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American Pika (Ochotona princeps)

Observer

kueda

Date

September 30, 2024 09:49 AM PDT

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What

White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)

Observer

liamhuber

Date

September 11, 2024 06:26 PM PDT

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What

Oak Gall Wasps (Tribe Cynipini)

Observer

ocean_beach_goth

Date

April 27, 2024 12:09 PM PDT

Description

Blue Oak

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What

Festive Tiger Beetle (Cicindela scutellaris)

Date

September 22, 2024 09:19 AM CDT

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What

Oak Gall Wasps (Tribe Cynipini)

Observer

samzanita

Date

August 23, 2024 04:31 PM PDT

Description

Quercus douglasii. Flange gall

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What

Hydras (Genus Hydra)

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graysquirrel

Date

September 15, 2024 12:15 PM PDT

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carrollperkins

Date

September 11, 2020 10:38 AM MDT

Description

Ovipositing into Acraspis quercushirta gall on the underside of a burr oak leaf.

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What

Coral Gall Wasp (Burnettweldia corallina)

Observer

ocean_beach_goth

Date

October 7, 2023 11:13 AM PDT

Description

On Blue Oak
Preserved in EtOH for Cynipini Larval Sequencing Project

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What

Ruptured Twig Gall Wasp (Callirhytis perdens)

Observer

ocean_beach_goth

Date

October 11, 2023 04:47 PM PDT

Description

Coast Live Oak
Preserved in EtOH for Cynipini Larval Sequencing Project

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What

Honeydew Gall Wasp (Disholcaspis eldoradensis)

Observer

augustjackson

Date

November 3, 2022 06:09 PM PDT

Description

Emerging on the coldest day of the year. Certainly the first time this has been photographed.

Seperation of D. eldoradensis and D. mellifica still needs some work, especially in the Northwest, but I believe this to be the former species based on gall size and morphology.

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Striped Volcano Gall Wasp (Feron atrimentum)

Observer

milliebasden

Date

February 24, 2022 12:11 PM PST

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What

Chalcidoid Wasps (Superfamily Chalcidoidea)

Observer

merav

Date

September 11, 2024 09:44 AM PDT

Description

on Blue oak

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What

Oak Gall Wasps (Tribe Cynipini)

Observer

norikonbu

Date

September 2, 2024 10:56 AM PDT

Description

On canyon live oak
Another observation on the same tree: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239527243

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What

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Observer

t2452

Date

August 2024

Description

Near another Green Heron. All white plumage visible before it took cover in these reeds. Leucistic bird maybe?

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Observer

nomolosx

Date

June 10, 2024

Description

on Eriogonum fasciculatum

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What

Western Spadefoot (Spea hammondii)

Observer

insectify

Date

May 2024

Description

I believe this is the same individual:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235275994

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What

Bellybutton Nautilus (Nautilus macromphalus)

Observer

paulinefey

Date

August 13, 2022 07:21 PM +11

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What

Golden Buprestid Beetle (Buprestis aurulenta)

Observer

emilythegreat

Date

July 10, 2024 05:44 PM PDT

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What

Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas)

Observer

linzyl

Date

June 21, 2024 09:26 AM AKDT

Description

Incredible!

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What

Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus)

Observer

graysquirrel

Date

August 1, 2024 05:32 PM PDT

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What

Northern Moonsnail (Euspira heros)

Observer

junebugodell

Date

July 26, 2024 01:31 PM EDT

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What

North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)

Observer

ceeec

Date

July 26, 2024 10:30 PM EDT

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What

Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasciata)

Observer

jackscheinman

Date

April 24, 2022 07:19 AM PDT

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What

Cactus Chimney Bees (Complex Diadasia australis)

Observer

cesarponce17

Date

May 2024

Place

Mexico (Google, OSM)

Description

Visiting a Cylindropuntia flower.

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What

Ashy Gray Lady Beetle (Olla v-nigrum)

Observer

cesarponce17

Date

March 2023

Place

Mexico (Google, OSM)

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What

Big Sur Shoulderband Snail (Helminthoglypta umbilicata)

Date

March 2024

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Observer

norikonbu

Date

July 6, 2024 02:57 PM PDT

Description

1 tiny parasitoid (less than 2mm) emerged from one of these galls on canyon live oak:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226589064

Collected: 06-30-2024
Emerged: 07-06-2024

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What

Red-winged Weevil (Anthonomus haematopus)

Observer

okbirdman

Date

June 10, 2024 02:47 PM PDT

Description

Very cool to see this weevil boring into a sawfly gall (Euura) on an Arroyo Willow (Salix lasiolepis). Not sure if it was just feeding or also preparing to lay eggs per information here

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Observer

graysquirrel

Date

June 30, 2024 11:07 AM PDT

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What

Ribbed Spot (Punctum californicum)

Observer

graysquirrel

Date

June 30, 2024 12:57 PM PDT

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Observer

norikonbu

Date

July 1, 2024 06:48 AM PDT

Description

1 female emerged from this gall on canyon live oak:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226587102

Collected: 06-30-2024
Emerged: 07-01-2024

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What

Tube-tailed Thrips (Family Phlaeothripidae)

Observer

norikonbu

Date

July 2, 2024 08:20 AM PDT

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What

Mountain Lion (Puma concolor)

Observer

graysquirrel

Date

June 3, 2024 12:16 AM PDT

Description

Video clip here: https://imgur.com/eahJhIQ

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What

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Observer

oliviarosaline

Date

June 2024

Description

It's hanging out with house sparrows and brown headed cowbirds. It has red eyes, a pink beak, and pink legs in person. I believe it is a true albino.

*Photos taken by my relative Gregory Myers and posted with permission.

Its exact location is obscured to keep it safe from anyone trying to go catch it or something because you never know what some people might do, unfortunately. It is in Arnold, Missouri though.

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Observer

alice_abela

Date

May 27, 2024 04:41 PM PDT

Description

Figueroa Mountain, Los Padres National Forest, Santa Barbara County, California

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tiwane

Date

May 27, 2024 10:05 AM PDT

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What

Mountain Lion (Puma concolor)

Observer

maxallen

Date

November 2022

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What

Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas)

Observer

graysquirrel

Date

April 28, 2024 12:55 PM PDT

Description

This observation is intended for the smaller, less colorful fish, with the lateral stripe on its side

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What

Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas)

Observer

graysquirrel

Date

April 28, 2024 12:54 PM PDT

Description

This observation is intended for the larger, more colorful of the two fish

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What

Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata)

Observer

unta

Date

April 23, 2024 11:00 AM PDT

Description

Found it eating a potato bug(at least that’s what I know them as.

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Observer

dlbowls

Date

April 21, 2024 10:25 AM PDT

Description

Gall on Valley Oak. I see one with an exit hole (bottom right) and one with an emerging wasp (top left).

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What

White-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta formosa)

Observer

deflettuce

Date

April 8, 2024 10:35 AM CST

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Observer

norikonbu

Date

April 16, 2023 12:58 PM PDT

Description

On blue oak

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Observer

merav

Date

January 13, 2024 01:30 PM PST

Description

very small

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What

Plate Gall Wasp (Feron pattersonae)

Observer

teellbee

Date

April 2024

Description

Very slender club. Corrected to show host is a blue oak

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What

Woollybear Gall Wasp (Atrusca trimaculosa)

Observer

norikonbu

Date

March 27, 2024 03:42 PM PDT

Description

Host: valley oak
Collected: 01-27-2024
Dissected: 03-27-2024
1 larva preserved in EtOH

Field observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197825095

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What

Two-spotted Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata)

Observer

rynaturalist

Date

March 15, 2024 10:30 AM PDT

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What

Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)

Observer

inkasaur

Date

February 24, 2024 02:31 PM PST

Description

one of two leucistic individuals in the same tree

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What

Pacific Chorus Frog (Pseudacris regilla)

Observer

alicecaste

Date

February 24, 2024 02:04 PM PST

Description

liked the colors

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Observer

norikonbu

Date

February 22, 2024 07:24 PM PST

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Observer

norikonbu

Date

February 21, 2023 01:52 PM PST

Description

On fallen branches of valley oak

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Observer

norikonbu

Date

February 5, 2024 02:56 PM PST

Description

1 female emerged from a hidden stem gall on a valley oak twig fallen under the trees

Collected: 01-14-2024
Emerged: 02-05-2024

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Observer

norikonbu

Date

February 4, 2024 06:53 PM PST

Description

1 female emerged from a hidden stem gall on a valley oak twig fallen under the trees

Collected: 01-14-2024
Emerged: 02-04-2024

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Observer

norikonbu

Date

February 2, 2024 11:35 AM PST

Description

1 inquiline (less than 2mm) emerged from one of these galls on interior live oak:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196731204

Collected: 01-14-2024
Emerged: 02-02-2024

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What

Chuck-Will's-Widow (Antrostomus carolinensis)

Observer

bcvi

Date

May 2023

Place

Texas, US (Google, OSM)

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What

American Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta ssp. rubria)

Observer

lszterrill

Date

January 28, 2024 03:12 PM PST

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What

Globular Springtails (Order Symphypleona)

Observer

temminicki

Date

January 27, 2024 01:29 PM PST

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What

Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

Observer

vishals

Date

June 2020

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What

Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

Observer

vishals

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What

Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas)

Observer

accordiongordon

Date

January 30, 2021 02:14 PM PST

Description

Absolute unit.

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What

Tanoak Gall Wasp (Andricus notholithocarpi)

Observer

norikonbu

Date

January 23, 2024 12:43 PM PST

Description

1 female emerged from one of these galls on tanoak:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195401835

Collected: 12-27-2023
Emerged: 01-23-2024

(Last 4 photos were taken on Dec 30 when the gall was still fresh)

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Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)

Observer

danm123

Date

June 19, 2023 02:43 PM PDT

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What

Aztec Rail (Rallus tenuirostris)

Observer

leonardohe

Date

June 20, 2022 08:06 AM MDT

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What

Thick-billed Parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha)

Observer

agnishino

Date

May 2021

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What

Cope's Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)

Observer

anaolivia37

Date

April 7, 2023 01:37 PM EDT

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Observer

ekmes

Date

October 2020

Description

On red cone gall (valley oak).

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What

Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus)

Observer

karakaxa

Date

March 11, 2023 11:25 AM EET

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What

Cherry Gall Wasp (Cynips quercusfolii)

Observer

apusaffinis

Date

December 2023

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What

Green Oak-Slug Moth (Euclea incisa)

Observer

anudibranchmom

Date

November 30, 2023 04:18 PM CST

Description

Hahaha found a land Sea Hare for sure! :-)

Same observation as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192694867 by @seaslugin

@chilipossum @nudibitch

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What

Wild Olive Tortoise Beetle (Physonota alutacea)

Observer

anudibranchmom

Date

December 1, 2023 01:33 PM CST

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What

Heermann's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys heermanni)

Observer

clfarrow

Date

November 15, 2023 11:17 AM PST

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What

American Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca ssp. carolinensis)

Observer

howardfriedman1

Date

November 10, 2023 08:41 AM PST

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What

Tanoak Gall Wasp (Andricus notholithocarpi)

Observer

norikonbu

Date

October 21, 2023 10:49 AM PDT

Description

On tanoak

Collected: 10-21-2023
Dissected: 10-24-2023
2 pupae preserved in 99.8% EtOH and stored in the freezer

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Observer

nutguy58

Date

October 9, 2023 05:07 PM PDT

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What

Gray-headed Pika (Ochotona princeps ssp. schisticeps)

Observer

kueda

Date

October 13, 2023 12:19 PM PDT

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What

Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)

Observer

alliesmith4

Date

October 2023

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What

Chalcidoid Wasps (Superfamily Chalcidoidea)

Observer

merav

Date

October 12, 2023 04:33 PM PDT

Description

on valley oak

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What

Disc Gall Wasp (Feron parmula)

Observer

ocean_beach_goth

Date

September 28, 2023 12:50 PM PDT

Description

I think this is a hybrid oak. Epling’s.

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norikonbu

Date

October 4, 2023 11:10 AM PDT

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Observer

newtpatrol

Date

October 2, 2023 03:41 PM PDT

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Observer

norikonbu

Date

September 4, 2023 07:02 PM PDT

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What

Rosette-Gall Wasp (Andricus wiltzae)

Observer

norikonbu

Date

October 1, 2023 02:23 PM PDT

Description

Collected: 09-23-2023
Dissected: 10-01-2023
Field observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184627867
Preserved in EtOH for Cynipini Larval Sequencing Project

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What

Striped Volcano Gall Wasp (Feron atrimentum)

Observer

norikonbu

Date

April 2023

Description

1 male emerged from an Andricus atrimentus sexgen gall on blue oak

Collection date: 04-16-2023
Emergence date: 04-21-2023

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Observer

norikonbu

Date

June 29, 2023 09:49 AM PDT

Description

1 male emerged from these galls on canyon live oak:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169671185

Collected: 06-25-2023
Emerged: 06-29-2023

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Observer

norikonbu

Date

July 16, 2023 02:19 PM PDT

Description

1 female emerged from one of these galls on canyon live oak:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169663938

Collected: 06-25-2023
Emerged: 07-16-2023

(Last 4 photos were taken on June 25 when the gall was still fresh)

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What

West African Pied Hornbill (Lophoceros semifasciatus)

Observer

agboola

Date

September 18, 2023 08:10 PM WAT

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What

Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)

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Observer

kueda

Date

August 25, 2023 10:56 AM PDT

Description

Not even sure if this is a chrysalis or an egg. 7-8 mm.

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What

Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)

Observer

drewmc20

Date

June 6, 2023 04:48 PM PDT

Description

Very cool plumage. First time photographing this species

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What

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)

Date

May 6, 2023

Description

At the lily pads

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What

Oak Gall Wasps (Tribe Cynipini)

Observer

norikonbu

Date

March 26, 2023 03:34 PM PDT

Description

On blue oak

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What

Oak Gall Wasps (Tribe Cynipini)

Observer

norikonbu

Date

March 26, 2023 03:23 PM PDT

Description

On valley oak

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What

Northern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria coerulea)

Observer

chilipossum

Date

March 28, 2023 06:09 PM PDT

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What

Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas)

Observer

cnaventi

Date

March 13, 2023 08:04 PM PDT

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What

Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)

Observer

vinayak

Date

January 21, 2023 01:00 PM PST

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What

Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Observer

kerstinfirmin

Date

February 4, 2023 06:46 AM PST

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Observer

antye

Date

January 25, 2023 07:18 PM PST

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What

Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)

Observer

aceecee

Date

October 7, 2022 09:11 AM PDT

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What

Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)

Observer

filton18

Date

December 25, 2022 12:50 PM PST