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Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)Observer
mertensiaDescription
What should we do when they hatch? When they fledge? The bird has coped with us moving the gators in and out of here but lots of hazards for it.
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California Towhee (Melozone crissalis)Observer
gregslakDescription
TOWHEES IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR.
Heard a mysterious tapping sound as I returned to my car. At first, I considered a nearby woodpecker. But it was merely a lonely California Towhee, tapping on the mirror of my car.
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Stairstep Moss (Hylocomium splendens)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
Hike to karst location. Quadra Island, BC, Canada
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True Sedges (Genus Carex)Observer
margaret_eaglecapDescription
Tufted w/ culms >> leaves; 3 stigmas/achene trigonous; terminal male spike very short and with very short peduncle; perigynia hairy, ~4 mm x ~1.5 mm max wide, beak bidentate for ~0.2 mm; previously burned aspen woodland.
No field pics. For submission to UBC.
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Wheat Sedge (Carex atherodes)Observer
stevendanielDescription
fairly large stand completely vegetative - no flowering whatsoever
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Tree Pelt Lichen (Peltigera collina)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
Sumas Mountain, Abbotsford, BC, Canada
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Stoplight Parrotfish (Sparisoma viride)Observer
robin_dive_divaDescription
Night
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Slough Sedge (Carex obnupta)Observer
awaldrop18Description
Bigger than I’m used to seeing for obnupta! 😮
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Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)Observer
kent_ozmentDescription
I've never seen this behavior before. I thought it was a turtle at first glance. It stayed in this position until I had completely passed by, them emerged an flew toward the clutch observed nearby.
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Pale Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis unicolor)Observer
tim1336Description
Male juvenile
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Poplars, Cottonwoods, and Aspens (Genus Populus)Observer
ckjannabirdsDescription
Bushtits sucking sap from base of this tree
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Small-Flower Halfchaff Sedge (Cyperus subsquarrosus)Observer
peterzikaDescription
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Black Noddy (Anous minutus)Observer
julia_brothertonDescription
Additional comments? - 4 sunbathing black noddy terns
How many? - 4
Habitat - Nature Reserve
Nest present - No
Behavior - Other
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Squirreltail (Elymus elymoides)Observer
peterzikaDescription
subsp. brevifolius
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Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)Observer
kalamurphykingDescription
Patterns
There are so many beautiful patterns in nature.
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Bird-bill Spikegrass (Chasmanthium ornithorhynchum)Observer
janetwrightDescription
Swamp forest
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Lyngbye's Sedge (Carex lyngbyei)Observer
bobmcdDescription
Grizzly Bear has been feeding on these sedges.
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Lagoon Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus)Observer
fubberpishDescription
bluff charging at me, must have a nest nearby
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Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Superfamily Membracoidea)Observer
danielblanco521
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Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish (Chlorurus spilurus)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
Arborek Island. Off main pier. Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
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squirrelbaitDescription
These two molty guys were peering at me over a rock, mid stream.
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Painted-cup Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
Misery Bay Provincial Park, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada
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Blue Alpine Phacelia (Phacelia sericea var. ciliosa)Observer
karleeninboiseDescription
B9 silky phacelia
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Carrot-seed Grasses (Genus Tragus)Observer
tuliDescription
for the larder
Tragus seeds being harvested by ants, formed an important component of the collected material
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Wire Grass (Elionurus muticus)Observer
tiliathalDescription
B7_fExcl_001
Elionurus cf muticus
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Lion Beetle (Ulochaetes leoninus)Observer
maknightDescription
This beetle appeared to be laying eggs, in a cedar stump, with its ovipositer!
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Boar Thistle (Galactites tomentosus)Observer
amarsaciDescription
Chardon laiteux
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Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)Observer
sphyrapicusDescription
Immature
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Red-breasted × Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber × nuchalis)Observer
sphyrapicus
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