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Crawling on my camera that I left on the table while I was looking at something else a few feet away
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Genus MesopsocusObserver
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Appears to be a nymph
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True Bugs (Suborder Heteroptera)Observer
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Not sure if this is a nymph of a plant bug or an aphid
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Maybe...looks fairly close based on bugguide
Several of these crawling on picnic table under oak trees
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Western Fire Centipede (Scolopocryptops gracilis)Observer
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
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Eggplant Tortoise Beetle (Gratiana pallidula)Observer
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Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii)Observer
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These two males were having a scuffle--they were up in an oak tree and then sort of tumbled to the ground where they continued their spat but in grass too deep for me to see. These photos are after they flew up to another oak tree where they were for a few minutes before one eventually gave up and flew out
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Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)Observer
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Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)Observer
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Carrying food
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Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)Observer
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Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)Observer
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Many swallows but I didn't have the patience to try and shoot additional photos to see what kind they all were
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Nanday Parakeet (Aratinga nenday)Observer
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Two of eight seen
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)Observer
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With at least 4 young
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Monkeyflowers (Genus Erythranthe)Observer
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