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Gaviota Pico Anillado (Larus delawarensis)Observ.
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Settle an argument, please! I say this is a first-year ring-billed gull, and she thinks it's a glaucous glaucous-winged gull, which would be unusual in that area. Thanks in advance!
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Gaviota Pico Anillado (Larus delawarensis)Observ.
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I realize it would be a rarity for that area, but spring migration was on so anything could happen...
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I have been assured that this is a Nerodia, so that's one person saying it's a cottonmouth, and many more saying it's a Nerodia species...
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I saw two snakes there, the other is presumably harmless, but this one is big and muscular and looks scary.
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Hongo Matamoscas (Amanita muscaria)Observ.
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Totally not sure about this, as I know diddly about fungi, but there was an article about toxic mushrooms growing in the Tahoe basin so I thought I'd post the pictures.
Sorry I don't have photos of the stem or gills, but the cap was nearly flush with the ground. And now, I'm glad I didn't dig the thing up.
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Azucenas (Género Lilium)Observ.
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Every summer the wetlands off the trail turn into a meadow, and fills with huge wild tiger lilies. They are huge, the plants are 4-5 feet high at their highest point, and the flowers are maybe 3" in diameter and 4" from the top of the petals to the end of the stamens.
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Araña Manchada de Jardín (Neoscona oaxacensis)Observ.
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Big spider, nearly two inches long with legs extended, body about an inch long. And while I saw western spotted golden orbweavers elsewhere in the arboretum, I'm not convinced this is one, so thanks for any help!
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Playero Vagabundo (Tringa incana)Observ.
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Seen today! I must put it on ebird, this is a rarity for this area.
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Mejillones, Choros Y Choritos (Familia Mytilidae)Observ.
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I assume they're "blue mussels", they are kind of bluish.
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Vertebrados (Subfilo Vertebrata)Observ.
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Of course it's hard to tell with so little left, but I'm pretty sure it's a shark and not a seal. A largish one, the remains are about six feet long with no head, so the living animal was, I don't know, about eight feet long?
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Águila Cabeza Blanca (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)Observ.
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Sorry about the picture quality, but there's worse on Inat! And even if the pictures are out of focus, you can still see the eagle-sized beak, more white on the tail than juvenile ospreys or golden eagles ever have, and a dusting of white on the back that is only seen in baldies.
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Género LaphriaObserv.
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Big mofo, probably over an inch long from fangs to abdomen tip.
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This WAS interesting! A wasp with a body about an inch long, wiggling along the ground with a two-inch long protuberance sticking out of its abdomen. An ovipositor for a species that lays its eggs deep, maybe?
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Género NerieneObserv.
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Small spiders who were making a dome-shaped web. The spiders were quite small, the bodies less that a centimeter across, their webs maybe 8-12" in diameter at the longest axis.
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Amapola de California (Eschscholzia californica)Observ.
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I just wanted to point out that California Poppies still grow wild here, a few even stick it out through winter, this one was in bloom on Dec. 31! And that's one of the reason it's our state flower.
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Abejas Negras del Sudor (Género Halictus)Observ.
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An incredibly tiny bee, well under a centimeter long, dahlia for scale.
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Garceta Azul (Egretta caerulea)Observ.
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A juvenile bird, with its blue-gray adult feathers just coming in.
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Género SphexObserv.
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Seen on the same day as a black wasp species with blue-sheened wings, but this one has a bright red abdomen. Both are large, both an inch long from nose to tip, so are they the same species?
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Quite a large wasp, about an inch long, and with a distinct blue sheen on the wings visible in real life I wish it had photographed better.
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Género AmmophilaObserv.
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A very large wasp, or at least a very long one, over an inch long not including antenae.
