It was pleasantly sunny, chilly, and windy as a team of eight completed this week's survey. Finding the mangled remains of a long-dead cottontail gave us a chance to see one of the features that separates rabbits from rodents: While the latter have a single pair of upper incisors, the former have two pairs, with the smaller ones located directly behind the large ones, as shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Bubo virginianus (great horned owl) photo by Dvori Bird Aphelocoma woodhouseii (Woodhouse's scrub-jay) photo by Dvori Bird Oreothlypis celata (orange-crowned warbler) photo by Dvori Bird Baeolophus atricristatus (black-crested titmouse) photo by Dvori Bird Monoctenus sp. (pine sawfly) photo by Val Bugh Camponotus sp. (carpenter ant, male) photo by Val Bugh Homolobus sp. (braconid wasp) photo by Dvori Bird Unknown sp. (braconid wasp cocoons on dead caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary larva) photo by Val Bugh Phyciodes tharos (pearl crescent pupa) photo by Val Bugh Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail) photo by Harriett Wolf Nemoria zygotaria (emerald) photo by Pat Dittmar Ethmia semilugens (ethmia moth) photo by Dvori Bird Zelus renardii (assassin bug) photo by Val Bugh Neokolla uhleri (leafhopper) photo by Dvori Bird Eritettix abortivus (Texas short-winged slant-faced grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Leiobunum sp. (harvestmen) photo by Pat Dittmar Philodromus sp. (running crab spider) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider) photo by Val Bugh Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail skull) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) dead Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) tadpoles Misc.: Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary (adult & larva)       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent (adult & pupa)    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuide   Psychomorpha epimenis   Grapevine Epimenis       Orthodes furtiva   Moth (larva)    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva & adult)    geometridae   Pero meskaria   Moth       Pimaphera percata   Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)       Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Blepharida rhois   Sumac Leaf Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug       Zelus luridus (nymph)   Assassin Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla uhleri   Leafhopper       Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp       Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant (male)    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp (pupa)       Homolobus sp.   Braconid Wasp    diprionidae   Monoctenus sp.   Pine Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph) araneae   araneidae   Unknown sp.   Orbweaver    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider