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Aguililla Californiana (Buteo lineatus ssp. elegans)Observ.
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A red shouldered hawk on the ground behind the house. He was on the ground for about 5 minutes, poking in the oak leaves for prey. There is a two-minute video of him on the ground at
https://flickr.com/photos/loualexander/53293931740/in/album-72157621131669696/
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I have gone through several different databases of pictures of California butterflies and moths. I was not able to find a match for this creature. It is in our neighbor's lantana in the Evergreen district of San Jose, CA USA. It is near both a small forest, mostly oak, and a golf course.
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Algo...Observ.
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I think this is a California sulphur-winged grasshopper. Growing up in Indiana grasshoppers were ubiquitous but are nowhere near as common in San Jose.I think this is the first one I have seen this year.
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I think this is a California sulphur-winged grasshopper. Growing up in Indiana grasshoppers were ubiquitous but are nowhere near as common in San Jose.I think this is the first one I have seen this year.
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Hongo Jaula Roja (Clathrus ruber)Observ.
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This is a Clathrus ruber, the Basket Stinkhorn, fungus growing in a street median covered in wood mulch close to us. They really stink and draw lots of flies, as you can see here.
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Pavo (Meleagris gallopavo)Observ.
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An adult turkey with a youngster. The bigger bird could be the mom, an aunt or an auntie.
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Tarántulas (Género Aphonopelma)Observ.
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It is mating season for the local tarantulas. That means they are on the march, looking for love. This is one that was climbing up our back screen door just as we were finishing dinner this evening. The grid pattern in this picture is the screen, which give you some idea of his size. I used a pooper scooper to lift him down from the screen and send him on his way.
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Carpintero de Pechera Común (Colaptes auratus)Observ.
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Not something I see everyday. An acorn woodpecker and a nothern flicker feeding just a few feet apart on the ground behind our house. I did not see them interact ib any fashion
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Jabalí Europeo (Sus scrofa)Observ.
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Wild pigs, most likely juveniles from this season. They were about 60 feet away (line of sight) in heavy shade so I had to use camera settings that yielded mediocre images. I assume the large pig in some of the pictures is the mother.
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Mariposa Monarca (Danaus plexippus)Observ.
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Not sure of this identification
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Satyrium tetraObserv.
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-My identification is nothing more than a considered guess. I hope more knowledgeable people will correct me if I am wrong
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Mariposa Pasionaria Motas Blancas (Dione vanillae)Observ.
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Feeding on a neighbor's lantana
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Mariposa Cometa Tigre de Baja California (Papilio rutulus)Observ.
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A western tiger swallowtail butterfly. I stood taking pictures for about three minutes. It flew away several times but it seemed to get comfortable with me standing there. It came back to the same lantana bush four or five times and finally landed very close to me to feed.
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I was taking the dog out at 10 last night and spotted this giant critter climbing up our dining room screen. This is a California root borer. They eat the roots of fruit trees and grape vines and are considered a pest. Around here they are just interesting.
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Mariposa Sedosa Azul de California (Icaricia acmon)Observ.
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An Acmon Blue butterfly. it was about the size of a 25 cent coin.
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Paloma Encinera (Patagioenas fasciata)Observ.
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A close up of a band-tailed pigeon. They are so skittish it is hard to get a picture this close.
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Ganso Blanco (Anser caerulescens)Observ.
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Need help on the ID of this bird. A flickr bird ID person says this is a young snow goose.
This bird was part of a group of 6 hanging out with about a dozen Canada Geese. This was taken on a golf course in the Evergreen area of San Jose, CA USA Sorry about the quality. Camera battery was dead, had to shoot with cellphone.
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Aguililla Pecho Rojo (Buteo lineatus)Observ.
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The red-shouldered hawk that has been spending time in the woods behind our house. He looks a little bedraggled from the big wind and rain we are getting this morning.
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Aguililla Pecho Rojo (Buteo lineatus)Observ.
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A red-shouldered hawk that landed behind our house.
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Hongos (Reino Fungi)Observ.
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This is a big fungus growing on the north side of our house. It is in an area completely covered by grape-sized gravel over hard clay soil.
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Garza Dedos Dorados (Egretta thula)Observ.
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A snowy egret. The roil the water with their feet to stir up tadpoles, frogs, insects and small fish.
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Paloma Encinera (Patagioenas fasciata)Observ.
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Part of a flock of band-tailed pigeons behind our house. There were close to 100 birds on the ground when I took this picture. These are the largest pigeons in North America. Some of them live year-round in NorCal but the population increase in the winter when birds from Canada migrate to here.
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Hongos de Miel (Género Armillaria)Observ.
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Trying to find out exactly what kind of fungi these are. Picture taken in the middle of an all-grass lawn in the Evergreen area of San Jose, CA
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Garcita Verde (Butorides virescens)Observ.
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A very small green heron hunting on a lily pad along the sixth fairway.
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Garza Blanca (Ardea alba)Observ.
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A great white egret with an American coot near the waterfalls on the 6th fairway.
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Aguililla Cola Roja (Buteo jamaicensis)Observ.
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We were out for a Thanksgiving walk when we spotted this red-tailed hawk resting in a tall tree at the bottom of the sidewalk going downhill from Portree Drive in The Villages. I could hear crows in the area but the did not seem distressed by the presence of the predator.
Sorry the quality is so low. This bird was a block away and on the top of a very large tree. I shot it it at a 600 mm optical zoom with a 4x digital zoom. Not a recipe for a high res image.
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Mergo Mayor (Mergus merganser)Observ.
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A female common merganser resting on the side of the pond. These birds generally stay in the water so this is a lucky shot.