Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Codorniz de Gambel (Callipepla gambelii)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
Female, on the left.
Male: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202781318
I've never been photo-bombed by a bunny before. I don't have an observation for this specific rabbit, but here is one from nearby: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202779968
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Codorniz de Gambel (Callipepla gambelii)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
Male, on the right.
Female: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202781319
I've never been photo-bombed by a bunny before. I don't have an observation for this specific rabbit, but here is one from nearby: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202779968
Qué
Pelícano Blanco Americano (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
For this observation, identify the bird at the top of the photo, seen from the side.
Qué
Garza Real (Ardea alba)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
Large white heron with black legs and a yellow bill.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Huilota Común (Zenaida macroura)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
Female? This observation is the bird with the pale head, neck, and chest. In the first photo, it is on the left.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Huilota Común (Zenaida macroura)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
Male? This observation is the bird with the darker head, neck, and chest. In the first photo, it is on the right.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Gorrión Corona Blanca (Zonotrichia leucophrys)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
This small bird was under a bird feeder at the bird sanctuary.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Gorrión Doméstico (Passer domesticus)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
Don't take my word for it...
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Pato Cucharón Norteño (Spatula clypeata)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
Male. Part of a group of 10 shoverlers of both sexes feeding in a holding pond at the bird sanctuary.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Pato Cucharón Norteño (Spatula clypeata)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
Female. Part of a group of 10 shoverlers of both sexes feeding in a holding pond at the bird sanctuary.
Qué
Tornillo (Strombocarpa pubescens)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
15 to 20 foot tree that's just leafing out. This must be last season's fruit.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Conejo del Desierto (Sylvilagus audubonii)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
Seen feeding with other rabbits and quail.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Hierba de Fuego (Heliotropium curassavicum)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
Growing on the side of a dirt road between farm plots.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Atrapamoscas Cuidapuentes (Sayornis nigricans)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
Bird on a tree limb by a fallow field.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Costureros (Género Limnodromus)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
A flock of these long-billed wading birds.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Playeros, Playeritos, Ostreros, Chorlitos, Gaviotas Y Gallitos de Mar (Orden Charadriiformes)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
A pair of these birds, I think (see second photo for its friend).
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Avoceta Americana (Recurvirostra americana)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
Wading bird wth rusty head and neck and an upturned black bill.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Aretillos, Onagras Y Parientes (Familia Onagraceae)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
A white evening primrose with filigree leaves. Observed at night.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Vida (Vida)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
Any ideas what the coiled hemispheres are? They seem to be attached to the remains of the crown of a plant that's being filled in with blowing sand. They didn't dislodge when I poked at them, but I didn't really work at it because the dried stems (or whatever) were rather stabby and I didn't have a knife. Also, in case it was something animal, I didn't want to harm it. It might be a fruit on a short stalk, but I don't know any fruits like this.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Polilla Esfinge de Rayas Blancas (Hyles lineata)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
Just over 1 inch long. Sitting still next to a dead plant crown on a cold, rainy day in the desert.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Flor de Borrego (Eriogonum inflatum)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
Plant had enlargements in the main slower stalk where it split and at the joint above that. I had 10 seconds to get back in the car when the road under construction opened up for our direction. My photo was useless, but I snagged a partial stem for closeups of the tiny flowers.
Fotos / Sonidos
Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
More white microflowers on a small plant with hairy leaves and stem. I'm not certain that the seed capsules are hairy because they're so tiny I can't focus on them. Actually, I couldn't even see them in the field, or on the computer until I zoomed the image a lot.
Fotos / Sonidos
Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
White microflowers with a basal rosette of wedge-shaped leaves, a few smaller elliptical leaves on the flower stalk. Leaves and stem are hairy.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Polilla Blanca de Salares (Estigmene acrea)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
It's true confession time. This moth was fairly sluggish. It came off the wall (I think my finger was too close for comfort or maybe a crane fly pushed it--they're manic this month--many of my moth pics were photobombed by crane flies) but didn't fly away--it just fell to the ground. I suspect the night was a bit cold for it (dropping from 60F).
When I picked it up from the ground to get it out from underfoot, it let go of the holly leaf it was standing on, pulled its wings closed, and rolled onto my hand. Sigh. I confess I took that opportunity to photo its underside. It didn't climb off my hand onto the wall, so I put it gently in a holly tree, hoping it would make its way from there.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Género CuculliaObserv.
jbeckyDescripción
This small moth flashed polished copper as it fluttered under the outside light, with the underwings especially bright. The light bulb is yellow, so that influences the overall color--the end of the abdomen (which was shaded by the body) is more gray than gold. But, my, it was a pretty sight!.
For size, I include it landing on a standard 4 inch house number and a finger.
It was shivering its wings when it rested, maybe to keep them warm. The night was cool (low 60Fs to high 50s).
The closest photo match I found in iNat was Cucullia alfarata, but there is only a single photo of it. The few I found with Google don't look quite so similar. But it does seem hooded, so I accepted CV's suggestion.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Abejas, Avispas, Hormigas Y Parientes (Orden Hymenoptera)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
This one is at most 3 mm long. (Its wasp neighbor is a tiny bit larger.) It has a fly shape but I can't see halteres or count the wings. CV can't tell either :-)
One of a swarm of tiny flies and wasps on me and the wall. And swarm they did: it was hard to take photos of moths because these little guys kept bumping into them and making them move.
Fotos / Sonidos
Qué
Avispas Y Abejas de Cinturita (Suborden Apocrita)Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
This tiny wasp is at most 4 mm long. (Its fly-like neighbor is a tiny bit smaller.) It seems to me that its abdomen is smaller and shorter than most wasps I observe. That was true for many of the tiny wasps I photographed in this encounter.
One of a swarm of tiny flies and wasps on me and the wall. And swarm they did: it was hard to take photos of moths because these little guys kept bumping into them and making them move.
Smaller than this fruit fly, observed in the same encounter: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201649985
Fotos / Sonidos
Observ.
jbeckyDescripción
Tiny moth. It might be the same species as another nearby moth, but this one's body is slightly thinner and its wingspan is a mm or 2 less, and its markings are less pronounced: TBA