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unknown oriole: best candidate seems to be a juvenile orchard oriole,

or possibly a female black-vented oriole

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bull nettle, screech owl, Cú

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Minnie, Cora and Casper,

three-banded grasshopper, and Cora and Raven

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no idea, maybe some kind of milkweed or bellflower

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Cooper's hawk

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cú, prickly pear, silverleaf nightshade, buck, mullein

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Wikipedia says the top plant, prairie tea (croton monanthogynus),

 "prefers full sun, dry conditions, and poor soil," (check!) and that

the seeds feed sparrows, doves, wild turkeys and cowbirds, among others.

The butterfly is a checkered skipper, which are tiny and cool.

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two-striped mermiria grasshopper

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