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Japanese Moon Moth (Actias gnoma)Observer
miyrumiyruDescription
Beautiful luna moth
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Barred Owl (Strix varia)Observer
baneofporcupinesDescription
Life seems so swell when you don’t have a job or neck vertebrae
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Smooth Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)Observer
grimmoireDescription
sólo uno🪻me encanta flores morados
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Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)Observer
ilee1112Description
So good to see a pair of owls back in this area again!
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Shark Eye (Neverita duplicata)Observer
grimmoireDescription
WOW!! never seen this kind snail shell before! such a cute rainbow and unique shape, with a cherry-pit on the underside 🦈🌈
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Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)Observer
gothnatureDescription
Mallards for scale in the second photo
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White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)Observer
detchisonDescription
UCI Marsh survey
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Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)Observer
kestrlPlace
Huntington Beach Central Park West, 18381 Goldenwest St, Huntington Beach, CA 92648, USA (Google, OSM)
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Coyote (Canis latrans)Observer
pplvsdogsDescription
This is one of those heartbreaking observations. I was scanning the landscape for coyotes, my favorite sighting in this part, and I saw something moving in the distance. I looked through the viewfinder and realized it was a prone coyote. The tail appeared to be fluttering, and then I thought I saw the ear move. At the same time, when I looked at the photos, the tail almost appears to have been dislocated from the body. Altogether, it was a strange and sad sight. I couldn’t get closer because it was a restricted area. I don’t know what happened to the poor thing, but It appeared to have died at that moment, or maybe within a short time before, or else, was mortally wounded. Still, I can't say for sure because I was too far away.
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Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)Observer
thesafarihikerDescription
location close but not exact
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Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)Observer
kestrlPlace
Huntington Beach Central Park West, 6741 Central Park Dr, Huntington Beach, CA 92647, USA (Google, OSM)
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Clark's Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii)Observer
emo_youngDescription
cute grebe family
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Common Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)Observer
discstewDescription
Caught a perch in Candlewood Lake
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Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)Observer
meemzillaDescription
They’ve been living around here for years. They’re in the road trying to eat a dead squirrel.
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Nematodes (Phylum Nematoda)Observer
mnold1Description
Garden cucumber leaf. Looking like a flight over an agricultural landscape, this patchwork pattern is characteristic of a mosaic virus infection. An inexpensive stereo microscope was used for a closer look at the green and brown rectangles. Trichomes were an interesting target, appearing more white and opaque in the brown areas versus more translucent in the live, green areas. A square cm of leaf tissue was put on glass slide with water and a coverslip and observed under a compound microscope. Surprisingly, nematodes appeared to be wriggling out of the tissue (at least a dozen or more were observed), suggesting this may be a nematode disease rather than CMV (?). Note, this leaf was trellised and had no ground contact.
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miyrumiyruDescription
I rescued her from harmful streetlight... hope she took a relax :)
Her eggs : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239551389
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Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)Observer
lhc005Description
two grown-up young owls
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Anise-scented Sage (Salvia guaranitica)Observer
grimmoireDescription
Such a gothic beauty!!! Would love to grow some in my future personal goth garden.
Usually try to avoid cultivated plants but this was too perfect to pass up. Also the ends of the flowers make them look like the open mouthed fangs of a venomous snake!
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Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)Observer
bewickwrenDescription
WINGSCAPES BIRDCAM PRO CAMERA
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California Quail (Callipepla californica)Observer
bewickwrenDescription
M2L183E136A1B261-E0A0B0-E0A0B0-E0A0B0-E0A0B0-C136,1
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Bobcat (Lynx rufus)Observer
bewickwrenDescription
M2L0P35E80A96B0C00-P0E0A0B0C00-E0A0B0C00-E0A0B0C00-E0A0B0C00-C80,96
