With six participants, we conducted our first survey on a very chilly, windy, but sunny morning. Ample rain, including during the previous night, had been a boon for plants but insect numbers were low due to the very cold temperature. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Ponometia candefacta (olive-shaded bird-dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Eupithecia sp. (pug) photo by Val Bugh Platynota rostrana (omnivorous platynota moth) photo by Val Bugh Sympetrum corruptum (variegated meadowhawk) photo by Esther Burnett Unknown sp. (seed bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Hummingbird (Archilochus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Mammals: White-tailed Deer, fresh tracks and scat (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Misc.: Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis sp.   Duskywing    nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    noctuidae   Acronicta lepetita   Dagger Moth       Elaphria chalcedonia   Chalcedony Midget       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth    geometridae   Eupithecia sp.   Pug    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier    tortricidae   Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk diptera   tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    sepsidae   Sepsis sp.   Black Scavenger Fly    syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle hemiptera   rhyparochromidae   Unknown sp.   Seed Bug (nymph)    coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug hymenoptera   ichneumonidae   Enicospilus sp.   Ichneumon    cynipidae   Amphibolips confluenta   Oak Apple Gall    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant orthoptera   acrididae   Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite araneae   thomisidae   Misumenops sp.   Crab Spider