance. At the destination it started feeding at the patch of grass. This gannet gave it a curious look and the rabbit stayed still in "hiding" mode, then carried on nibbling grass.
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Trite planicepsAutor
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The individual to the right was eventually pushed off the leaf
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Género ArhyssusAutor
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Rocky Oaks
Surprised to see this nymph out this time of year
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Búho Nival (Bubo scandiacus)Autor
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Snowy Owl
Unbelievably, a snowy owl has made its way to Southern California. What a beauty!
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Búho Nival (Bubo scandiacus)Autor
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I am hoping to have a good year, but I can already say this will probably be the highlight. I've wanted to see this owl since I was little.
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Águila Perdicera (Aquila fasciata)Autor
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Septiembre 2022Descripción
Molested twice.
First, by Vanellus vanellus and then by Circus aeruginosus
I can't introduce more than one interation. Here both:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136485463
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136485468
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Pusula solandriAutor
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New to me. Cover for an anemone who didn't want to share.
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compared with images from https://www.pflanzengallen.de/pflanzenverzeichnis.php?letter=R
obs for plant: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34170238
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Cracked open this gall today that I collected in January (maybe earlier!) and had kept in a ziplock. I expected to find dessicated pupae inside since I had taken the moistened towel out weeks ago fearing mold. I think it's safe to say these aren't inquilines since all six or so I extracted (and have in alcohol) were within the expected egg cases and are identical, but who knows. Imagine my surprise when each of them started moving (barely) once their case was cracked open. Original host was Q agrifolia.
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Malibu Creek State Park
Third colony...maybe 50-75 bees but that's a wild guess--many
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Gall (?) on Keckiella antirrhinoides var. antirrhinoides
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Camaleón del Desierto (Phrynosoma platyrhinos)Autor
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Desert Tortoise Natural Area
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Tortuga Patona (Gopherus agassizii)Autor
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Desert Tortoise Natural Area
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Hormiga Cosechadora (Pogonomyrmex rugosus)Autor
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I was very surprised to find what appeared to be two very different colonies of ants just a few inches apart. These ants were quite large and the entrance to their colony was rectangular hole dug at an angle into the soil (bottom of photo 4).
Nearby (top of photo 4) were among the smallest ants I've ever seen and the entrance to their colony was in the center of a ring of soil.
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Mariposa Azufre Elegante (Nathalis iole)Autor
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Plum Canyon. Well-camouflaged next to desert lavender leaves.
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Escarabajos Buceadores (Familia Dytiscidae)Autor
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Amargosa River
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I'm thinking this is a moth mimicking a golden paper wasp? On a tobacco tree.
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Búho Cornudo (Bubo virginianus)Autor
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Caught a duck, but the duck (Female Northern Shoveler) got away.
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This otter thoughtfully brought her catches over to us so we could photograph them better.
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Parmelina coleaeAutor
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Growing on the bark of a large Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum). Black underside to the lobes.
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Several patches of this lichen were growing on the shaded, north-facing side of a massive rhyolite slab.
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Ventura Harbor Ecological Reserve
For the large insect with the feathery antennae
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Paramount Ranch
Beautiful blue eyed bee...not sure I've seen this one before. On wooly blue curls in the wind.
Perhaps a Melissodes stearnsi?
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Carpintero de Lewis (Melanerpes lewis)Autor
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King Gillette
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Gaviota Occidental (Larus occidentalis)Autor
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Eating what looks like the remains of a sea urchin. It took multiple attempts.
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Mariposa Pinocho (Libytheana carinenta)Autor
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Rocky Oaks
This is the third snout I've seen in LA County in the last month, but the first so far west. The other two were out towards the Antelope Valley
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Aguililla Rojinegra (Parabuteo unicinctus)Autor
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Jacumba
One of several in the area. Second photo show some of the others
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Sapos Norteamericanos (Género Anaxyrus)Autor
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Septiembre 8, 2006Descripción
Four individuals found under a trash can. This is the reason why, to this day, I still persist in looking under trash cans.
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Lince Americano (Lynx rufus)Autor
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juvenile. no sign of mange
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Jalama Beach
Going with AI. This was attached to this sand dollar
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Arnold Road
I have included 8 of the many photos I took of this encounter. In the first, the female is feeding. In the second the male arrives to begin mating. A few photos show them mating and after he leaves, I included 2 more photos of the female still on the flower
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Garcita Verde (Butorides virescens)Autor
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There is a pond just east of here on Miramar Marine Corps Base land. Unexpected sighting in coastal sage scrub.
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Lower Topanga Canyon
Definitely the find of the day--and even the month. Very cool moth!
Unfortunately he was slightly above eye level so I couldn't get the ideal photo
