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Category: Chordata

Pacific Jumping Mouse (Zapus trinotatus)

June 23, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I have to admit that, because they are often nocturnal and shy, I know very little about the small mammals…

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Posted in: Animals, Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia, Species Profiles, Zapodidae Filed under: Pacific Jumping Mouse, Zapus trinotatus

Alosa sapidissima (American Shad)

June 11, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

One of the many things on my fishing to-do list was to check into shad. I had accidentally caught one…

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Posted in: Actinopterygii, Alosa, Animals, Chordata, Clupeidae, Clupeiformes, Species Profiles Filed under: Alosa sapidissima, American Shad

Oncorhynchus mykiss (Steelhead)

May 31, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

I love steelhead! I say that about many living organisms, but the truth is that I feel an admiration for,…

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Posted in: Actinopterygii, Animals, Chordata, Oncorhychus, Plants, Salmonidae, Salmoniformes, Species Profiles Filed under: Oncorhynchus mykiss, Steelhead

Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)

May 27, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I had a very interesting and productive trip to the River S Unit of the Ridgefield NWR last Friday. Even…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Cardinalidae, Chordata, Passeriformes, Pheucticus, Species Profiles Filed under: Black-headed Grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus

Piranga ludoviciana (Western Tanager)

May 19, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

Western Tanagers are always an exciting bird to see, flashing that bright red head and yellow body, with the black…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Cardinalidae, Chordata, Passeriformes, Piranga, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Piranga ludoviciana, Western Tanager

Chrysemys picta bellii (Western Painted Turtle)

May 15, 2022 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I love to see turtles! There is something so endearing and enduring about them, a zen like equanimity that calls…

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Posted in: Animals, Chordata, Chrysemys, Emydidae, Reptilia, Species Profiles, Testudines Filed under: Chrysemys picta, Western Painted Turtle

Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-eared Slider)

Dan Nelson 1 Comment

A couple years ago I posted some photographs on Facebook, confidently stating that they were Western Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta),…

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Posted in: Animals, Emydidae, Reptilia, Species Profiles, Testudines, Trachemys Filed under: Red-eared Slider, Trachemys scripta

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)

April 30, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

For anyone curious about my prolonged vacation from writing these profiles, I talk about it in this blog “Refocusing in…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Chordata, Parulidae, Passeriformes, Setophaga, Species Profiles Filed under: Audubon's Warblers, Myrtle Warblers, Setophaga coronata, Yellow-rumped Warblers

Melospiza melodia (Song Sparrow)

January 30, 2022 Dan Nelson 7 Comments

A dozen or so years ago, when I was a beginning birder, I really struggled with identifying the sparrows (and…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Chordata, Mesospiza, Passerellidae, Passeriformes, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Melospiza melodia, Song Sparrow

Mareca strepera (Gadwalls)

December 24, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I am very fond of Gadwalls for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is their ease of…

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Posted in: Anatidae, Animals, Anseriformes, Aves (Birds), Chordata, Mareca, Species Profiles

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