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Gaivota-de-Bico-Riscado (Larus delawarensis)Observador
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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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Gaivota-de-Bico-Riscado (Larus delawarensis)Observador
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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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Cobra-d'Água-Verde-Do-Mississipi (Nerodia cyclopion)Observador
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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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Amanita-Mata-Moscas (Amanita muscaria)Observador
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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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Lírios (Género Lilium)Observador
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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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Subgénero SeladoniaObservador
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In a Sierra Mariposa lily. Why not the best!
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Neoscona oaxacensisObservador
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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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Maçarico-Errante (Tringa incana)Observador
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Seen today! I must put it on ebird, this is a rarity for this area.
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Família MytilidaeObservador
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I assume they're "blue mussels", they are kind of bluish.
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Vertebrados (Subfilo Vertebrata)Observador
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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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Pigargo-Americano (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)Observador
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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 LaphriaObservador
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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 NerieneObservador
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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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Papoula-da-Califórnia (Eschscholzia californica)Observador
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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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Género HalictusObservador
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An incredibly tiny bee, well under a centimeter long, dahlia for scale.
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Garça-Morena (Egretta caerulea)Observador
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A juvenile bird, with its blue-gray adult feathers just coming in.
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Género SphexObservador
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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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Sphex pensylvanicusObservador
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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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Esfécidas-da-Areia (Género Ammophila)Observador
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A very large wasp, or at least a very long one, over an inch long not including antenae.
