Observations by sea-kangaroo on April 16, 2019
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Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonotaObserver
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Currently swallow-less nests, with interloper.
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House Sparrow Passer domesticusObserver
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You're not a swallow!
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Rubber Rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosaObserver
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Rabbitbrush-y bush with lots of various galls.
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Arthropods Phylum ArthropodaObserver
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Galls on rabbitbrush.
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Borage Family Family BoraginaceaeObserver
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Current all-time Tiny Flower Collection champion.
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Evening Primrose Family Family OnagraceaeObserver
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For the tiny flower collection.
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Suncups Genus CamissoniopsisObserver
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For the tiny flower collection.
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Whitedaisy Tidytips Layia glandulosaObserver
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They called these Desert Tidy Tips on the park sign, which doesn't seem to be a real established common name.
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Dorr's Sage Salvia dorriiObserver
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They called this Blue Sage at the park, but iNat has some other name.
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Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies Family AsteraceaeObserver
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Just-emerging Tidy Tips?
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Beavertail Cactus Opuntia basilarisObserver
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Cute little one.
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Monocots Class LiliopsidaObserver
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Weirdly like tulips.
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Wild Buckwheats Genus EriogonumObserver
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Common bushes.
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Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglectaObserver
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Caught a caterpillar.
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California Juniper Juniperus californicaObserver
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Fruiting like crazy.
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California Poppy Eschscholzia californicaObserver
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(those people were on a trail, don't worry)
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Narrowleaf Goldenbush Ericameria linearifoliaObserver
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Consumed by poppies.
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Cheatgrass Bromus tectorumObserver
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Plentiflul Cheat Grass, including big swaths through the poppies.
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California Poppy Eschscholzia californicaObserver
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Mutant yellow one in the orange ones.
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Velvet Ash Fraxinus velutinaObserver
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I guess, not a lot of pinnately compound desert ashes.
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Genus FenusellaObserver
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Leafminer on Fremont Cottonwood.
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Dicots Class MagnoliopsidaObserver
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I tried to key this in the shrub book and got Allscale, which doesn't seem right.
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Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus auduboniiObserver
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Some of the very many cottontails in the preserve.
1. The bunniest bun bun.
2. Aggressively chasing a ground squirrel!
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Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicusObserver
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Unimpressed jackrabbit.
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House Finch Haemorhous mexicanusObserver
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Begging from its father.
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Grasses Family PoaceaeObserver
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Accidental grass photo.
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Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalisObserver
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White tail tip just visible.
