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Urubu-de-Cabeça-Vermelha (Cathartes aura)Observador
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Eight perched on a large cedar elm tree by a neighborhood creek. Telephoto view from the Paloma Lake Blvd bridge looking north.
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Vitis mustangensisObservador
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Red flower buds sprouting along with a few leaves.
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Lagarto-Espinhoso-Do-Texas (Sceloporus olivaceus)Observador
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Sunning on a stump, perfectly still. I almost didn't see it.
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Olmo-Americano (Ulmus americana)Observador
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American elms along the creek below Paloma Lake are producing lots of seeds now.
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Difficult to ID from underneath. It flew away before I could get any more photos.
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Strymon melinusObservador
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Nectaring on abundant annual bastard cabbage blooms in the area.
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Negrelho-Americano (Aythya affinis)Observador
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A few still hanging around Paloma Lake.
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Podura aquaticaObservador
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Lots of these wriggling around on top of the water in clumps in places near the shore. Individuals were tiny and no more than about 2 mm length.
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Galeirão-Americano (Fulica americana)Observador
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Large flock in the middle of Paloma Lake and another flock on the shore to the west. They were accompanied by American wigeons over the last several weeks, but now the wigeons have moved on.
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Género SturnellaObservador
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Saw several in the area, but this one was the closest and was singing away.
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Género RanunculusObservador
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Not certain which species. Starting to bloom by neighborhood creeks now.
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Gaivota-de-Bico-Riscado (Larus delawarensis)Observador
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Ring-billed gulls were back at Paloma Lake this morning. Initially a small group, then more flew in and at peak totaled well over 100. Then some flew away, but a small group remained as I left.
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Garça-Real-Americana (Ardea herodias)Observador
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Perched on a tangle of vines. Both photos are the same individual from different angles. A second one came flying into the area with neck extended, which I've never seen in flight before. However, I didn't manage to get any good shots of it. They usually fly with neck folded back. Unfortunately, "the one that got away".
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Garça-Real-Americana (Ardea herodias)Observador
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Got lucky with the focus on an in-flight shot. Moments later saw it again standing on the large limestone rock border on the east side of Paloma Lake.
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Olho-Dourado-de-Touca (Bucephala albeola)Observador
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Two in the foreground.
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Ilex deciduaObservador
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Losing their leaves now, leaving the berries more prominent.
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Panorpa nuptialisObservador
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Two scorpionflies. One was feeding on a smashed decollate snail. Not sure what the other on top was doing. Perhaps trying to mate? There was also a small gray fly feeding on the remains as well.
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Seeing lots of millipedes on area sidewalks lately, two different kinds. This one is shorter and broader, whereas the other kind is longer and thinner.
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Many thousands of small aquatic snails washed up on the shores of Paloma Lake after recent flooding. Looks like at least two or three different species.
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Família ParajulidaeObservador
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Seeing lots of millipedes crossing sidewalks in the area, two different kinds. This one is long and slender, whereas the other kind is shorter and broader.
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Anax juniusObservador
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Apparently died while perched on the edge of a curb.
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Leptogenys elongataObservador
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A small narrow ant running along the edge of a sidewalk. The nearby leaves are Bermuda grass. Going with iNat suggested genus.
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Caracoleta-Rosca (Rumina decollata)Observador
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Seeing lots of these on sidewalk after recent light rain. Used to see a variety of other snails in this area, but mostly decollates today. They appear to be ravaging the local indigenous snail population.