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Schoenoplectus acutus var. occidentalis (Scirpus a. var. o.), COMMON TULE.
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Podilymbus podiceps, PIED-BILLED GREBE
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Paths made by Camponotus sp. CARPENTER ANTS
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Poecile rufescens, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE feasting on poison oak berries
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Poecile rufescens, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE using its foot to secure poison oak berries
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Messor andrei, HARVESTER ANT, carrying parasol seed of Hypochaeris glabra, SMOOTH CAT'S EAR
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Diane and Rebecca figuring out what plant species was the source of the parasol seeds the ants were carrying.
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Line of Messor andrei, HARVESTER ANTS, all headed in the same direction
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Messor andrei, HARVESTER ANT, tackling an especially large seed
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Contrast between serpentine and non-serpentine grassland
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Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. rigidus, STIFFLY-BRANCHED BIRD'S-BEAK
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Asclepias fascicularis, NARROW-LEAVED MILKWEED seeds
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Asclepias fascicularis, NARROW-LEAVED MILKWEED leaves
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Oncopeltus fasciatus, LARGE MILKWEED BUG on Asclepias fascicularis, NARROW-LEAVED MILKWEED
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Oncopeltus fasciatus, LARGE MILKWEED BUG on Asclepias fascicularis, NARROW-LEAVED MILKWEED
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Diane and Rebecca finding out what is growing on the cryptogamic crust on this part of trail 10.
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Coyote? scat full of manzanita berries
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Tarantula hole, lined with spider silk
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Tarantula hole, lined with spider silk
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Trail 12.
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Toxicodendron diversilobum, WESTERN POISON OAK climbing high in an oak.