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625 of 625 reviewed happenings apply at the selected location. Timing derives from local observation evidence, grouped into numbered kō — 5° of solar longitude each. Today is kō 42. · map · audit · on glass

Common name	Scientific name	Type	Happening	Time of day	Evidence	Audit
Acorn Woodpecker draft	Melanerpes formicivorus	bird	Wedging acorns one by one into a granary tree's drilled holes	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Acorn Woodpecker Life History	review
Allen's Hummingbird draft	Selasphorus sasin	bird	Holding a patch of nectar flowers, chasing off all comers	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)	review
American Beautyberry	Callicarpa americana	flora	Tight magenta berry clusters ringing the stems	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
American Beech	Fagus grandifolia	tree	Bleached tan leaves rattling on the branch tips	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
American Black Duck	Anas rubripes	bird	Dusky flocks tipping into cold shallows, underwings flashing white	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - American Black Duck	✓ dan
American Bullfrog	Lithobates catesbeianus	herp	Big green heads breaking the surface at weedy pond edges	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
American Bumble Bee	Bombus pensylvanicus	insect	Workers at their late-summer peak	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
American Coot	Fulica americana	bird	Gathering in tight rafts on open water, white bills bobbing	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
American Crow Western shortgrass prairie	Corvus brachyrhynchos	bird	Post-breeding flocks gathering in the cottonwoods before the evening roost	morningevening	behavior: uncited	review
American Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	flora	Umbels bending black with fruit	morningmiddayevening	none	review
American Elm Southeast US conifer savannas draft	Ulmus americana	tree	Papery seed wafers crowding bare twigs ahead of the leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
American Elm Western shortgrass prairie draft	Ulmus americana	tree	Toothed leaves fading to dull yellow, letting go in the wind	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
American Goldfinch	Spinus tristis	bird	Nesting now, latest of all songbirds, as thistle seeds ripen	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
American Goldfinch Western shortgrass prairie	Spinus tristis	bird	Nesting later than almost any other songbird here, timed to thistle and sunflower going to seed	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
American Herring Gull	Larus smithsonianus	bird	Gray-mantled adults loafing in loose flocks along open water	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
American Holly	Ilex opaca	tree	Red fruit bright among stiff, spine-tipped evergreen leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
American Kestrel	Falco sparverius	bird	Perched on roadside wires, hovering over bare winter grass	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - American Kestrel	✓ dan
American Persimmon	Diospyros virginiana	tree	Orange fruit going soft on bare branches	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
American Pokeweed	Phytolacca americana	flora	Dark berries ripening along magenta stems	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
American Red Squirrel draft	Tamiasciurus hudsonicus	mammal	Busy among ripe pine cones in the high autumn branches	morningmiddayevening	none	review
American Redstart	Setophaga ruticilla	bird	Fanning bright tail patches to startle insects from the leaves	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - American Redstart	✓ dan
American Robin	Turdus migratorius	bird	Gorging on ripening black cherries	morningmidday	none	review
American Robin Western shortgrass prairie	Turdus migratorius	bird	Second broods fledged; loose flocks starting to form ahead of the move down from the foothills	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
American Sycamore	Platanus occidentalis	tree	Bark peeling to bone-white patches	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
American Toad	Anaxyrus americanus	herp	This year's toadlets spreading through the gardens	nightevening	behavior: uncited	review
American Tree Sparrow Southeast US conifer savannas draft	Spizelloides arborea	bird	Rusty-capped flocks working weed seeds along field edges	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - American Tree Sparrow	review
American Tree Sparrow Western shortgrass prairie draft	Spizelloides arborea	bird	Flocks scratching through weedy stubble for fallen seeds	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - American Tree Sparrow	review
American Trumpet Vine	Campsis radicans	flora	Orange trumpets just opening along fencerows ✎	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Amur Honeysuckle draft	Lonicera maackii	flora	Red berries ripening in pairs along the arching stems	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Anhinga	Anhinga anhinga	bird	Wings held open to dry above the spring backwaters	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Anhinga species account (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)	✓ dan
Anna's Hummingbird draft	Calypte anna	bird	Sipping nectar and snapping up small insects, throat flashing rose	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Anna's Hummingbird	✓ dan
Annual Fleabane draft	Erigeron annuus	flora	White daisy rays around yellow eyes, crowding the roadsides	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Asian Bittersweet	Celastrus orbiculatus	flora	Yellow husks split back to orange berries on bare stems ✎	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Asian House Martin draft	Delichon dasypus	bird	White rump flashing as they wheel and dive through open sky	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Asian Lady Beetle	Harmonia axyridis	insect	Gathering on sunlit walls, seeking winter shelter	morningmiddayevening	cite: University of Kentucky Entomology, ENTFACT-416	✓ dan
Asian Tiger Mosquito	Aedes albopictus	insect	Numbers cresting at their late-summer peak	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Asian Tit draft	Parus cinereus	bird	Busy among bare branches, black stripe down a white belly	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Asiatic Dayflower draft	Commelina communis	flora	Twin blue petals opening above a sheath of green	morningmidday	none	review
Autumn Meadowhawk draft	Sympetrum vicinum	insect	Small rust-red dragonflies darting through thin autumn light	middaymorning	behavior: uncited	review
Azure-winged Magpie draft	Cyanopica cyanus	bird	Pale blue wings flashing as it slips from tree to tree	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Baikal Teal draft	Sibirionetta formosa	bird	Drakes in full winter dress, faces swirled cream and green	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Bald Eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	bird	Winter numbers at their height, soaring on flat, plank-like wings	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Bald Eagle ID	✓ dan
Baldcypress	Taxodium distichum	tree	Feathery needles rusting orange, drifting onto the water	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Baltimore Oriole	Icterus galbula	bird	Flame-orange males whistling from treetops, weaving hanging nests	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Baltimore Oriole	✓ dan
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	bird	Families lining up on wires, readying to leave	morningmidday	cite: BirdNote	review
Barn Swallow Western shortgrass prairie	Hirundo rustica	bird	Late broods lining up on wires, staging before the flight south	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Barred Owl	Strix varia	bird	Calling to claim winter territories	nightevening	behavior: uncited	review
Barred Owl draft	Strix varia	bird	This year's young slipping away to find woods of their own	night	cite: All About Birds — Barred Owl Life History (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)	review
Basswood draft	Tilia americana	tree	Pale yellow flower clusters dangling under heart-shaped leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Belted Kingfisher	Megaceryle alcyon	bird	Rattling along open water, diving headfirst for small fish	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Belted Kingfisher	✓ dan
Bewick's Wren	Thryomanes bewickii	bird	Singing from brushy tangles, long tail flicking side to side	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds - Bewick's Wren	✓ dan
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee draft	Agapostemon virescens	insect	Metallic green and boldly striped, working flower to flower	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Big Brown Bat	Eptesicus fuscus	mammal	Pups flying free now, feasting on late-summer insects ✎	nightevening	behavior: uncited	✓ claude
Big Brown Bat draft	Eptesicus fuscus	mammal	Hunting beetles hard, packing on fat before hibernation	night	cite: Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology), Eptesicus fuscus	review
Big Brown Bat Western shortgrass prairie	Eptesicus fuscus	mammal	Foraging over the South Platte and Cherry Creek for late-summer insects	night	behavior: uncited	review
Bird's-eye Speedwell draft	Veronica persica	flora	Sky-blue flowers with white centers open low over bare ground	morningmidday	none	review
Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	tree	Dark cherries feeding the whole neighborhood	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Black Kite draft	Milvus migrans	bird	Riding the wind in slow circles, forked tail steering	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	tree	White pea-flower clusters hanging heavy from thorny twigs	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Black Phoebe	Sayornis nigricans	bird	Perched low over open water, sallying out after flying insects	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) - Black Phoebe	✓ dan
Black Rat draft	Rattus rattus	mammal	Gnawing at fallen persimmons in the evening cool	morningevening	none	review
Black Saltmarsh Mosquito	Aedes taeniorhynchus	insect	Midsummer height of the salt-marsh broods	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes	insect	Caterpillars stripping the garden dill	midday	none	review
Black Swallowtail Western shortgrass prairie	Papilio polyxenes	insect	Working garden dill and parsley along with native buckwheat	midday	behavior: uncited	review
Black Vulture	Coragyps atratus	bird	Winter numbers at their peak, gathering at communal roosts	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Black Vulture Life History	✓ dan
Black Walnut	Juglans nigra	tree	Green walnuts beginning to drop	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Black-and-white Warbler Western shortgrass prairie draft	Mniotilta varia	bird	Creeping along trunks like a nuthatch, prying insects from bark	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)	review
Black-billed Magpie draft	Pica hudsonia	bird	Bulky domed stick nests standing out in bare winter branches	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Black-billed Magpie Life History	review
Black-capped Chickadee	Poecile atricapillus	bird	Chattering through bare branches in roving winter flocks	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Black-capped Chickadee	✓ dan
Black-crowned Night Heron draft	Nycticorax nycticorax	bird	Hunched in waterside trees by day, waiting for dusk to hunt	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Black-crowned Night-Heron	review
Black-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	flora	At peak bloom along every roadside	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Black-eyed Susan Western shortgrass prairie	Rudbeckia hirta	flora	Blooming through late summer along trails and dry meadow edges	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Black-headed Gull draft	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	bird	Flocking at the water's edge, white heads marked with a dark ear spot	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) - Black-headed Gull	review
Black-tailed Mosquito	Culiseta melanura	insect	Adults at their late-summer peak, larvae still in the water	morningevening	none	✓ dan
Black-tailed Prairie Dog	Cynomys ludovicianus	mammal	Active above the burrows through the cold, short days	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Bloodroot	Sanguinaria canadensis	flora	White eight-petal blooms open above a single curled leaf	morningmidday	none	✓ dan
Blue Dasher	Pachydiplax longipennis	insect	Peak flight in the midsummer heat	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Blue Jay	Cyanocitta cristata	bird	First green acorns are being cached	morningmidday	none	review
Blue Jay Western shortgrass prairie	Cyanocitta cristata	bird	A recent arrival on the Front Range, expanding west along the urban corridor -- already caching this year's first acorns	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Blue Mistflower	Conoclinium coelestinum	flora	Powder-blue drifts starting to open	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Blue Rock-thrush draft	Monticola solitarius	bird	Slate-blue against winter stone, watching from a high perch	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Polioptila caerulea	bird	Weaving lichen and spider silk into a tiny cup nest	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Life History	✓ dan
Bluebead Lily draft	Clintonia borealis	flora	Broad glossy leaves holding up stalks of deep blue berries	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Boat-tailed Grackle	Quiscalus major	bird	Nesting in marsh colonies, bulky cups set over water	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Boat-tailed Grackle Life History	✓ dan
Box Elder draft	Acer negundo	tree	Paired winged seeds drying to tan in heavy hanging clusters	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Brewer's Blackbird Southeast US conifer savannas	Euphagus cyanocephalus	bird	Glossy yellow-eyed males striding bare ground in winter flocks	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds — Brewer's Blackbird	✓ dan
Brewer's Blackbird Western shortgrass prairie	Euphagus cyanocephalus	bird	Males shining black with purple-glossed heads, pale eyes bright	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Brewer's Blackbird	✓ dan
Brown Anole	Anolis sagrei	herp	Out in the open through the height of summer heat	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Brown Pelican	Pelecanus occidentalis	bird	Numbers peaking along the coast, plunge-diving for fish	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Brown Pelican	✓ dan
Brown Rat draft	Rattus norvegicus	mammal	Grey-brown and low to the ground, foraging the short cold days	morningevening	behavior: uncited	review
Brown Thrasher	Toxostoma rufum	bird	Singing doubled phrases from the tops of spring thickets	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Brown Thrasher	✓ dan
Brown Winged Plant Hopper draft	Pochazia shantungensis	insect	Fresh adults appearing, wings folded like a dark tent	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Brown-belted Bumble Bee	Bombus griseocollis	insect	Workers crowding the milkweed blooms	morningmidday	none	✓ dan
Brown-eared Bulbul draft	Hypsipetes amaurotis	bird	Flocks descending on shrubs heavy with red aucuba berries	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater	bird	Slipping eggs into other songbirds' nests as spring builds	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Brown-headed Cowbird Life History	✓ dan
Brown-headed Nuthatch	Sitta pusilla	bird	Chipping in family bands, chiseling nest holes in pine snags	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds - Brown-headed Nuthatch Life History	✓ dan
Bufflehead draft	Bucephala albeola	bird	Diving in small flocks on cold open water, white heads flashing	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Bufflehead	review
Bull-headed Shrike draft	Lanius bucephalus	bird	Alone on a high bare perch, scanning the open ground below	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Bushkiller draft	Causonis japonica	flora	Flat clusters of tiny orange-centered flowers above the leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Bushtit	Psaltriparus minimus	bird	Roving flocks working shrub twigs, chipping softly to each other	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Bushtit	✓ dan
Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	flora	White pincushion globes open along the water's edge	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Cabbage Taiheiyo evergreen forests draft	Brassica oleracea	flora	Tight blue-green heads standing heavy in the cold fields	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Cabbage White Western shortgrass prairie	Pieris canidia canidia	insect	The most common butterfly along the Front Range this time of year, working garden brassicas	midday	behavior: uncited	review
California Poppy	Eschscholzia californica	flora	Silky orange cups wide open in the midday sun	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
California Scrub-jay	Aphelocoma californica	bird	Burying acorns one by one, hiding away food for winter	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab) - California Scrub-Jay Life History	✓ dan
Callery Pear draft	Pyrus calleryana	tree	White blossom crowding bare branches ahead of leaf-out	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Camphor draft	Camphora officinarum	tree	Pea-sized berries ripening black among glossy leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	bird	Winter flocks grazing grass and grain through the short days	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Canada Goose Life History	✓ dan
Canada Mayflower	Maianthemum canadense	flora	Frothy white star clusters over paired glossy woodland leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Canadian Bunchberry draft	Cornus canadensis	tree	Tight clusters of red berries over whorls of leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Cardinal Flower	Lobelia cardinalis	flora	Scarlet spikes opening in the creek shallows	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Carolina Chickadee	Poecile carolinensis	bird	Working bare winter branches in flocks with other small birds	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds - Carolina Chickadee Life History	✓ dan
Carolina Mantis	Stagmomantis carolina	insect	Full-grown and ambush-hunting in the goldenrod	midday	behavior: uncited	review
Carolina Wren	Thryothorus ludovicianus	bird	Singing through the August heat	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Carrion Crow draft	Corvus corone	bird	Glossy black and heavy-billed, stark against bare winter trees	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Cassin's Kingbird	Tyrannus vociferans	bird	Just back from Central America migration, hawking insects from bare treetop perches ✎	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) - Cassin's Kingbird	✓ dan
Cattail Mosquito	Coquillettidia perturbans	insect	Adult flight at its full summer peak	morningevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Cedar Waxwing	Bombycilla cedrorum	bird	Roving flocks descending on berry trees	midday	behavior: uncited	review
Cedar Waxwing Western shortgrass prairie	Bombycilla cedrorum	bird	Nomadic flocks working serviceberry and hawthorn along the greenways	middayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Chameleon Plant draft	Houttuynia cordata	flora	White four-petal blooms over mats of heart-shaped leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Cherry Tomato	Solanum lycopersicum cerasiforme	flora	Garden trusses ripening faster than they can be picked	morningmiddayevening	cite: University of Maryland Extension — When to Plant Vegetables	✓ dan
Cherry-plum draft	Prunus cerasifera	flora	Clouds of white blossom on branches still bare of leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Chimney Swift	Chaetura pelagica	bird	Gathering in twilight flocks before migration	evening	behavior: uncited	review
Chimney Swift Western shortgrass prairie	Chaetura pelagica	bird	Circling old Denver chimneys at dusk before dropping into the roost in a chittering funnel	evening	behavior: uncited	review
Chinese Bamboo-partridge draft	Bambusicola thoracicus	bird	Small flocks scratching through leaf litter in the bamboo	morningmiddayevening	cite: Birds of the World (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) - Chinese Bamboo-Partridge species account	review
Chinese Elm draft	Ulmus parvifolia	tree	Papery seeds drying tan above mottled, flaking bark	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Chinese Evergreen Oak draft	Quercus myrsinifolia	tree	Smooth acorns dropping beneath leaves that stay green	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Chinese Hackberry draft	Celtis sinensis	tree	Pea-sized orange fruit ripening as the leaves turn yellow	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Chinese Hwamei draft	Garrulax canorus	bird	Cinnamon brown, a white eye-ring trailing back in a fine stripe	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Chinese Mantis draft	Tenodera sinensis	insect	Full-grown and waiting motionless among the tall weeds	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Chinese Pond Turtle draft	Mauremys reevesii	herp	Out in the sun at the pond's edge, dark shell gleaming wet	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Chinese Privet draft	Ligustrum sinense	flora	Dark blue-black berry clusters holding through the cold	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Chinese Softshell Turtle draft	Pelodiscus sinensis	herp	Leathery-shelled and long-snouted, out in the warm shallows	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Chinese Tallow draft	Triadica sebifera	tree	Heart-shaped leaves turning red, white seeds showing through	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Chinese Yellow Swallowtail draft	Papilio xuthus	insect	Black-striped pale yellow wings crisscrossing sunny gardens	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Chipping Sparrow Southeast US conifer savannas	Spizella passerina	bird	Back with a rusty cap, trilling one long dry note	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds — Chipping Sparrow (Sounds)cite: All About Birds — Chipping Sparrow (ID)	✓ dan
Chipping Sparrow Western shortgrass prairie	Spizella passerina	bird	Rufous cap back on bare branches, dry trill running on and on	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds — Chipping Sparrow	✓ dan
Christmas Fern	Polystichum acrostichoides	flora	Fronds still green while the woods stand bare	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Clouded Sulphur draft	Colias philodice	insect	Pale yellow wings flickering low over the open grass	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Cloudless Sulphur	Phoebis sennae	insect	Big yellow flight at its late-summer peak	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Colorado Pinyon draft	Pinus edulis	tree	Short stiff needles holding green through the cold months	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Colt's-foot draft	Tussilago farfara	flora	Shaggy yellow heads opening on short scaly stalks	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Common Blackberry	Rubus allegheniensis	flora	Last of the wild blackberries ripening	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Common Bluebottle draft	Graphium sarpedon	insect	Glassy blue-green bands flashing fast through sunlit gaps	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Common Buckeye	Junonia coenia	insect	Eyespot wings at their late-summer peak	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Common Buckthorn Southeast US conifer savannas	Rhamnus cathartica	flora	Dark thorn-tipped twigs standing bare in the winter thickets	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Common Buckthorn Western shortgrass prairie	Rhamnus cathartica	flora	Clusters of black berries darkening along thorny twigs	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Common Coot draft	Fulica atra	bird	Sooty flocks gather on open water, white bills shining	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Common Eastern Bumblebee	Bombus impatiens	insect	New queens fattening for winter	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Common Eastern Firefly	Photinus pyralis	insect	The last flashes of firefly season	nightevening	behavior: uncited	review
Common Fig	Ficus carica	flora	Takoma's fig trees coming ripe	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Common Fig Southeast US conifer savannas draft	Ficus carica	flora	Teardrop fruit softening purple on backyard and garden trees	morningmiddayevening	cite: Clemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center - Fig	review
Common Fig Taiheiyo evergreen forests draft	Ficus carica	flora	Fruit swelling along the branches, first ones turning purple	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Common Garter Snake	Thamnophis sirtalis	herp	Basking along sunny grass edges and damp pond banks	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel draft	Callospermophilus lateralis	mammal	Striped flanks flashing between sunlit rocks and burrow mouths	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Common Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	bird	Diving through cold open water, white cheek patch flashing	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Common Goldeneye	✓ dan
Common Grackle Southeast US conifer savannas	Quiscalus quiscula	bird	Flocks striding over open ground, heads glossed purple-blue	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Common Grackle	✓ dan
Common Grackle Western shortgrass prairie	Quiscalus quiscula	bird	Glossy males bowing and creaking from the treetops	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Common Grackle	✓ dan
Common Green Darner	Anax junius	insect	Migrant darners massing to move south	middayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Common Green Darner Western shortgrass prairie	Anax junius	insect	Patrolling ponds and irrigation ditches -- the vanguard of a fall dragonfly migration that passes through Colorado in numbers come September	middayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Common Hackberry draft	Celtis occidentalis	tree	Pea-sized berries darkening to purple above warty bark	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Common Kingfisher draft	Alcedo atthis	bird	Electric blue against bare winter banks, watching the water	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Common Merganser	Mergus merganser	bird	Diving for fish where the river channel stays ice-free	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Common Merganser	✓ dan
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	flora	Pods swelling as the monarchs feed	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	bird	Raising downy broods among the marsh reeds ✎	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Common Gallinule	✓ dan
Common Mugwort	Artemisia vulgaris	flora	Deeply cut leaves flushing back, silver-white on the undersides	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Common Nighthawk	Chordeiles minor	bird	Late-August flocks streaming south at dusk	evening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Common Nighthawk Western shortgrass prairie	Chordeiles minor	bird	Booming flights over the city at dusk are near their yearly peak, days ahead of the main southbound push	evening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Common Pochard draft	Aythya ferina	bird	Chestnut-headed drakes gathered in tight flocks on open water	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Common Raven	Corvus corax	bird	Pairs rolling and tumbling in flight over cold grassland	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Common Raven	✓ dan
Common Sandpiper draft	Actitis hypoleucos	bird	Teetering along stream edges, tail bobbing without pause	morningmiddayevening	cite: Birds of the World — Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)	review
Common Snapping Turtle	Chelydra serpentina	herp	Hatchlings marching to the creek	morning	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Common Snipe draft	Gallinago gallinago	bird	Crouching at flooded field edges, striped back lost in the reeds	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Common Sow-thistle draft	Sonchus oleraceus	flora	Small yellow heads opening along path edges and bare ground	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Common True Katydid	Pterophylla camellifolia	insect	Katydid trills filling the night canopy ✎	night	cite: Missouri Dept. of Conservation field guide — Common True Katydid	✓ dan
Common Vetch draft	Vicia sativa	flora	Purple-pink pea flowers scrambling through roadside grass	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Common Water Hyacinth	Pontederia crassipes	flora	Lavender spikes open above mats crowding the still water	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Common Whitetail	Plathemis lydia	insect	Chalky-white males at the midsummer peak of flight	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Common Yellowthroat	Geothlypis trichas	bird	Slipping low through damp thickets as fall passage peaks	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Common Yellowthroat	✓ dan
Cope's Gray Tree Frog	Dryophytes chrysoscelis	herp	Out on warm, humid nights through the height of summer	night	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Coyote	Canis latrans	mammal	Trotting open ground through the short, cold days	morningeveningnight	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Coyote draft	Canis latrans	mammal	Padding across open grass as the autumn dark comes early	eveningnight	behavior: uncited	review
Crane-fly Orchid	Tipularia discolor	flora	A single pleated leaf lying flat on the cold forest floor	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Crape-myrtle draft	Lagerstroemia indica	tree	Crinkled pink blooms crowding the tips of smooth bare branches	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Creeping Woodsorrel draft	Oxalis corniculata	flora	Tiny yellow flowers tucked low among heart-shaped leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Curve-billed Thrasher draft	Toxostoma curvirostre	bird	Digging in dry ground with that long down-curved bill	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Curve-billed Thrasher	✓ dan
Dark Ricefield Mosquito	Psorophora columbiae	insect	Swarming at its peak through the humid weeks of summer	middayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	bird	Flicking white outer tail feathers, scratching seeds from bare ground	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds - Dark-eyed Junco	✓ dan
Daruma Pond Frog draft	Pelophylax porosus	herp	Half-submerged in warm shallows, only the eyes above water	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Daurian Redstart draft	Phoenicurus auroreus	bird	Rust-orange tail and white wing spot bright against bare branches	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Desert Cottontail draft	Sylvilagus audubonii	mammal	Ears up in the dry grass, nose testing the cold air	morningevening	behavior: uncited	review
Dog-day Cicada	Neotibicen	insect	Dog-day drone at its August peak	middayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Dogfennel	Eupatorium capillifolium	flora	Plumes of tiny cream flowers above feathery green	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Downy Woodpecker Western shortgrass prairie	Dryobates pubescens	bird	Working cottonwood bark along the creeks for bark beetles	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Dunlin draft	Calidris alpina	bird	Flocks probing soft tidal mud with long down-curved bills	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) - Dunlin	review
Dusky Thrush draft	Turdus eunomus	bird	Dark-spotted breast and rusty wings, stark on bare winter ground	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Early Goldenrod	Solidago juncea	flora	First goldenrod igniting the meadows	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Eastern Amberwing draft	Perithemis tenera	insect	Tiny amber wings hovering low through the midday heat	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Eastern Bluebird	Sialia sialis	bird	Small flocks dropping from bare perches onto holly berries	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Eastern Bluebird	✓ dan
Eastern Box Turtle	Terrapene carolina	herp	August hatchlings digging out of nests	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Eastern Buzzard draft	Buteo japonicus	bird	Circling low over bare winter fields on broad, blunt wings	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Eastern Carpenter Bee draft	Xylocopa virginica	insect	Glossy black abdomen hovering over the goldenrod	morningmidday	none	✓ dan
Eastern Chipmunk	Tamias striatus	mammal	Cheeks full, provisioning autumn burrows	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Eastern Cottontail	Sylvilagus floridanus	mammal	Last litters of the season in the clover	morningevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Eastern Cottontail Western shortgrass prairie	Sylvilagus floridanus	mammal	Grazing lawns and greenway edges at first and last light	morningevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Eastern Deermouse	Peromyscus maniculatus	mammal	Last litters of the year growing fast ahead of the cold	night	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Eastern Fence Lizard Western shortgrass prairie draft	Sceloporus undulatus	herp	Basking flat on warm rock and fence rail through the warm months	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Eastern Forktail draft	Ischnura verticalis	insect	Blue-tipped males threading the low pondside sedges	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Eastern Fox Squirrel	Sciurus niger	mammal	Conspicuous in bare branches through the short, cold days	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Eastern Garter Snake	Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis	herp	Bearing live young in the warm grass	midday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Eastern Gray Squirrel	Sciurus carolinensis	mammal	Second litters emerging from summer dreys	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Eastern Hemlock draft	Tsuga canadensis	tree	Small brown cones dangling from drooping branch tips	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Eastern Kingbird	Tyrannus tyrannus	bird	Sallying from fencepost perches to snatch insects from the air	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Eastern Kingbird	✓ dan
Eastern Meadow Vole	Microtus pennsylvanicus	mammal	Summer litters growing up under the tall grass	night	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Eastern Mole	Scalopus aquaticus	mammal	Working the soil below the lawn through the cold, short days	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad draft	Gastrophryne carolinensis	herp	Smooth-skinned and sharp-snouted, out in damp hollows in high summer	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Eastern Newt	Notophthalmus viridescens	herp	Olive adults with red spots drifting in cold pond shallows	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Eastern Phoebe	Sayornis phoebe	bird	One of the first flycatchers back, tail pumping on a low perch	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Eastern Phoebe	✓ dan
Eastern Poison Ivy	Toxicodendron radicans	flora	New leaves of three unfurling, glossy and red-tinged	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Eastern Pondhawk	Erythemis simplicicollis	insect	Peak flight through the midsummer heat	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Eastern Ratsnake	Pantherophis alleghaniensis	herp	This summer's eggs are hatching now	midday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Eastern Red-backed Salamander	Plethodon cinereus	herp	Slipping through cool damp leaf litter on the forest floor	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	tree	Seed pods rattling dry	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Eastern Redcedar	Juniperus virginiana	tree	Powder-blue cones dusted pale along dark evergreen sprays	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Eastern Screech-owl	Megascops asio	bird	Fledglings dispersing to new woods	night	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Eastern Screech-owl draft	Megascops asio	bird	Trilling low from a hollow tree, hunting mice and moths	night	cite: All About Birds - Eastern Screech-Owl cite: All About Birds - Eastern Screech-Owl	review
Eastern Skunk Cabbage	Symplocarpus foetidus	flora	Mottled hoods pushing through wet mud, flowering before the leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Eastern Spot-billed Duck draft	Anas zonorhyncha	bird	Flocks resting on open water, black bills tipped bright yellow	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Papilio glaucus	insect	Summer's biggest butterfly flight	midday	behavior: uncited	review
Eastern Towhee	Pipilo erythrophthalmus	bird	Scratching backward through leaf litter in winter thickets	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Eastern Towhee	✓ dan
Eastern Warbling Vireo	Vireo gilvus	bird	Rambling warble spilling from leafy canopies near water	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds - Warbling Vireo	✓ dan
Eastern White Pine	Pinus strobus	tree	Soft five-needle bundles holding blue-green through the cold	morningmiddayeveningnight	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Eastern Wood-pewee	Contopus virens	bird	Sallying from a dead branch, snapping insects from midair	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Eastern Wood-Pewee	✓ dan
Eastern-japanese Common Toad draft	Bufo formosus	herp	Dark tadpoles crowding the sunlit shallows	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Ebony Jewelwing draft	Calopteryx maculata	insect	Black wings fluttering, bodies gleaming metallic green	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Eurasian Collared-dove	Streptopelia decaocto	bird	Flocking to spilled seed and grain through the cold months	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Eurasian Collared-Dove species account	✓ dan
Eurasian Kestrel draft	Falco tinnunculus	bird	Hovering over open winter fields, head still, watching for voles	morningmiddayevening	cite: Birds of the World - Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)	review
Eurasian Skylark draft	Alauda arvensis	bird	Climbing high over open fields, singing without a pause	morningmiddayevening	cite: Audubon Field Guide - Sky Lark	review
Eurasian Sparrowhawk draft	Accipiter nisus	bird	Waiting in winter cover, barred breast and long banded tail	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Eurasian Tree Sparrow draft	Passer montanus	bird	Chattering flocks in the hedges, black cheek spot on each face	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Eurasian Tree Sparrow	review
Eurasian Wigeon draft	Mareca penelope	bird	Chestnut heads and cream crowns crowding the winter water	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
European Holly draft	Ilex aquifolium	tree	Red berries bright against dark, spine-edged leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	bird	Flocks speckled white in winter dress, probing lawns for grubs	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - European Starling	✓ dan
Evening Primrose	Oenothera biennis	flora	Pale flowers opening at dusk for the moths	evening	none	review
Falcated Duck draft	Mareca falcata	bird	Wintering flocks on quiet ponds, drakes glossed green and bronze	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Feijoa Taiheiyo evergreen forests draft	Feijoa sellowiana	flora	Crimson stamens bursting from white petals on garden shrubs	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Field Sparrow	Spizella pusilla	bird	Rusty-capped flocks picking grass seed in weedy old fields	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Field Sparrow	✓ dan
Fiery Skipper	Hylephila phyleus	insect	Peak flight of the year in the autumn sun	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Fish Crow draft	Corvus ossifragus	bird	Nasal calls carrying from bare treetops in midwinter	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Fish Crow	✓ dan
Five-lined Skink	Plestiodon fasciatus	herp	Blue-tailed young basking on warm stone	midday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	tree	Berries greening toward fall scarlet	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Fowler's Toad	Anaxyrus fowleri	herp	Active on warm, humid nights through midsummer	night	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Fox Grape	Vitis labrusca	flora	Wild grapes darkening on the fence lines	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Fragile Forktail draft	Ischnura posita	insect	Green exclamation marks on the shoulders, flitting through weeds	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Gadwall draft	Mareca strepera	bird	Gray drakes tipping into shallow water for pondweed	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), Gadwall Life History	review
Gallberry	Ilex glabra	tree	Small black drupes ripening among glossy evergreen leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Gallinipper	Psorophora ciliata	insect	Peak flight through the heavy heat of late summer	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Garlic Mustard	Alliaria petiolata	flora	White four-petaled flowers crowding the shaded woodland floor	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Ghost Pipe draft	Monotropa uniflora	flora	Waxy white stalks pushing up, each nodding a single flower	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Giant Asian Mantis draft	Hierodula patellifera	insect	Full-grown and motionless on a sunlit leaf, forelegs folded	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Giant Dogwood draft	Cornus controversa	tree	Flat white flower clusters spread along the tiered branches	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Ginkgo draft	Ginkgo biloba	flora	Fan-shaped leaves gone butter yellow, littering the pavement	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Glaucous-winged Gull	Larus glaucescens	bird	Gray wingtips matching the back, loafing in winter gull flocks	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Golden Sweat Bee draft	Augochlorella aurata	insect	Metallic green glint moving flower to flower all summer	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Golden-crowned Kinglet Western shortgrass prairie draft	Regulus satrapa	bird	Flitting through winter conifers, hovering to glean branch tips	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Golden-crowned Kinglet	review
Golden-crowned Sparrow draft	Zonotrichia atricapilla	bird	Gold-and-black crown low in the brush, scratching up seeds	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds - Golden-crowned Sparrow	review
Gray Catbird	Dumetella carolinensis	bird	Mewing from the thickets, fattening on elderberries	morningmidday	none	✓ dan
Gray Catbird Western shortgrass prairie	Dumetella carolinensis	bird	Skulking in dense creekside thickets, still singing its rambling song	morning	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Gray Treefrog	Dryophytes versicolor	herp	Last trills of the season from the canopy	nightevening	behavior: uncited	review
Gray Treefrog draft	Dryophytes versicolor	herp	Hunting insects on damp bark through the last mild nights	night	cite: Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology), Hyla versicolor	review
Great Black-backed Gull	Larus marinus	bird	Dwarfing the other gulls loafing along the winter shoreline	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Great Blue Heron	Ardea herodias	bird	Stalking the shallows of Sligo Creek	morningevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Great Blue Heron Western shortgrass prairie	Ardea herodias	bird	Stalking the shallows of the South Platte and city ponds	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Great Blue Skimmer	Libellula vibrans	insect	Chalky blue wings through the peak of midsummer	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Great Cormorant draft	Phalacrocorax carbo	bird	Diving after fish, then standing with wings spread to dry	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) - Great Cormorant cite: Audubon Field Guide - Great Cormorant	review
Great Crested Flycatcher	Myiarchus crinitus	bird	Loud rising wheep calls carrying from the high leafy canopy	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Great Crested Flycatcher	✓ dan
Great Crested Grebe draft	Podiceps cristatus	bird	Riding cold open water, white neck held tall above the chop	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Great Egret	Ardea alba	bird	Numbers swelling in the shallows through late summer	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Great Mullein draft	Verbascum thapsus	flora	Yellow flowers scattered up a woolly, head-high spike	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Great Spangled Fritillary	Argynnis cybele	insect	Females laying eggs near violets	midday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Great Spangled Fritillary Western shortgrass prairie	Argynnis cybele	insect	Working thistle and bergamot in foothill meadows	midday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Great-tailed Grackle draft	Quiscalus mexicanus	bird	Long keeled tails fanned wide, iridescent in the treetops	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Great-tailed Grackle	review
Greater Blue Skimmer draft	Orthetrum melania	insect	Males dusted chalky blue, skimming low over still water	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Greater Scaup draft	Aythya marila	bird	Bobbing in big flocks on cold bays, diving for shellfish	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Greater Scaup	review
Green Anole draft	Anolis carolinensis	herp	Basking on sunlit trunks through the height of summer	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Green Ash draft	Fraxinus pennsylvanica	tree	Clusters of winged samaras drying on the twigs	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Green Bristle Grass draft	Setaria viridis	flora	Bristly seed spikes nodding heavy along roadside gravel	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Green Chafer draft	Anomala albopilosa	insect	Shiny green beetles bumbling through the summer leaves	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Green Frog	Lithobates clamitans	herp	Banjo calls winding down along the creek	eveningnight	behavior: uncited	review
Green Heron	Butorides virescens	bird	Fishing the creek pools at first light	morning	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Green Pheasant draft	Phasianus versicolor	bird	Glossy green males stepping through tall grass in the open	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Green Treefrog draft	Dryophytes cinereus	herp	Out on warm, humid nights at the height of late summer	night	behavior: uncited	review
Green-winged Teal draft	Anas crecca	bird	Dabbling in quiet shallows, drakes flashing chestnut and green	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Green-winged Teal Life History	review
Grey Heron draft	Ardea cinerea	bird	Hunched grey at the water's edge, standing still as a post	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Grey Wagtail draft	Motacilla cinerea	bird	Flashing lemon-yellow beneath a long, constantly bobbing tail	morningmiddayevening	cite: Birds of the World — Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) species account	review
Grey-tailed Tattler draft	Tringa brevipes	bird	Teetering along the mudflats, picking out small crabs	morningmiddayevening	cite: Audubon Field Guide	review
Ground-ivy draft	Glechoma hederacea	flora	Blue-violet lipped flowers low in the mown grass	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Groundhog	Marmota monax	mammal	Eating hard ahead of the long sleep	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Groundsel Tree	Baccharis halimifolia	flora	Turning silver-white with drifts of seed plumes	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Gulf Fritillary	Dione vanillae	insect	Bright orange flight at its autumn peak	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Hairy Sweat Bee draft	Lasioglossum pilosum	insect	Working the clover blooms, tiny and dark and dusted with pollen	morningmidday	none	review
Hairy Woodpecker draft	Leuconotopicus villosus	bird	Drumming on bare limbs, chiseling out wood-boring beetle grubs	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds - Hairy Woodpecker cite: All About Birds - Hairy Woodpecker	review
Hawfinch draft	Coccothraustes coccothraustes	bird	Cracking hard seeds and cherry stones with a massive pale bill	morningmiddayevening	cite: Birds of the World (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) - Hawfinch species account	review
Henbit Deadnettle draft	Lamium amplexicaule	flora	Purple-pink hoods opening above rings of clasping leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Hermit Thrush Southeast US conifer savannas draft	Catharus guttatus	bird	Working the winter understory, taking holly berries one by one	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Hermit Thrush	review
Hermit Thrush Western shortgrass prairie draft	Catharus guttatus	bird	Flicking leaf litter on the ground, tail slowly rising and falling	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Hermit Thrush	review
Hinoki Cypress draft	Chamaecyparis obtusa	tree	Pea-sized cones ripening brown in flat sprays of scaly leaves	morningmiddayeveningnight	none	review
Hispid Cotton Rat draft	Sigmodon hispidus	mammal	Late litters growing up fast in the tall grass	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Honey Locust Southeast US conifer savannas draft	Gleditsia triacanthos	tree	Long twisted pods hanging dark from thorny bare branches	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Honey Locust Western shortgrass prairie draft	Gleditsia triacanthos	tree	Long twisted pods darkening and hanging in the crown	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Hooded Merganser draft	Lophodytes cucullatus	bird	Drakes fanning white crests on still, wooded ponds	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Hooded Merganser	review
Hook-spurred Longhorn draft	Eucera hamata	insect	Antennae longer than the body, sweeping across spring blooms	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Horace's Duskywing	Erynnis horatius	insect	Second brood flying through the July heat ✎	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ claude
House Finch Western shortgrass prairie	Haemorhous mexicanus	bird	Working seed heads gone to straw in the August heat ✎	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
House Sparrow draft	Passer domesticus	bird	Chattering flocks crowding feeders and hedgerows in the cold	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - House Sparrow	review
Indigo Bunting draft	Passerina cyanea	bird	Males in full blue, singing from hedgerow tops and wires	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)	review
Itajii Chinkapin draft	Castanopsis sieboldii	tree	Small brown nuts dropping beneath glossy evergreen leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Japanese Apricot Taiheiyo evergreen forests draft	Prunus mume	flora	Pale blossoms opening on bare, dark branches before the leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Japanese Aralia draft	Fatsia japonica	flora	Creamy white flower globes open above glossy fanned leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Japanese Aucuba draft	Aucuba japonica	flora	Scarlet berries bright against glossy evergreen leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Japanese Badger draft	Meles anakuma	mammal	Striped face low to the ground, nosing through damp leaf litter	morningevening	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Barberry draft	Berberis thunbergii	flora	Small red berries clinging to thorny arching stems	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Japanese Beetle draft	Popillia japonica	insect	Metallic green backs chewing leaves down to lace	morningmiddayevening	cite: University of Minnesota Extension	review
Japanese Bigleaf Magnolia draft	Magnolia obovata	tree	Creamy saucer flowers opening above broad, pale-backed leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Japanese Black Pine draft	Pinus thunbergii	tree	Pollen cones dusting the new shoot tips yellow	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Japanese Brown Frog draft	Rana japonica	herp	Gathering in cold shallow water to breed while winter still holds	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Bush Warbler draft	Horornis diphone	bird	Olive-brown in the thickets as plum blossoms open overhead	morningmidday	none	review
Japanese Carpenter Ant draft	Camponotus japonicus	insect	Big black workers crossing warm ground and tree bark	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Cherry draft	Prunus serrulata	tree	Clouds of pale pink petals opening on bare branches	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Japanese Chestnut draft	Castanea crenata	tree	Spiny green burs fattening at the branch tips	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Japanese Five-lined Skink draft	Plestiodon finitimus	herp	Glossy and quick across sunlit stone in the heat of summer	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake draft	Elaphe quadrivirgata	herp	Four dark stripes sliding through warm, sunlit leaf litter	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel draft	Petaurista leucogenys	mammal	Gliding trunk to trunk through the cold, still forest	evening	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Giant Gecko draft	Gekko japonicus	herp	Flattened against warm walls and fences at the height of summer	evening	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Grass Lizard draft	Takydromus tachydromoides	herp	Long tail trailing as it slips through sunlit grass	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Green Woodpecker draft	Picus awokera	bird	Clinging to grey trunks, green back plain in the bare woods	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Hare draft	Lepus brachyurus	mammal	Out after dark on cold ground, long ears turning	eveningnight	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Holly draft	Ilex crenata	tree	Small black berries tucked among tiny glossy leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Japanese Honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	flora	Semi-evergreen leaves holding on through the bare months	morningmiddayeveningnight	cite: NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox	✓ dan
Japanese Hornbeam draft	Carpinus japonica	tree	Drooping catkins shedding pollen as new leaves unfold	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Japanese Keelback draft	Hebius vibakari	herp	Small and brown, out on damp shaded ground in the warm months	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Macaque draft	Macaca fuscata	mammal	Thick winter coats, moving slowly through the short cold days	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Maple draft	Acer palmatum	tree	Finely cut leaves deepening to crimson and scarlet	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Pagoda Tree draft	Styphnolobium japonicum	flora	Necklace-like seed pods hanging yellow-green from the branches	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Japanese Persimmon Taiheiyo evergreen forests draft	Diospyros kaki	flora	Orange fruit hanging heavy on the branches, ripe for picking	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker draft	Yungipicus kizuki	bird	Small and striped, tapping its way up bare winter branches	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Ratsnake draft	Elaphe climacophora	herp	Olive-green coils warming on sunlit stone and wood	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Stag Beetle draft	Prosopocoilus inclinatus	insect	Midsummer peak, males carrying jaws curved like antlers	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Stone Oak draft	Lithocarpus edulis	tree	Fat acorns ripening among glossy evergreen leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Japanese Wagtail draft	Motacilla grandis	bird	Black and white, tail bobbing with each step across open ground	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Walnut draft	Juglans ailantifolia	tree	Long flower tassels swinging under huge new leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Japanese Weasel draft	Mustela itatsi	mammal	Slender brown body bounding across bare, cold ground	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Japanese Zelkova draft	Zelkova serrata	flora	Sawtooth leaves turning bronze in a wide vase-shaped crown	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Jewelweed	Impatiens capensis	flora	Orange spurs open — hummingbird fuel	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Joe-pye Weed	Eutrochium	flora	Head-high and crowded with butterflies	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus	bird	Peak numbers on bare ground, nesting in gravel scrapes	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Killdeer Life History	✓ dan
Kobus Magnolia draft	Magnolia kobus	tree	White flowers opening on bare branches, ahead of any leaf	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Konara Oak draft	Quercus serrata	tree	Acorns dropping through leaves turning dull gold	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Korean Mulberry draft	Morus indica	tree	Berries ripening from red to near-black along the twigs	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Kousa Dogwood draft	Cornus kousa	tree	Four white pointed bracts spread flat above the leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Kudzu draft	Pueraria montana	flora	Deep purple flower spikes hidden in the leaf tangle	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Large Brown Cicada draft	Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata	insect	Smoky-brown wings pressed to tree bark through the hottest weeks	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Large White Trillium draft	Trillium grandiflorum	flora	Three white petals open above three broad leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Large-billed Crow draft	Corvus macrorhynchos	bird	Tearing into soft persimmons left hanging on bare branches	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Largeflower Pink-sorrel draft	Oxalis debilis	flora	Pink blooms opening in clusters above clover-shaped leaves	morningmidday	none	review
Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	bird	Numbers at their fullest, flocks loafing on tidal flats	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Lesser Celandine draft	Ficaria verna	flora	Glossy yellow stars carpeting the damp floodplain woods	morningmidday	none	review
Lesser Goldfinch draft	Spinus psaltria	bird	Small flocks picking seeds from dried flower heads	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds - Lesser Goldfinch	review
Lesser Japanese Mole draft	Mogera imaizumii	mammal	Pushing fresh heaps of dark soil up through cold ground	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Ligated Furrow Bee draft	Halictus ligatus	insect	Pollen-dusted, working one small flower after another	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Little Blue Heron Southeast US conifer savannas draft	Egretta caerulea	bird	White first-year birds stalking crayfish in the shallows	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Little Blue Heron cite: All About Birds - Little Blue Heron	review
Little Blue Heron Western shortgrass prairie draft	Egretta caerulea	bird	Stalking shallow water for small fish, slate blue in the reeds	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Little Blue Heron	review
Little Egret draft	Egretta garzetta	bird	Wading the shallows, yellow feet stirring fish from the mud	morningmiddayevening	cite: Birds of the World (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) - Little Egret species account	review
Little Grebe draft	Tachybaptus ruficollis	bird	Diving under again and again on still winter ponds	morningmiddayevening	cite: Birds of the World (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), Little Grebe species account	review
Little-leaf Linden draft	Tilia cordata	tree	Creamy flower clusters hanging under heart-shaped leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Lizard's Tail	Saururus cernuus	flora	Nodding white spikes curling above the swamp shallows	morningmiddayevening	none	✓ dan
Loblolly Pine draft	Pinus taeda	tree	Cones gaping open, last winged seeds drifting down	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Loggerhead Shrike Southeast US conifer savannas draft	Lanius ludovicianus	bird	Watching from a fence wire, prey wedged onto thorns	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Loggerhead Shrike	review
Long-headed Poppy draft	Papaver dubium	flora	Crumpled orange petals opening on slender hairy stems	morningmidday	none	review
Long-tailed Skipper draft	Urbanus proteus	insect	Late-season broods at their strongest flight	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Long-tailed Tit draft	Aegithalos caudatus	bird	A ball of feathers with a trailing tail, flitting through bare twigs	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Longleaf Pine draft	Pinus palustris	tree	New shoots rising like pale candles among long needles	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Luna Moth	Actias luna	insect	Second brood emerging on soft green wings ✎	night	behavior: uncited	✓ claude
Lyreleaf Sage draft	Salvia lyrata	flora	Pale blue whorls rising above the flat rosettes	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Mallard draft	Anas platyrhynchos	bird	Drakes glossy green, tipping bill-down in cold shallows	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Mallard Life History	review
Mandarin Duck draft	Aix galericulata	bird	Gathering on quiet ponds, drakes bright with orange sail fins	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Mangrove Yellow Warbler draft	Setophaga petechia	bird	Singing bright whistles from streamside willow thickets	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds - Yellow Warbler	review
Masked Bunting draft	Emberiza personata	bird	Black masks and streaky brown backs, most numerous in midwinter	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Mayapple draft	Podophyllum peltatum	flora	A white flower nodding under paired umbrella leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Meadow Bunting draft	Emberiza cioides	bird	Chestnut back and white-striped face bright in winter light	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Monarch Butterfly	Danaus plexippus	insect	Southward migration to Mexico begins	middaymorning	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Monarch Butterfly	Danaus plexippus	insect	First monarchs drifting up from the south	midday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Monarch Butterfly Western shortgrass prairie	Danaus plexippus	insect	Front Range migrants nectaring on rabbitbrush and gayfeather, bound for Mexican wintering grounds ✎	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Montane Brown Frog draft	Rana ornativentris	herp	Out in cold shallow pools before the forest leafs out	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Mountain Laurel draft	Kalmia latifolia	flora	Cupped white-and-pink clusters open across shady slopes	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	bird	Cooing through second and third broods	morningevening	behavior: uncited	review
Mourning Dove Western shortgrass prairie	Zenaida macroura	bird	Calling from wires through the heat of the day; this year's young now feeding on their own	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Muku Tree draft	Aphananthe aspera	tree	Round fruits darkening to black among rough leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Mule Deer draft	Odocoileus hemionus	mammal	Moving across open ground through the short, cold days	morningeveningnight	behavior: uncited	review
Multiflora Rose Southeast US conifer savannas draft	Rosa multiflora	flora	Arching canes smothered in clusters of small white blooms	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Multiflora Rose Western shortgrass prairie draft	Rosa multiflora	flora	Clusters of small red hips holding on through the cold	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Muscadine draft	Vitis rotundifolia	flora	Thick-skinned grapes ripening bronze and purple on the vine	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Mute Swan draft	Cygnus olor	bird	Drifting on cold open water, neck curved, wings arched high	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Narcissus Flycatcher draft	Ficedula narcissina	bird	Orange-throated males flashing through fresh green leaves	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
New York Ironweed	Vernonia noveboracensis	flora	Deep violet against the late-summer green	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
North American Malaria Mosquito draft	Anopheles quadrimaculatus	insect	Larvae developing in warm, still water	morningevening	none	review
North American Racer draft	Coluber constrictor	herp	Out in the open, sunning on warm ground and gone in a flash	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	bird	Raising a late summer brood	morningevening	behavior: uncited	review
Northern Flicker Western shortgrass prairie	Colaptes auratus	bird	Flushed birds often show a mix of both red and yellow shafted wing colors ✎	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Northern Grasshopper Mouse draft	Onychomys leucogaster	mammal	Late-summer litters closing out the breeding season	morningevening	behavior: uncited	review
Northern House Wren draft	Troglodytes aedon	bird	Bubbling song spilling from a cavity stuffed with twigs	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - House Wren (Life History)	review
Northern Leopard Frog Southeast US conifer savannas draft	Lithobates pipiens	herp	Pale-ringed dark spots on green, out in the damp grass	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Northern Leopard Frog Western shortgrass prairie draft	Lithobates pipiens	herp	Out in damp meadow grass at pond edges through late summer	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Northern Mockingbird draft	Mimus polyglottos	bird	Holding a winter berry patch where holly fruit still hangs	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Northern Mockingbird Life History	review
Northern Parula draft	Setophaga americana	bird	Slipping through the treetops after insects on fall passage	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Northern Parula	review
Northern Pintail draft	Anas acuta	bird	Tipping tail-up in shallow ponds, long necks reaching for seeds	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Northern Pintail	review
Northern Red Oak draft	Quercus rubra	tree	Acorns dropping as the leaves turn deep russet	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Northern Shoveler draft	Spatula clypeata	bird	Spoon-shaped bill straining tiny food from cold pond water	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Northern Shoveler	review
Northern Slimy Salamander draft	Plethodon glutinosus	herp	Silver-flecked and glossy black, out over damp leaf litter	morningevening	behavior: uncited	review
Northern Spicebush draft	Lindera benzoin	flora	Tiny yellow flowers crowding bare gray twigs before the leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Norway Maple draft	Acer platanoides	tree	Broad leaves turning flat yellow, holding on late	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Olive Taiheiyo evergreen forests draft	Olea europaea	flora	Hard green fruit turning purple-black on the grove rows	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Orange Sulphur draft	Colias eurytheme	insect	Orange wings flickering low over the dry grass	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Orange-crowned Warbler Southeast US conifer savannas draft	Leiothlypis celata	bird	Drab olive-yellow, gleaning small insects low in thickets	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Orange-crowned Warbler	review
Orange-crowned Warbler Western shortgrass prairie draft	Leiothlypis celata	bird	Gleaning insects low in shrubby thickets, olive and unstreaked	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds — Orange-crowned Warbler	review
Ord's Kangaroo Rat draft	Dipodomys ordii	mammal	Spring litters growing fast as the grassland warms	morningevening	behavior: uncited	review
Oriental False Hawksbeard draft	Youngia japonica	flora	Wiry stalks of tiny yellow heads above flat ground rosettes	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Oriental Greenfinch draft	Chloris sinica	bird	Yellow wing patches flashing bright against bare winter branches	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Oriental Longheaded Locust draft	Acrida cinerea	insect	Full-grown now, pointed heads tilted along the grass stems	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Oriental Reed Warbler draft	Acrocephalus orientalis	bird	Newly back in the marsh, harsh songs from swaying reed tops	morningmiddayevening	cite: Birds of the World (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)	review
Oriental Turtle-dove draft	Streptopelia orientalis	bird	Quiet in bare winter branches, wings scaled chestnut and black	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Osprey draft	Pandion haliaetus	bird	Back over open water, hovering before the plunge	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab) - Osprey Life History	review
Ovenbird draft	Seiurus aurocapilla	bird	Ringing tea-cher tea-cher from the shaded forest floor	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds - Ovenbird (Sounds)cite: All About Birds - Ovenbird (Overview)	review
Pacific Chorus Frog draft	Pseudacris regilla	herp	Tadpoles crowding the sunlit shallows of rain-filled pools	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Painted Turtle draft	Chrysemys picta	herp	Back on half-sunk logs, shells tipped to the warming sun	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Pale Grass Blue draft	Pseudozizeeria maha	insect	Small pale-blue wings flickering low over sunny grass	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Pale Thrush draft	Turdus pallidus	bird	Picking red aucuba berries in the shady winter woods	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Pallas' Squirrel draft	Callosciurus erythraeus	mammal	Red belly flashing along the branches through the cold days	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Palm Warbler draft	Setophaga palmarum	bird	Tail-bobbing low through weedy fields at the peak of passage	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)	review
Paper Birch draft	Betula papyrifera	tree	Chalk-white bark peeling in papery curls on bare limbs	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Partridgeberry draft	Mitchella repens	flora	Scarlet berries resting on a mat of paired evergreen leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Pawpaw	Asimina triloba	tree	Pawpaws swelling in the understory	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Peach	Prunus persica	flora	Local peaches at their August peak	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Peach Taiheiyo evergreen forests draft	Prunus persica	flora	Pink blossoms crowding the bare orchard branches	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Pearl Crescent draft	Phyciodes tharos	insect	Broods overlapping at the peak of the flight	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Peregrine Falcon draft	Falco peregrinus	bird	Waiting on high ledges, then diving hard at birds below	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) - Peregrine Falcon	review
Persian Silk Tree draft	Albizia julibrissin	tree	Pink powderpuff blooms opening above feathery leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Philadelphia Fleabane draft	Erigeron philadelphicus	flora	Thread-thin white rays crowding the roadsides and field edges	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Pickerelweed draft	Pontederia cordata	flora	Violet-blue spikes standing above the still shallows	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Pied-billed Grebe draft	Podilymbus podiceps	bird	Wintering on open ponds, diving out of sight and back up	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Pied-billed Grebe	review
Pileated Woodpecker draft	Dryocopus pileatus	bird	Chiseling rectangular holes in dead wood for carpenter ants	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Pileated Woodpecker	review
Pin Oak draft	Quercus palustris	tree	Small acorns dropping as the leaves turn dull russet	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Pine Warbler draft	Setophaga pinus	bird	Musical trills drifting down from the pine crowns	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Pine Warbler	review
Pink Knotweed draft	Persicaria capitata	flora	Round pink blooms low on sprawling mats of V-marked leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Pink Lady's Slipper draft	Cypripedium acaule	flora	One pink veined pouch nodding between two ribbed leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Pink Sundew draft	Drosera capillaris	flora	Pink blooms on wiry stalks above dew-beaded red rosettes	morningmidday	none	review
Pitch Pine draft	Pinus rigida	tree	Needles in stiff bundles of three, dark green through the cold	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Pomegranate Taiheiyo evergreen forests draft	Punica granatum	flora	Waxy orange-red flowers opening on garden branches	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Pond Slider draft	Trachemys scripta	herp	Back out in the sun at pond edges as the water warms	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Princess Tree draft	Paulownia tomentosa	tree	Purple trumpets opening on bare branches before the leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Pronghorn draft	Antilocapra americana	mammal	Grazing open plains through the cold, short days	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Pure Green Sweat Bee draft	Augochlora pura	insect	Metallic green sheen at work in the goldenrod bloom	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Purple Coneflower	Echinacea purpurea	flora	Seed heads forming as goldfinches watch	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Purple Finch Western shortgrass prairie draft	Haemorhous purpureus	bird	Raspberry-washed males crushing seeds in mixed winter flocks	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Purple Finch	review
Purple Passionflower draft	Passiflora incarnata	flora	Fringed lavender crowns open along the tangled vines	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Quaking Aspen draft	Populus tremuloides	tree	Round leaves turning gold, shivering at the lightest breeze	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Raccoon	Procyon lotor	mammal	Cubs foraging with their mother along the creek	nightevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Raccoon draft	Procyon lotor	mammal	Fattening on ripe persimmons in the autumn dark	night	cite: iNaturalist taxon page (Procyon lotor)	review
Raccoon Western shortgrass prairie	Procyon lotor	mammal	Working irrigation ditches and greenway trash cans after dark	night	behavior: uncited	review
Red Admiral draft	Vanessa atalanta	insect	Summer brood everywhere, orange slash across dark wings ✎	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ claude
Red Buckeye draft	Aesculus pavia	tree	Upright red flower spikes crowding the understory	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Red Clover draft	Trifolium pratense	flora	Dusty pink heads opening across the grassy roadsides	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Red Deadnettle draft	Lamium purpureum	flora	Pink flower whorls tucked under purple-tinged leaf tips	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Red Fox	Vulpes vulpes	mammal	Kits hunting alone for the first time	eveningnightmorning	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Red Fox draft	Vulpes vulpes	mammal	Nosing out fallen persimmons along the field edge after dark	eveningnight	cite: iNaturalist taxon page, Vulpes vulpes	review
Red Fox Western shortgrass prairie	Vulpes vulpes	mammal	This spring's kits now independent, dispersing along greenbelts at dusk	eveningnight	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Red Imported Fire Ant draft	Solenopsis invicta	insect	Winged queens rising on warm afternoons after spring rain	morningmidday	cite: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Fire Ant Project	review
Red Machilus draft	Machilus thunbergii	tree	Fresh leaves flushing red as small green flowers open	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Red Maple	Acer rubrum	tree	Maples letting go in drifts of red	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Red Ring Skirt draft	Hestina assimilis	insect	Gliding on black-and-white wings, red rings at the hem	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Red-bellied Woodpecker draft	Melanerpes carolinus	bird	Tucking seeds and nuts into bark crevices for later	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Red-bellied Woodpecker Life History	review
Red-breasted Nuthatch draft	Sitta canadensis	bird	Wedging conifer seeds into bark furrows, nasal yank-yank calls	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Red-breasted Nuthatch cite: All About Birds - Red-breasted Nuthatch	review
Red-eyed Vireo draft	Vireo olivaceus	bird	Turning to ripe pokeweed berries before heading south	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds - Red-eyed Vireo Life History	review
Red-flanked Bluetail draft	Tarsiger cyanurus	bird	Wintering in the evergreen shade, blue tail flashing	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Red-shouldered Hawk draft	Buteo lineatus	bird	Watching from bare winter perches, most conspicuous now	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds - Red-shouldered Hawk	review
Red-spotted Admiral draft	Limenitis arthemis	insect	Second brood out, blue-black wings flashing in woodland sun	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Red-tailed Hawk	Buteo jamaicensis	bird	This year's young are hunting on their own now	midday	behavior: uncited	review
Red-tailed Hawk Western shortgrass prairie	Buteo jamaicensis	bird	Hunting prairie dog colonies on open ground at the city's edge	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Red-winged Blackbird draft	Agelaius phoeniceus	bird	Males flare red shoulders from cattail tops, singing conk-la-ree	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab) - Red-winged Blackbird	review
Rice Taiheiyo evergreen forests draft	Oryza sativa	flora	Heavy grain heads bending gold over flooded paddies	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Rice Field Frog draft	Fejervarya kawamurai	herp	Crowding muddy shallows, leaping clear at a passing footstep	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Ring-billed Gull draft	Larus delawarensis	bird	Midwinter numbers at their fullest, loafing on open water	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Ring-billed Gull	review
Ring-cupped Oak draft	Quercus glauca	tree	Acorns ripening brown in cups banded with pale rings	morningmiddayevening	none	review
River Birch draft	Betula nigra	tree	Papery bark curling loose along bare branches	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Rock Pigeon draft	Columba livia	bird	Flocks huddled wing to wing, necks glossed green and purple	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Rock Pigeon Life History	review
Rose Evening Primrose draft	Oenothera rosea	flora	Small pink four-petal flowers low along path edges and lawns	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Rose-breasted Grosbeak draft	Pheucticus ludovicianus	bird	Southbound through leafy treetops, husking seeds with a stout bill	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Rose-breasted Grosbeak	review
Rose-ringed Parakeet draft	Psittacula krameri	bird	Bright green flocks working the last hanging persimmons	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Roughleaf Dogwood draft	Cornus drummondii	tree	White berries clustered on bright red stalks	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Royal Tern Southeast US conifer savannas draft	Thalasseus maximus	bird	Orange bill over the surf, black crest ragged in the wind	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Royal Tern	review
Royal Tern Western shortgrass prairie draft	Thalasseus maximus	bird	A coastal stray over inland water, plunge-diving for small fish	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Royal Tern species account cite: Audubon Field Guide - Royal Tern	review
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Archilochus colubris	bird	Fueling up on jewelweed before the Gulf crossing	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Archilochus colubris	bird	Last hummingbirds slipping south	morningevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Rustic Bunting draft	Emberiza rustica	bird	Small winter flocks picking seeds from the ground, crest raised	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) - Rustic Bunting	review
Sassafras	Sassafras albidum	tree	First leaves hinting orange	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Saw Greenbrier draft	Smilax bona-nox	flora	Blue-black berries holding on thorny, tangled stems	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Sawtooth Oak draft	Quercus acutissima	tree	Fat acorns in shaggy fringed cups dropping to the leaf litter	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Sensitive Fern draft	Onoclea sensibilis	flora	Fiddleheads uncoiling in the damp ground, pale and woolly	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle draft	Coccinella septempunctata	insect	Seven black dots on red, busy in the fresh spring leaves	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Shagbark Hickory draft	Carya ovata	tree	Bark curling away in long loose strips, the woods bare around	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Sika Deer draft	Cervus nippon	mammal	Coat gone dark and thick, feeding along the cold forest edge	morningeveningnight	behavior: uncited	review
Silver Lime draft	Tilia tomentosa	tree	Small cream flowers opening under leaves silvered beneath	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Silver Maple Southeast US conifer savannas draft	Acer saccharinum	tree	Oversized winged seeds spinning down from the crown	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Silver Maple Western shortgrass prairie draft	Acer saccharinum	tree	Deep-cut leaves turning pale yellow, silver undersides flashing	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus	insect	Darting through the late summer flower beds ✎	midday	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Silverback Mosquito draft	Aedes infirmatus	insect	Out in force through the humid heart of summer ✎	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ claude
Six-lined Racerunner draft	Aspidoscelis sexlineatus	herp	Racing across open sunlit ground at the height of the season	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Skunk Vine draft	Paederia foetida	flora	White trumpets with wine-red throats open along the tangle	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Small Copper draft	Lycaena phlaeas	insect	First brood out, flashing copper-orange low over the grass	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Small White draft	Pieris rapae	insect	Velvety green caterpillars chewing along the leaf edges	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Snowy Egret draft	Egretta thula	bird	Shuffling golden feet in the shallows to stir up small fish	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Snowy Egret	review
Song Sparrow draft	Melospiza melodia	bird	Skulking low in brushy edges, dark breast spot showing	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Song Sparrow	review
Southern Cricket Frog draft	Acris gryllus	herp	Out along sunlit pond edges through the warm months	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Southern Leopard Frog draft	Lithobates sphenocephalus	herp	Out in numbers along shallow water at the season's peak	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Southern Magnolia draft	Magnolia grandiflora	tree	Leathery evergreen leaves holding their green through the cold	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Southern Toad draft	Anaxyrus terrestris	herp	Squat and warty, out on damp ground through the warm nights	night	behavior: uncited	review
Spicebush Swallowtail draft	Papilio troilus	insect	Late-summer brood at the peak of its flight	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Spongy Moth draft	Lymantria dispar	insect	Bristly caterpillars chewing ragged holes in new leaves	morningmidday	none	review
Spotted Lanternfly draft	Lycorma delicatula	insect	Red, white-spotted nymphs clustered on tree-of-heaven stems	morningmiddayevening	cite: Penn State Extension - Spotted Lanternfly	review
Spotted Towhee draft	Pipilo maculatus	bird	Scratching backward through leaf litter beneath dense shrubs	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Spotted Towhee	review
Spring Beauty Miner draft	Andrena erigeniae	insect	Weaving low where spring beauty opens across the leaf litter	morningmidday	none	review
Spurred Ceratina draft	Ceratina calcarata	insect	Glossy dark bodies darting through the flower beds	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Squirrel Tree Frog draft	Dryophytes squirellus	herp	Thumb-sized and green, clinging to wet leaves after dark	night	behavior: uncited	review
Steller's Jay draft	Cyanocitta stelleri	bird	Crest up, harsh scolding calls ringing through the pines	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Steller's Jay	review
Striped Skunk	Mephitis mephitis	mammal	Grubbing lawns in the August night	night	behavior: uncited	review
Striped Skunk draft	Mephitis mephitis	mammal	Fattening for the cold months, foraging late into the night	night	cite: Penn State Extension - Skunks	review
Striped Skunk Western shortgrass prairie	Mephitis mephitis	mammal	Foraging lawns and garden edges for grubs after dark	night	behavior: uncited	review
Striped Wintergreen draft	Chimaphila maculata	flora	Nodding waxy white flowers above the white-striped leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Sugar Maple draft	Acer saccharum	tree	Broad leaves shifting to orange and gold, edges first	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Sugi draft	Cryptomeria japonica	tree	Clusters of pollen cones releasing gold dust at the branch tips	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Swamp Rose Mallow	Hibiscus moscheutos	flora	Dinner-plate hibiscus open along the wetlands	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	✓ dan
Swamp Sparrow draft	Melospiza georgiana	bird	Hopping through marsh grass, picking seeds from wet mud	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Swamp Sparrow	review
Sweet Corn	Zea mays	flora	Sweet corn season at full height	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Sweet Corn Southeast US conifer savannas draft	Zea mays	flora	Silks going brown as the ears fill out for picking	morningmiddayevening	cite: Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia's Home Garden Vegetable Planting Guide (Pub. 426-331)	review
Sweet Corn Taiheiyo evergreen forests draft	Zea mays	flora	Silks drying brown as the ears fill out in summer plots	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Sweet Corn Upper Midwest US forest-savanna transition draft	Zea mays	flora	Ears heavy in the husk, silks gone brown at the tips	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Sweetbay Magnolia draft	Magnolia virginiana	tree	Creamy cups opening above silver-backed leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Sweetgum	Liquidambar styraciflua	tree	Spiky seed balls hardening	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Sycamore Maple draft	Acer pseudoplatanus	tree	Bark flaking in plates to orange beneath bare winter limbs	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Tall Goldenrod draft	Solidago altissima	flora	Plumes of tiny yellow flowers crowding roadsides and open ground	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Tree Swallow draft	Tachycineta bicolor	bird	Blue-green backs flashing low over open water, newly back	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Tree Swallow	review
Tree-of-heaven draft	Ailanthus altissima	tree	Twisted samaras ripening in dense pink-tan clusters	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Tricolored Bumble Bee draft	Bombus ternarius	insect	Orange-banded workers crowding the bergamot blossoms	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Tricolored Heron draft	Egretta tricolor	bird	Hunting the marsh shallows through the late-summer peak	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) - Tricolored Heron	review
Tripartite Sweat Bee draft	Halictus tripartitus	insect	Tiny banded bees working flower after open flower	morningmidday	none	review
Tropical Fritillary draft	Argynnis hyperbius	insect	Black-spotted orange wings skimming the sunlit grass	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Tufted Duck draft	Aythya fuligula	bird	Drakes in crisp black and white, diving the winter ponds	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), Tufted Duck species account	review
Tufted Titmouse draft	Baeolophus bicolor	bird	Ranging with winter chickadee flocks, hoarding shelled seeds	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Tufted Titmouse Life History	review
Tulip Poplar	Liriodendron tulipifera	tree	Tallest crowns first to yellow	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Turkey Tangle Frogfruit draft	Phyla nodiflora	flora	Tiny pale flowers ringing each head above low creeping mats	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Turkey Vulture	Cathartes aura	bird	Riding the midday thermals	midday	behavior: uncited	review
Turkey Vulture Western shortgrass prairie	Cathartes aura	bird	Kettles riding afternoon thermals off the foothills before the evening roost	middayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Two-spotted Bumble Bee draft	Bombus bimaculatus	insect	Workers crowding the clover heads, hind legs heavy with pollen	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Two-spotted Longhorn Bee draft	Melissodes bimaculatus	insect	Glossy black and long-antennaed, busy in the summer flowers	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Unbanded Saltmarsh Mosquito draft	Culex salinarius	insect	Larvae wriggling in warm standing water	morningevening	none	review
Varied Tit draft	Sittiparus varius	bird	Chestnut breast glowing against bare winter branches	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Vega Gull draft	Larus vegae	bird	Winter flocks lining the shore, gray backs above pink legs	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Virginia Creeper Southeast US conifer savannas draft	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	flora	Fresh five-part leaves unfurling, tendrils gripping bark	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Virginia Creeper Western shortgrass prairie draft	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	flora	Five-part leaves turning crimson over blue-black berries	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Virginia Opossum	Didelphis virginiana	mammal	Summer joeys riding their mother's back	night	behavior: uncited	review
Virginia Opossum draft	Didelphis virginiana	mammal	Fattening on fallen persimmons through cool autumn nights	night	cite: iNaturalist taxon page, Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)	review
Virginia Springbeauty draft	Claytonia virginica	flora	Pink-veined white stars carpeting the bare woodland floor	morningmidday	none	review
Warbling White-eye draft	Zosterops japonicus	bird	Sipping nectar from plum blossoms, drifting in small flocks	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Warbling White-eye	review
Water Oak draft	Quercus nigra	tree	Small dark acorns dropping through a thinning crown	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Wax Myrtle draft	Morella cerifera	flora	Waxy blue-gray berries packed along the evergreen twigs	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Western Bluebird draft	Sialia mexicana	bird	Dropping from low perches to snatch insects off bare ground	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Western Bluebird Life History	review
Western Fence Lizard draft	Sceloporus occidentalis	herp	Basking flat on sun-warmed wood and rock through the warm months	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Western Gull draft	Larus occidentalis	bird	Done with island nesting colonies, scavenging along open water	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Western Gull	review
Western Harvest Mouse draft	Reithrodontomys megalotis	mammal	Turning up more often in the grass as autumn comes on	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Western Honey Bee draft	Apis mellifera	insect	Crowding late goldenrod, hind legs heavy with pollen	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Western Meadowlark draft	Sturnella neglecta	bird	Flutelike song carrying from fenceposts over the open grass	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds - Western Meadowlark	review
Western Ponderosa Pine draft	Pinus ponderosa	tree	Second-year cones ripening brown, scales still holding tight	morningmiddayevening	none	review
White Clover draft	Trifolium repens	flora	Round white heads opening low across the mown grass	morningmiddayevening	none	review
White Ibis Southeast US conifer savannas draft	Eudocimus albus	bird	Curved red bill probing shallow mud for crayfish and crabs	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - White Ibis species account (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)	review
White Ibis Western shortgrass prairie draft	Eudocimus albus	bird	Stray wanderers probing shallow pond edges with long red bills	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - White Ibis	review
White Oak	Quercus alba	tree	Acorns sizing up in the canopy	morningmiddayevening	none	review
White Snakeroot draft	Ageratina altissima	flora	Flat white clusters glowing in the shaded woods edge	morningmiddayevening	none	review
White Wagtail draft	Motacilla alba	bird	Tail bobbing along bare riverbanks, picking insects from the mud	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) - White Wagtail species account	review
White-banded Hunter Hawkmoth draft	Theretra oldenlandiae	insect	Horn-tailed caterpillars chewing through late-summer leaves	morningmidday	none	review
White-breasted Nuthatch draft	Sitta carolinensis	bird	Creeping head-first down trunk bark, wedging seeds in crevices	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - White-breasted Nuthatch Life History	review
White-cheeked Starling draft	Spodiopsar cineraceus	bird	Gray flocks crowding bare branches through the cold months	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
White-crowned Sparrow draft	Zonotrichia leucophrys	bird	Winter flocks scratching under brush, crowns boldly striped	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - White-crowned Sparrow	review
White-eyed Vireo draft	Vireo griseus	bird	Sharp song bursting from dense thickets at the spring peak	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - White-eyed Vireo	review
White-footed Mouse draft	Peromyscus leucopus	mammal	Active through the long, cold nights of midwinter	night	behavior: uncited	review
White-footed Mouse draft	Peromyscus leucopus	mammal	Slipping through leaf litter, gathering fallen acorns	night	none	review
White-footed Woods Mosquito draft	Psorophora ferox	insect	At peak numbers through the humid late summer	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
White-tailed Deer	Odocoileus virginianus	mammal	Spring fawns losing their spots	morningevening	behavior: uncited	review
White-tailed Deer Western shortgrass prairie	Odocoileus virginianus	mammal	Bucks still in velvet; does with fawns moving along the river greenways at dawn and dusk	morningevening	behavior: uncited	review
White-tailed Skimmer draft	Orthetrum albistylum	insect	Chalky blue males darting low over sunlit pond water	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
White-throated Sparrow draft	Zonotrichia albicollis	bird	Winter flocks scratching through leaf litter for seeds	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - White-throated Sparrow	review
White-winged Dove draft	Zenaida asiatica	bird	White wing stripes flashing open with each takeoff	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Widow Skimmer draft	Libellula luctuosa	insect	Black-banded wings held open on a low sunny perch	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Wild Bergamot	Monarda fistulosa	flora	Shaggy lavender blooms humming with bees	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Wild Bergamot Western shortgrass prairie	Monarda fistulosa	flora	Still blooming on dry slopes, working bees and hummingbird moths	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Wild Carrot draft	Daucus carota	flora	Flat white lace clusters open, one dark floret at center	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Wild Sarsaparilla draft	Aralia nudicaulis	flora	Three greenish flower balls hidden beneath the leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Willow Oak draft	Quercus phellos	tree	Small round acorns dropping among narrow willow-like leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Wineberry draft	Rubus phoenicolasius	flora	Ruby berries loosening from their bristly red-haired husks	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Wood Duck draft	Aix sponsa	bird	Pairs threading flooded timber, prospecting tree cavities	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Wood Duck Life History	review
Wood Frog draft	Lithobates sylvaticus	herp	Black-masked and out in numbers while the woods are still bare	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Wood Stork draft	Mycteria americana	bird	Late-summer wanderers wading the warm shallows	morningmiddayevening	cite: All About Birds - Wood Stork	review
Wood Thrush draft	Hylocichla mustelina	bird	Fluting ee-oh-lay from the shaded forest understory	morningevening	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab) - Wood Thrush	review
Yamazakura draft	Prunus jamasakura	tree	Pale blossoms opening beside coppery young leaves	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Yaupon Holly draft	Ilex vomitoria	tree	Small red berries crowding the twigs of trimmed hedges	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Yellow Birch draft	Betula alleghaniensis	tree	Gold leaves letting go, bark curling in thin bronze ribbons	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Yellow Fever Mosquito draft	Aedes aegypti	insect	Numbers at their peak in the lingering late-summer warmth	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Yellow Jessamine draft	Gelsemium sempervirens	flora	Golden trumpets opening over roadside thickets and fences	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Yellow Trout Lily draft	Erythronium americanum	flora	Nodding yellow bells above brown-speckled leaves	morningmidday	none	review
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker draft	Sphyrapicus varius	bird	Drilling tidy rows of sap wells and returning to drink	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	review
Yellow-rumped Warbler draft	Setophaga coronata	bird	Flitting through myrtle thickets, picking off waxy berries	morningmiddayevening	none	review
Yellow-spotted Stink Bug draft	Erthesina fullo	insect	Yellow-speckled backs moving over sunlit bark and leaves	morningmiddayevening	behavior: uncited	review
Yellow-throated Warbler Southeast US conifer savannas draft	Setophaga dominica	bird	Newly back, creeping along high limbs to probe pine needles	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab) - Yellow-throated Warbler	review
Yellow-throated Warbler Western shortgrass prairie draft	Setophaga dominica	bird	Creeping along high limbs, probing bark crevices for insects	morningmidday	cite: All About Birds (Cornell Lab) - Yellow-throated Warbler	review
Zabulon Skipper draft	Lon zabulon	insect	Second brood flashing gold at the sunlit woodland edge	morningmidday	behavior: uncited	review
Zitting Cisticola draft	Cisticola juncidis	bird	Males bounce high above the grass, calling sharp zit-zit-zit	morningmiddayevening	cite: Birds of the World (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) - Zitting Cisticola	review

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