It was cold, cloudy, windy and wet as a team of seven completed this week's survey. Field crickets often exhibit significant variation in wing length. The micropterous female shown below, though flightless, has enhanced reproductive fitness with earlier maturation and increased fecundity as her body puts more resources and energy into ovaries and eggs instead of wing muscles. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Haemorhous mexicanus (house finch) photo by George Ward Spizella passerina (chipping sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Ammodramus savannarum (grasshopper sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Zonotrichia albicollis (white-throated sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Zonotrichia querula (Harris's sparrow) photo by George Ward Passerella iliaca (fox sparrow) photo by Beth Kirkhart Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (American white pelicans) photo by Beth Kirkhart Forcipomyia sp. (biting midge, male) photo by Val Bugh Chironomus sp. (midge, male) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (gall midge) photo by Val Bugh Culiseta inornata (mosquito) photo by Val Bugh Polistes exclamans (paper wasps) photo by Val Bugh Gryllus sp. (field cricket, female) photo by Sam Fruehling Hemerobius stigma (brown lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Galgula partita (the wedgling) photo by Val Bugh Urola nivalis (snowy urola) photo by Val Bugh Lineodes integra (eggplant leafroller moth) photo by Val Bugh Pasimachus californicus (ground beetle) photo by George Ward Reticulitermes sp. (subterranean termite workers) photo by Beth Kirkhart Eumesosoma roeweri (harvestman) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) 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) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), fresh scat Coyote (Canis latrans), fresh scat Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fresh scat Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fresh scat Misc.: Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Spodoptera exigua   Beet Armyworm moth       Mythimna unipuncta   Armyworm Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Agriphila vulgivagella   Vagabond Crambus       Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth coleoptera   tenebrionidae   Eleodes tricostata   Desert Stink Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle hemiptera   largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Balclutha neglecta   Leafhopper hymenoptera   vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Dolichopus sp.   Long-legged Fly    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge    chironomidae   Chironomus sp.   Midge    limoniidae   Limonia communis   Crane Fly    culicidae   Culiseta inornata   Mosquito    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket isoptera   rhinotermitidae   Reticulitermes sp.   Subterranean Termite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla rufilabris   Green Lacewing    hemerobiidae   Hemerobius stigma   Brown Lacewing araneae   corinnidae   Falconina gracilis   Ant-mimic Spider    cicurinidae   Cicurina sp.   Spider    pholcidae   Crossopriza lyoni   Cellar Spider