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Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)Observer
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Observed feeding on insects inside the cattail heads.
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Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)Observer
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Several small flocks seen in flight on this day.
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Northwestern Garter Snake (Thamnophis ordinoides)Observer
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Sunning on a log on a warm fall day.
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Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)Observer
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Observed a juvenile Cooper's hawk catch and eat this Virginia rail.
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Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)Observer
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Observing hawking and sallying for insects.
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Lorquin's Admiral (Limenitis lorquini)Observer
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Watched them grow and pupate on a non-native willow species.
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Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)Observer
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Caught and released native rainbow trout.
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Short-tailed Weasel (Mustela richardsonii)Observer
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Alerted to this little one hunting by alarming pika and chipmunks.
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Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)Observer
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Foraging with a mixed flock along hedgerow edge.
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Western Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon vehiculum)Observer
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Found under the same log, in mixed big-leaf maple and Douglas fir/red cedar/ western hemlock forest.
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Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)Observer
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Adult grebe catching, dispatching and eating a threespine stickleback.
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Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)Observer
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Male Calliope hummingbird displaying and singing.
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Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)Observer
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Foraging Bewick's wren along the boardwalk trail.
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)Observer
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Juvenile Cooper's hawk, recently fledged and alert.
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Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)Observer
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Muskrat harvesting and transporting some canary-reed grass.
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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)Observer
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Bald eagle snatching a canvasback.
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Townsend's Vole (Microtus townsendii)Observer
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Not sure of exact species, possibly Townsend's vole.
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Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)Observer
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Found dead inside of a small tree on the grounds of Potholes State park.
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Longnose Dace (Rhinichthys cataractae)Observer
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Unsure of exact species. Temporary restrained and then returned to the Teanaway River, a tributary of the Yakima River.
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Northern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria coerulea)Observer
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Adult, surface active on the edge of a small wetland.