Hello! I am a teenage wildlife enthusiast and photographer. I am especially interested in the relationships between plants and animals, and animal interactions and behavior, in San Francisco Bay Area ecosystems, and spend a lot of my free time watching and photographing animals of all sorts.
I mainly focus on dragonflies, reptiles, birds, and carnivorous mammals.
I primarily submit observations of organisms that I can't confidently identify, or believe are scientifically notable.
I also manage the Coyote Creek Parkway Wildlife Project.
Feel free to question me on any ids I make, especially if you think I'm wrong! It may be that there's something new for me to learn!
I believe that nature testifies of its creator, God, through its design, functionality, and beauty.

Here's my resources for identifying certain organisms.
(Please note that I have included blogs and observations that have information or conversations that I refer to frequently.)

Sceloporus vs Uta:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/the-uta-project/journal/90553

Garter Snakes:
https://californiaherps.com/identification/snakesid/gartersnakeskey.html
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203047070

Santa Clara County turtles:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/cnddb_brian/90822-wpt-vs-res
https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/90937-examples-of-melanistic-pond-sliders-that-look-a-lot-like-western-pond-turtles
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205627684

Santa Clara County Sylvilagus:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56575544
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6912099

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