After a light freeze the previous night, it was cold and sunny as twelve volunteers completed the last survey of the year. The decaying vegetation deep within large mulch piles often becomes quite warm, an opportunity not lost upon the contented sleeping coyote atop a pecan shell mound shown here. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Canis latrans (coyote) photo by Val Bugh Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Beth Kirkhart Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue) photo by Harriett Wolf Sympetrum corruptum (variegated meadowhawks mating) photo by Beth Kirkhart Apiomerus longispinis (bee assassin nymph) photo by Val Bugh Eleodes goryii (darkling beetle) photo by Val Bugh Pseudomyrmex gracilis (twig ant male) photo by Val Bugh Vespula maculifrons (eastern yellowjacket) photo by Beth Kirkhart Copestylum marginatum (flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion) photo by Val Bugh Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth cocoons: from this year & last year) photo by Harriett Wolf Melospiza melodia (song sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Spizella pusilla (field sparrow) photo by Dan Hardy Spinus psaltria (lesser goldfinch) photo by Beth Kirkhart Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Joe Fernandes Sayornis phoebe (eastern phoebe) photo by Beth Kirkhart Verbesina virginica (frostweed) photo by Joe Fernandes Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Coyote (Canis latrans) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    saturniidae   Hyalophora cercropia   Cecropia Moth (pupa) coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    buprestidae   Acmaeodera flavomarginata   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    carabidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Beetle    attelabidae   Haplorhynchites sp.   Flower Weevil hemiptera   reduviidae   Apiomerus longispinis   Bee Assassin (nymph) homoptera   dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    megachilidae   Dianthidium sp.   Resin Bee (nest)    vespidae   Vespula maculifrons   Eastern Yellowjacket    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Pseudomyrmex gracilis   Twig Ant (male)       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly    limoniidae   Symplecta cana   Crane Fly odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket blattodea   ectobiidae   Parcoblatta sp.   Wood Roach (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider (eggs)    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    amphinectidae   Metaltella simoni   Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider