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First and only I’ve ever seen after 4 years of growing pawpaw trees. She flitted about our 4 little trees, obviously laying eggs.

Scat and some large tracks. Black bear trapped up the street yesterday about half a mile away.

Claspers open and showing reproductive parts?

The force awakens

Seen diving and swimming in the swift waters of the Merced river.

Green 26, Green 0, Yellow 36, Blue 40

Pretty odd tooth!

Observed stuffing leaves into mouth, presumably nesting material for underground burrow

Dead on the trail

Growing on red maple

Feeding brown headed cowbird

Appeared to have been digging a hole with hind legs for egg depositing?

Dead

Stuck in our dumpster, I stuck a board in there to give him an escape option

Seemed to be chewing on the wood of the garden fence

Largest leaves over a foot long

I saw two in total, was watching one and was lucky to have the second arrive to join

3 kits lounging near abandoned shack next to the trail, attracting lots of attention from passers-by

Missing a leg

Two intertwined, mating?

Or could it be european mantis? What are the field marks I should be looking for?

Bold rufous patterns on face, central dark spot on a light breast. Spotted in the brush directly next to the "turf bridge" in between the driving range and the woods that border the train tracks.

This individual had something strange going on with its beak, either some part of it is bent or coming off, or the top and bottom are overlapping/crossing with each other.

Fisherman saw snake eating fish in the creek, brought it up onto the trail with a stick

Swimming against the current of the canal outflow, with steep walls on either side there's nowhere for it to climb out onto a shore, periodically clings to the wall for a rest

I moved him into the grass on the other side of the trail, to avoid bike squishing

Unearthed while digging up a tarp from the dirt, acted sluggish, was probably hibernating. Placed him back in the dirt and covered him up