Six people conducted this week's survey, in spite of very chilly temperatures beginning about 44°F. By midmorning, though, it was warm enough for reptiles; we saw both snakes pictured below at the same time! Birds were also a highlight, with a hummingbird perched in a tree, turkey vultures flying so low we could see their pink heads, and an owl in a planter above the entry archway. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Bubo virginianus (great horned owl) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (big-headed fly) photo by Val Bugh Trichopoda plumipes (feather-legged fly) photo by Val Bugh Arphia xanthoptera (autumn yellow-winged grasshopper, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Aristotelia sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Poecilocapsus lineatus (four-lined plant bug) photo by Val Bugh Baileya australis (small baileya) photo by Val Bugh Fissicrambus profanellus (grass-veneer moth) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta laticlavia (southern purple mint moth) photo by Val Bugh Psychomorpha epimenis (grapevine epimenis, larva) photo by Val Bugh Enallagma civile (familiar bluet) photo by Val Bugh Neriene radiata (filmy dome spider, female, with male in background) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Hippia packardii (prominent, larva) photo by Val Bugh Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus (northern fence lizard) photo by Val Bugh Thyris sepulchralis (mournful thyris moth) photo by Val Bugh Anthocharis midea (falcate orangetip, male) photo by Val Bugh Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri (Texas rat snake) photo by Val Bugh Salvadora grahamiae lineata (Texas patchnose snake) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cave or Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon sp.) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer antler (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles: Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Northern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Unknown sp.) Millipede (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Danaus plexippus   Monarch    lycaenidae   Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin (larva)       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Anthocharis midea   Falcate Orangetip       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange (larva)    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Lacinipolia laudabilis   Laudable Arches Moth       Charadra dispulsa   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Feltia subterranea   Subterranean Dart       Bleptina caradrinalis   Bent-winged Owlet       Catocala ilia   Ilia Underwing (larva)       Acronicta rubricoma   Ruddy Dagger (larva)       Psychomorpha epimenis   Grapevine Epimenis (larva)    nolidae   Baileya australis   Small Baileya    notodontidae   Hippia packardii   Prominent (larva)       Lochmaeus bilineata   Double-lined Prominent       Schizura unicornis   Unicorn Caterpillar Moth    thyrididae   Thyris sepulchralis   Mournful Thyris Moth    geometridae   Eupithecia longidens   Pug       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Pug       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia (larva)    crambidae   Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Fissicrambus profanellus   Grass-veneer Moth    pterophoridae   Geina sp.   Plume Moth (larva)    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth (adult & larva)    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Anacampsis paltodoriella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus mortipennella   Tubeworm Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia zelleriella   Zeller's Ethmia coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird       Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Ladybird    chrysomelidae   Phyllobrotica limbata   Leaf Beetle       Systena hudsonias   Flea Beetle       Brachypnoea sp.   Leaf Beetle       Pachybrachis vestigialis   Leaf Beetle       Ophraella sp.   Leaf Beetle    languriidae   Languria sp.   Lizard Beetle    mordellidae   Mordellistena cervicalis   Tumbling Flower Beetle    curculionidae   Rhinocyllus conicus   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug    cydnidae   Sehirus cinctus   Burrowing Bug    miridae   Oncerometopus sp.   Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Poecilocapsus lineatus   Four-lined Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Lopidea major   Plant Bug    pentatomidae   Unknown sp.   Stink Bug (eggs)       Brochymena arborea   Rough Stink Bug       Chlorochroa ligata   Conchuela       Menecles portacrus   Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Scaphytopius sp.   Leafhopper       Unknown sp.   Leafhopper    psyllidae   Pachypsylla venusta   Hackberry Petiole Gall Psyllid (nymph) hymenoptera   braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon    tenthredinidae   Periclista sp.   Common Sawfly (larva)       Unknown sp.   Common Sawfly    perilampidae   Unknown sp.   Perilampid Wasp    cynipidae   Amphibolips confluenta   Oak Apple Gall    apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum mexicana   Black Flower fly    sarcophagidae   Unknown sp.   Flesh Fly    platystomatidae   Unknown sp.   Platystomatid Fly    pipunculidae   Unknown sp.   Big-headed Fly    tephritidae   Paracantha sp.   Fruit Fly       Neotephritis finalis   Fruit Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda plumipes   Feather-legged Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Amblytropidia mysteca   Brown Winter Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Arphia xanthoptera   Autumn Yellow-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) araneae   salticidae   Habronattus fallax   Jumping Spider       Habronattus sp.   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Mangora placida   Orbweaver    gnaphosidae   Cesonia bilineata   Two-striped Ground Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    amphinectidae   Metaltella simoni   Spider    linyphiidae   Neriene radiata   Filmy Dome Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    theraphosidae   Aphonopelma sp.   Tarantula