It was partly sunny, cool and windy as fourteen volunteers participated in this week's survey. At 7:30 AM, the fox squirrel shown here was on the edge of the planter above the entry arch. The owl was not visible at that time. By 8 AM, as also shown below, the owl was in her usual nesting spot (9th year in a row) in that same planter and the squirrel was absent. The circumstances invite speculation. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Val Bugh Bubo virginianus (great horned owl) photo by Pat Dittmar Dryobates scalaris (ladder-backed woodpecker) photo by Harriett Wolf Tipula sp. (crane fly) photo by Val Bugh Stomoxys calcitrans (stable fly) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum avidum (flower fly) photo by Pat Dittmar Eristalis stipator (flower fly) photo by Pat Dittmar Toxomerus marginatus (flower fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Ceratina sp. (small carpenter bee) photo by Val Bugh Osmia ribifloris (mason bee) photo by Harriett Wolf Callophrys henrici (Henry's elfin) photo by Erik Loza Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Erik Loza Caripeta triangulata (moth) photo by Barbara Ribble Dibolia borealis (flea beetle) photo by Val Bugh Trox sp. (hide beetle) photo by Val Bugh Oncometopia orbona (leafhopper) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Philodromus sp. (running crab spider) photo by Val Bugh Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpion) photo by Erik Loza Tantilla gracilis (flathead snake) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Flathead Snake (Tantilla gracilis) Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula) Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Erynnis sp.   Duskywing    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    geometridae   Digrammia sp.   Moth       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Caripeta triangulata   Moth    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaf-tier Moth       Pyrausta laticlavia   Southern Purple Mint Moth    tortricidae   Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Dibolia borealis   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Cyclotrachelus constrictus   Ground Beetle    trogidae   Trox sp.   Hide Beetle hemiptera   pentatomidae   Thyanta custator   Stink Bug       Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Oncometopia orbona   Leafhopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    formicidae   Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    muscidae   Stomoxys calcitrans   Stable Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   libellulidae   Libellula sp.   Skimmer (naiad)    coenagrionidae   Argia sp.   Dancer (naiad) orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Amblytropidia mysteca   Brown Winter Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginata   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph) mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis (eggs) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig blattodea   blaberidae   Pycnoscelus surinamensis   Surinam Roach (nymph) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing    myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly araneae   salticidae   Colonus sylvanus   Jumping Spider    pholcidae   Crossopriza lyoni   Cellar Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus sp.   Running Crab Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider