Sunday, June 15, 2014

Update: 01 June 2014 through 15 June 2014


 PLANTS

Grass in the sun

Daisy

INSECTS


 Butterfly

  Dragonfly

 Dragonfly


Dragonfly

AMPHIBIANS

 Salamander (Newt) larva (on left), frog tadpoles (on right)

 Frog tadpoles

Newt larvae

 Bullfrog.  Although you can't hear him, you can see the sound waves rippling the water around him.

 Bullfrog, just hanging out in a pond.


Bullfrog

REPTILES

Aquatic Garter Snake (Thamnophis atratus)

 Aquatic Garter Snake

Aquatic Garter Snake 

Aquatic Garter Snake, diving for tadpoles

BIRDS

 Great Blue Heron, roosting


Red Tailed Hawk 


Black Headed Grosbeak 


Black Headed Grosbeak 


American Goldfinch, a lovely yellow against the purple flowers 


American Goldfinch


 White Crowned Sparrow

 Tree Swallow

Tree Swallows



Song Sparrow 


 Ring Necked Pheasant

 Lazuli Bunting

 Lazuli Bunting

Western Wood Pewee 

 Western Wood Pewee

 Brown Headed Cowbird

Brown Headed Cowbird

 Common Merganser and babies


 Common Merganser with young

Sandhill Cranes

Teen-aged Goose with a downy mohawk

Red-Winged Blackbird

A very jumpy Spotted Sandpiper


MAMMALS

Columbian Blacktail (Mule) Deer doe, watching my every move ... 

... then hoofing it away



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