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Crab spider with hover fly
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Alligator Lizard (Elgaria coerulea) with a foolhardy ant on its nose.
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Honey bee on salvia.
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Colorful Bradford Pear leaves, *very* wet after a morning fog. - 1 of 3
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A colorful Bradford Pear leaf, *very* wet after a morning fog. - 1 of 3
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Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
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A male American bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus), gives just a hint of its acrobatic prowess while adding fresh blossoms of Howard McMinn Manzanita (Arctostaphylos densiflora) to its standard diet of insects and spiders
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A male House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) - Not spectacularly colored but perfectly photogenic
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Oak Titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus) - Obviously prefers the green ones
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Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
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A male Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) nibbles on some spent flower buds
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A male Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) poses next to his flower bud snack
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Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte Anna), visiting the blooms of a Mexican Sage
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Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus) on the bud of a butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii)
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An adult Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana), bathing with enthusiasm
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A very busy honeybee...or, as insisted upon by Wikipedia, a very busy *honey bee*.
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After the rain - Rain drops on the blooms of an Austin Griffiths' Manzanita (Arctostaphylos densiflora)
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A male Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), singing with such rapturous enthusiasm that it throws itself into the air with emotion
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An adult male Lesser Goldfinch
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An adult Oak Titmouse with a tasty treat
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A brave and foolhardy ant, perched on the nose of an Alligator Lizard