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I am a wildlife biologist working for the State of Washington.
Chehalis, Washington
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Could these be rose hips? The thorns don't look right.
Sorry about that. ESA is Endangered Species Act. Apparently there is concern that climate change could result in reductions in alpine and timberline habitats; and is probably the primary reason that someone (or group) petitioned the US Fish and Wildlife Sevice to list this interesting species. I took this picture back in 1987. It would be interesting to see if others have seen them at this site recently, or other places where I have seen pikas. I think I will look into that!
These are definitely hairstreaks (Family Lycaenidae), but I have been unable to find any information on species that occur in that area.
I see that your observation was near Ridgefield NWR. Was this a captive bird?
I agree with your IDs.
This is a tough one. The angle of the photo and fin placement at first made me think mudminnow or killifish, but the light edges on those fins remind me of green sunfish. Sunfish can relax those spiny dorsal rays so that they may be hard to see, but I can't see any evidence of the spiny dorsal in this photo. Sally, do you have any other images? Here is a key to Maryland freshwater fish that might help you narrow it down:
http://dnr.maryland.gov/streams/pdfs/fis...
There are 102 sculpin species in Alaska! Check out this link:
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/lands/...
I don't think we can narrow it down too much!
I am focusing on the sculpin. What is the approximate length?
Juvenile stage of eastern newt, often called red eft
I withdrew the pectoral suggestion. I checked out eBird and found that pectoral sandpipers have only been seen at Bolsa Chica between August and November. I agree with least sandpiper since there really aren't any alternatives. Did you see several? I have only seen pectorals as single birds, while leasts can occur in huge numbers.
