The weather was cool and sunny as fourteen volunteers participated in this week's survey. The zygodactyl feet of cuckoos have two digits pointing forward and two back, a trait shared with owls and woodpeckers. Compare the Roadrunner image shown below with that of the Harris's Sparrow, illustrating the more common anisodactyl toe arrangement of birds (three forward and one back). Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Phidippus audax & Copestylum avidum (bold jumper & flower fly) photo by Julie Shaw Copestylum marginatum (flower fly) photo by Dwayne Mann Geococcyx californianus (greater roadrunner) photo by Barbara Ribble Spizella pusilla (field sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Zonotrichia querula (Harris's sparrow) photo by Dan Hardy Pipilo maculatus (spotted towhee) photo by Bill Boyd Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by Bill Boyd Dendroica coronata (yellow-rumped warbler) photo by Harriett Wolf Auriparus flaviceps (verdin) photo by Bill Boyd Vanessa virginiensis (American lady) photo by Dan Zinn Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak) photo by Dwayne Mann Callophrys henrici (Henry's elfin) photo by Larry Swift Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper) photo by Dan Hardy Diabrotica undecimpunctata (spotted cucumber beetle) photo by Julie Shaw Unknown sp. (scarab larva) photo by Val Bugh Pasimachus californicus (ground beetle larva) photo by Joe Fernandes Sphyrocoris obliquus (shield bug) photo by Larry Swift Unknown sp. (stone centipede) photo by Val Bugh Aniulus sp. (julid millipede) photo by Beth Kirkhart Dalquestia formosa (Halloween harvestman) photo by Dwayne Mann Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Halloween Harvestman (Dalquestia formosa) Whirligig Mite (Unknown sp.) Land Snail (Linisa texasiana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Peridroma saucia   Pearly Underwing       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Agrotis ipsilon   Ipsilon Dart       Morrisonia confusa   Confused Woodgrain       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Psaphida rolandi   Roland's Sallow       Orthosia annulimacula   Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Sigela penumbrata   Stippled Sigela Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Cissusa new sp.   Moth       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Caterpillar Moth    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Lycia ypsilon   Woolly Gray       Paleacrita vernata   Spring Cankerworm       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena       Pimaphera sparsaria   Moth       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth       Eupithecia longidens   Moth    crambidae   Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes gilvescentella   Dusky Raisin Moth    tortricidae   Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Bactra verutana   Javelin Moth       Epinotia celtisana   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera spoliana   Bare-patched Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Platynota rostrana   Omnivorous Platynota Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia rubidella   Moth       Sinoe chambersi   Moth       Dichomeris ligulella   Palmerworm Moth       Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Gnorimoschema sp.   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Filatima xanthuris   Moth    elachistidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha ochrella   Agarita Slug Moth    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth    momphidae   Mompha murtfeldtella   Moth    yponomeutidae   Argyresthia alternatella   Moth    scythridae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle       Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle (adult & larva)    oedemeridae   Sparedrus aspersus   False Blister Beetle    scarabaeidae   Unknown sp.   Scarab (larva) hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala hieroglyphica   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Aphid Mummy Wasp    ichneumonidae   Netelia sp.   Ichneumon    cynipidae   Disholcaspis sp.   Gall Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly       Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Eristalis stipator   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    calliphoridae   Cynomya cadaverina   Bluebottle Fly       Phormia regina   Black Blow Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    richardiidae   Automola rufa   Richardiid Fly    tephritidae   Paracantha sp.   Fruit Fly    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge    culicidae   Unknown sp.   Mosquito    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    limoniidae   Limonia sp.   Crane Fly odonata   lestidae   Lestes alacer   Plateau Spreadwing orthoptera   acrididae   Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysopa quadripunctata   Four-spotted Green Lacewing archaeognatha   unknown family   Unknown sp.   Jumping Bristletail araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper    thomisidae   Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider    mimetidae   Mimetus sp.   Pirate Spider    hahniidae   Cicurina sp.   Spider