Around 3 PM this afternoon I found a Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) at the Outdoor Learning Center.In the dense brush at the edge of the woods where the trail meets the creek. |
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Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) It flew across the trail into a tall tree near the creek. |
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Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) | |
The lake at Oak Point had 5 Common Goldeneyes (Bucephala clangula) this morning. Unfortunately a group of hikers with a dog off the leash scared them off. | |
Redhead (Aythya americana) - one of 2 males at the Oak Point lake. | |
Redhead (Aythya americana) female | |
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) | |
Eight-spotted Forester (Alypia octomaculata) | |
Eight-spotted Forester (Alypia octomaculata) | |
Jumping spider- perhaps a Bold Jumper (Phidippus audax)? | |
Bold Jumper (Phidippus audax)? |
Cedar elm (Ulmus crassifolia) |
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Texas Paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa) | |
Silver Bladderpod (Lesquerella argyraea) | |
Silver Bladderpod (Lesquerella argyraea) | |
Fringed Puccoon (Lithospermum incisum) | |
Showy Primrose (Oenothera speciosa) | |
Prairie Verbena, Dakota Vervain (Glandularia bipinnatifilda) | |
Common Vetch, Spring Vetch (Vicia sativa) | |
Big flower vetch (Vicia grandiflora)? | |
Field Pansy (Viola arvensis) | |
Necklaceweed, Purslane Speedwell (Veronica peregrina) |
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Texas Star, Lindheimer's Daisy (Lindheimera texana) |