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Panoche Road
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Surrounded by brown hills
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Finding gypsum crystals next to Panoche Road.
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Finding gypsum crystals next to Panoche Road.
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Finding gypsum crystals next to Panoche Road.
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Finding gypsum crystals next to Panoche Road.
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Dipodomys sp. KANGAROO RAT
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Creek crossing, Panoche Road
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Atriplex sp. SALTBUSH
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Atriplex sp. SALTBUSH
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A very well camouflaged moth.
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Getting some mesquite beans
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Red tailed hawk in Prosopis sp. MESQUITE.
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Red tailed hawk in Prosopis sp. MESQUITE.
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The ranch owner gave us permission to walk on the property.
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Lots of hay.
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The ranch still has cattle.
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Looking for snakes
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Lifting rocks to search for snakes underneath.
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Pepsis sp. TARANTULA HAWK WASP
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Unidentified red bug
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Aesculus californica, CALIFORNIA BUCKEYE
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Eriogonum sp. BUCKWHEAT provides a bright splash of color
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Eriogonum sp. BUCKWHEAT provides a bright splash of color
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Lichen-covered rock
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Lichen-covered rock
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Dry creek, Panoche Valley.
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Pica nuttalli, YELLOW-BILLED MAGPIE
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Sayornis saya, SAY'S PHOEBE.
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Sayornis saya, SAY'S PHOEBE.