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on a sperm whale

Observed 182 R. draytonii post-metamorphic frogs. Observed adults and froglets along and near the shoreline. Nightime visual encounter survey only.

I was sent this photo by a neighbor she claims it is a great white she saw while stand up paddling. I’ve lived in that area all my life and never seen any shark that size.

This White Ibis caught a small snake for a meal.

The White Ibis observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3418073

Cueva de Los Quinteros
Murciélago atrapado

growing in open field

North side of 101 near Cole rd.

Piebald found by Kacy. Also one of the thickest I've seen.

Orange fluorescence under 365nm blacklight.

Individual with unique markings indicative of the southern lineage

Probably Lesser (canadensis) as that's the dominate SSP in neighboring Imperial county at the Salton Sea and the red crown seems fairly limited.

Found in a cave.

Mother and pup. Photos 1, 2, 3 are the mother, photo 4 is the pup. They (and a 3rd seal I saw later) had green algae growing all over them.

Found in woodrat nest during field research. Military training firing range, access highly restricted

Pair of House Wrens nesting deep in the throat of a Pterodactly sculpture.

First photo is a strange albino individual.

OR-103 on a brief sojourn into the Salmon River watershed before he was killed in Oregon.

Western Grebe with large sucker species that it fed to a Clark's Grebe.

First pair of chum seen spawning in this creek in a while. In the past we have seen chum but no evidence of pairs before.

Mating? The larger brighter colored one emerged first, followed by the two slightly smaller drabber colored ones, who wrapped themselves around it when it stopped.

Found another mystery KRP Spadefoot in the same area as the last one. I am now leaning towards Great Basin Spadefoot, which I think is still a fairly big range extension.

Photographed under authorization of USFWS

Gopher Tortoise Tick (Amblyomma tuberculatum) on a Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus).

Growing in talus on north face of Cross Mountain. Hundreds to thousands scattered in steep, mobile scree.

I have no idea what this lizard is definitely not a western fence lizard

I saw this snake at rest for a while and then slithering away in the Ballona freshwater marsh.

Two live individuals present.

175ft deep

in the ranches on the border with mexico next to the river

20 inches long and not positive of my identification

Snapping turtle caught a duck by the beak. (nb see the duck post to see what happened)

Swimming very slowly at the surface, barely noticed my kayak was there. Swam within 1ft of kayak, did not spook.