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  1. Wilson's Snipe.jpg

    Wilson's Snipe.jpg

    Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
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    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  2. Eastern Phoebe.jpeg

    Eastern Phoebe.jpeg

    Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
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    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  3. Ruddy Duck, male & female.jpg

    Ruddy Duck, male & female.jpg

    Ruddy Ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis) male and female, winter plumage.
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    • austin oxyura jamaicensis ruddy duck texas usa
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: North America
  4. Northern Shovelers.jpg

    Northern Shovelers.jpg

    Northern Shovelers (Spatula clypeata)
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    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  5. Ruddy Duck (1st year male).jpg

    Ruddy Duck (1st year male).jpg

    Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 1st year male.
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    • Comments: 14
    • Category: North America
  6. White-winged Dove.jpg

    White-winged Dove.jpg

    White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
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    • Comments: 16
    • Category: North America
  7. Green-winged Teals.jpg

    Green-winged Teals.jpg

    Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca carolinensis) female.
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    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  8. Tender Polypore.jpg

    Tender Polypore.jpg

    Tender Polypore (Fomes fomentarius: Polyporaceae)
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    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
  9. Least Sandpiper.jpg

    Least Sandpiper.jpg

    Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) Nonbreeding plumage.
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    • austin calidris minutilla least sandpiper texas usa
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  10. White-winged Dove.jpg

    White-winged Dove.jpg

    White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) and friends: Common Grackle and European Starling.
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    • Comments: 13
    • Category: North America
  11. Nine-banded Armadillo.jpg

    Nine-banded Armadillo.jpg

    Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus mexicanus: Dasypodidae)
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    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Wild Mammals
  12. Wilson's Snipe.jpg

    Wilson's Snipe.jpg

    Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
    • Stanley Jones
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    • Comments: 14
    • Category: North America
  13. Northern Shoveler.jpg

    Northern Shoveler.jpg

    Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) Female.
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    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  14. Lesser Scaup (male)

    Lesser Scaup (male)

    Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) Male doing wing flaps.
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    • Comments: 16
    • Category: North America
  15. Black-necked Grebe

    Black-necked Grebe

    Black-necked Grebe, more commonly known as the Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis californicus)
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    • austin black-necked eared eared grebe grebe podiceps nigricollis texas usa
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: North America
  16. Northern Shoveler (female)

    Northern Shoveler (female)

    Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) Female.
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    • Comments: 17
    • Category: North America
  17. Eastern Meadowlark

    Eastern Meadowlark

    Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna magna) Winter plumage.
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    • Comments: 18
    • Category: North America
  18. Spotted Sandpiper (nonbreeding plumage)

    Spotted Sandpiper (nonbreeding plumage)

    Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia) Winter plumage. Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory which includes the sewage ponds of Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant, southeast of Austin, southeast Travis County, Texas, USA. On the border of the Edwards Plateau and Cross Timbers and Prairies vegetation...
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    • Comments: 17
    • Category: North America
  19. Space Alien

    Space Alien

    Horse Fly (Tabanus abdominalis: Tabanidae) Space aliens are living among us, we just expect them to be humanoid in size and shape (lol). Emma Long Metropolitan Park, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA. Ashe Juniper forest above the Colorado River at ca. 212 m (696 ft) elevation.
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    • austin horse fly tabanidae tabanus abdominalis texas travis county usa
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Invertebrates
  20. Wright's Skullcap

    Wright's Skullcap

    Wrights Skullcap (Scutellaria wrightii: Lamicaceae) Native perennial herb 15-20 cm (5.9-7.9 in) tall. Corollas 1.3-2.3 cm (0.51-0.91 in). Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA. Edwards Plateau Vegetational Area. Rolling limestone hills dominated by Ashe Juniper and Texas Oak at ca. 655 m (2,150...
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    • austin lamiaceae scutellaria wrightii texas travis county usa wright's skullcap
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
  21. Red-striped Ribbon Snake

    Red-striped Ribbon Snake

    Red-striped Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus subsp. rubrilineatus: Colubridae) This nonvenomous snake ranges in size from 51-76 cm (20-30 in) long. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA. Edwards Plateau Vegetational Area. Rolling limestone hills dominated by...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • austin colubridae red-striped ribbon snake subsp. rubrilineatus texas thamnophis proximus travis county usa
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Reptiles
  22. Neon Skimmer (female)

    Neon Skimmer (female)

    Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis: Libellulidae) Female, species sexually dimorphic. 5.4-5.9 cm (2.1-2.3 in) long. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA. Edwards Plateau Vegetational Area. Rolling limestone hills dominated by Ashe Juniper and Texas Oak at...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • austin libellula croceipennis libellulidae neon skimmer texas travis county usa
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Invertebrates
  23. Neon skimmer (male)

    Neon skimmer (male)

    Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis: Libellulidae) Male, species sexually dimorphic. 5.4-5.9 cm (2.1-2.3 in) long. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA. Edwards Plateau Vegetational Area. Rolling limestone hills dominated by Ashe Juniper and Texas Oak at ca...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • austin libellula croceipennis libellulidae neon skimmer texas travis county usa
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Invertebrates
  24. Great Horned Owl

    Great Horned Owl

    Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus subsp. virginianus) Sexes similar. Entrance to Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA. Edwards Plateau Vegetational Area. Rolling limestone hills dominated by Ashe Juniper and Texas Oak at ca. 655 m (2,150 ft) in elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • austin bubo virginianus great horned owl texas travis county usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  25. Texas Map Turtle

    Texas Map Turtle

    Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa: Emydidae) Our smallest map turtle. Tributary of the Colorado River. Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA. Edwards Plateau Vegetational Area. Rolling limestone hills dominated by Ashe Juniper and Texas Oak at ca. 655 m (2,150 ft) in elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • austin emydidae graptemys versa texas texas map turtle travis county usa
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Reptiles
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