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California Turret Spider (Atypoides riversi)Observer
ap2ilDescription
Found an old turret. I could see fine silk webbing lining the entrance.
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California Torreya (Torreya californica)Observer
ap2ilDescription
Beautiful tree. The fruits smell so delightful.
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Pink Feather Boa Millipede (Gosodesmus claremontus)Observer
ap2ilDescription
Cute pink millipedes with babies! The pale white babies looked like rice grains.
Found under a rotting piece of bay laurel wood
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Roundheads (Genus Stropharia)Observer
ap2ilDescription
Cute mushrooms growing out of an artists conk growing out of stump.
ID based on gestalt
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Honey Mushroom (Armillaria mellea)Observer
ap2ilDescription
cool rhizomorphs; when ripped apart and examined with a hand lens you can see the fluffy mycelia
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Bishop Pine (Pinus muricata)Observer
ap2ilDescription
Bishop Pine Stand in Tomales Bay State Park. We were hoping to find some Boletus edulis... I think we were too early.
The stands of bishop pine were very dense and quite young (trunk diameter skinny).
We did see Chroogomphus vinicolor
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Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)Observer
ap2ilDescription
Found this attractive spider on the outside of my trashcan.
Pretty fat so probably going to be a female. Colorful markings suggests that it is immature
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California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)Observer
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Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani)Observer
ap2ilDescription
Running around in the brush in the early morning
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White-tailed Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus)Observer
ap2ilDescription
Perching on Cholla cacti. I saw a lot of these little mammals running across the road. Amazing that these guys could play in the cholla like a jungle gym.
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Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)Observer
ap2ilDescription
Running around in the brush in the early morning
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Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)Observer
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Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)Observer
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Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)Observer
ap2ilDescription
Running around in the brush in the early morning
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Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae)Observer
ap2ilDescription
Tons of the males flying around and feeding on various flowers.
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Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)Observer
ap2ilDescription
Saw one crossing the road will a limp lizard in its mouth