The weather was mildly cool and overcast as twenty volunteers contributed to this week's survey. Grasshoppers rely heavily on camouflage for their survival. In open areas with mixed living and dead vegetation, rocks and exposed soil, species with multiple color forms, as shown below, successfully exploit the varied background patterns. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Corvus corax (common raven) photo by David Cook Falco sparverius & Falco columbarius (American kestrel & merlin) photo by Beth Kirkhart Colaptes auratus (northern flicker) photo by Beth Kirkhart Spinus psaltria & Disholcaspis cinerosa (lesser goldfinch & mealy oak gall) photo by Bill Boyd Baeolophus atricristatus (black-crested titmouse) photo by Egidio Leitão Spizella pusilla (field sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Menecles insertus (stink bug) photo by Katherine Daniels Augochlora pura (green sweat bee) photo by Katherine Daniels Toxomerus marginatus (flower fly) photo by Joe Fernandes Pasimachus californicus (ground beetle: adult & larva) photo by Val Bugh Cicurina sp. (spider) photo by Michael Knox Phidippus cardinalis (cardinal jumper) photo by Dwayne Mann Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel) photo by Harriett Wolf Encoptolophus costalis (dusky grasshoppers: color variations) photo by Val Bugh Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper nymphs: color variations) photo by Dwayne Mann Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper nymphs: color variations) photo by Joe Fernandes & Val Bugh Polygonia interrogationis & Diabrotica undecimpunctata (question mark & spotted cucumber beetle) photo George Ward Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak) photo by Joe Fernandes Eurema lisa (little yellow) photo by Katherine Daniels Estigmene acrea (salt marsh moth) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Merlin (Falco columbarius) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri), calls Misc.: Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Soil Centipede (Unknown sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Milk Snail (Otala lactea) Land Snail (Linisa texasiana) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady (adult & larva)       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Orthodes furtiva   Moth (larva)       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm       Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Psaphida rolandi   Roland's Sallow       Elaphria festivoides   Festive Midget       Abrostola microvalis   Moth       Morrisonia mucens   Gray Woodgrain       Spodoptera ornithogalli   Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Salt Marsh Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Digrammia colorata   Creosote Moth       Orthonama obstipata   The Gem       Costaconvexa centrostrigaria   Bent-line Carpet       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Phaeoura quernaria   Oak Beauty       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Caripeta triangulata   Moth    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth       Diacme adipaloides   Darker Diacme Moth       Nomophila nearctica   Lucerne Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)    pyralidae   Adelphia petrella   Moth    tortricidae   Epinotia celtisana   Leafroller Moth       Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera hodsoni   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Hypatima sp.   Moth       Sophronia roseicrinella   Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Battaristis concinnusella   Moth       Aproaerema palpilineella   Moth    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    plutellidae   Plutella xylostella   Diamondback Moth    lacturidae   Lactura subfervens   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth       Ethmia hagenella   Ethmia Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth    cosmopterigidae   Cosmopterix sp.   Moth    copromorphidae   Ellabella melanoclista   Tropical Fruitworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle (adult & larva)    curculionidae   Thecesternus sp.   Weevil hemiptera   largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug (nymph)    miridae   Dichaetocoris sp.   Plant Bug    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    veliidae   Microvelia sp.   Small Water Strider    pentatomidae   Menecles insertus   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Cuerna costalis   Leafhopper       Empoasca sp.   Leafhopper       Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper    kermesidae   Allokermes sp.   Gall-like Scale    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee       Augochlora pura   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant       Camponotus texanus   Carpenter Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant       Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant    cynipidae   Odontocynips nebulosa   Gall Wasp       Disholcaspis cinerosa   Mealy Oak Gall    braconidae   Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    ichneumonidae   Netelia sp.   Ichneumon       Ophion sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Eupeodes volucris   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Crocinosoma cornuale   Tachinid Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    chloropidae   Unknown sp.   Frit Fly    psychodidae   Paramormia sp.   Moth Fly    mycetophilidae   Mycetophila unipunctata   Fungus Gnat    chironomidae   Unknown sp.   Midge    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus sanguinipes   Migratory Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (nymph)       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)    tettigoniidae   Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph) isoptera   termitidae   Gnathamitermes sp.   Long-jawed Desert Termite neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) archaeognatha   unknown family   Unknown sp.   Bristletail araneae   araneidae   Metepeira sp.   Orbweaver    salticidae   Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Oxyopes apollo   Lynx Spider    hahniidae   Cicurina sp.   Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider