It was cool, breezy and sunny as twenty-two volunteers contributed to this week's survey. Bumble bee queens, as shown below, are now emerging from hibernation. Each one must start her colony, laying eggs and feeding the grubs that will become her first female workers. Drones (males) and future queens will only be produced once the colony has grown big enough to support their larger size. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sialia sialis (eastern bluebird) photo by George Ward Spizella pusilla (field sparrow) photo by David Cook Bubo virginianus (great horned owl female on nest) photo by Beth Kirkhart Bubo virginianus (great horned owl male near nest) photo by Bill Boyd Apis mellifera (honey bee worker) photo by David Cook Bombus pensylvanicus (American bumble bee queen) photo by Katherine Daniels Arphia simplex (plains yellow-winged grasshopper nymph) photo by Michael Knox Culex coronator (mosquito female) photo by Sam Fruehling Tenuirostritermes sp., Gnathamitermes sp. & Anoplotermes fumosus (nasute, long- jawed desert & soldierless termite workers) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa atalanta (red admiral) photo by Harriett Wolf Burnsius philetas (desert checkered-skipper) photo by Joe Fernandes Burnsius communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Katherine Daniels Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing) photo by Egidio Leitão Erynnis funeralis (funereal duskywing) photo by Katherine Daniels Psychomorpha epimenis (grapevine epimenis) photo by Mika Geiger Pseudothyris sepulchralis (mournful thyris moth) photo by Deana Dossey Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak) photo by Joe Fernandes Spilosoma dubia (dubious tiger moths mating) photo by Val Bugh Oxyopes salticus (striped lynx immature male) photo by Mika Geiger Centruroides vittatus (striped bark scorpions: male & female) photo by Deana Dossey & Katherine Daniels Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 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) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcintus), fresh digging Coyote (Canis latrans) Reptiles & Fish: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Harvestman (Eumesosoma roeweri) Bee Mite (Chaetodactylus claudus) Gall Mite (Unknown sp.) Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.) Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Julid Millipede (Brachyiulus sp.) Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) Globular Springtail (Sminthurus sp.) Earthworm (Unknown sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Anaea andria   Goatweed Leafwing    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    pieridae   Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    hesperiidae   Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Burnsius communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Burnsius philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Erynnis funeralis   Funereal Duskywing    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Copivaleria grotei   Grote's Sallow       Psaphida resumens   Figure-eight Sallow       Acronicta tota   Dagger       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Psychomorpha epimenis   Grapevine Epimenis    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth       Phoberia atomaris   Common Oak Moth       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth    arctiidae   Spilosoma dubia   Dubious Tiger Moth    nolidae   Meganola minuscula   Confused Meganola    thyrididae   Pseudothyris sepulchralis   Mournful Thyris Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Eupithecia bolterii   Moth       Lycia ypsilon   Woolly Gray       Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia       Phigalia titea   The Halfwing       Isturgia dislocaria   Pale-veined Isturgia       Euchlaena marginaria   Ochre Euchlaena    crambidae   Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Diastictis fracturalis   Fractured Western Snout Moth    tortricidae   Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth       Pseudexentera hodsoni   Leafroller Moth    lasiocampidae   Phyllodesma americana   Lappet Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia semilugens   Ethmia Moth    lacturidae   Enaemia subfervens   Moth    ypsolophidae   Ypsolopha unicipunctella   Agarita Slug Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella.   Moth       Landryia sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Acanthoscelides sp.   Bean Weevil    tenebrionidae   Eleodes fusiformis   Desert Stink Beetle    carabidae   Pasimachus californicus   Ground Beetle       Amara sp.   Seed-eating Ground Beetle    meloidae   Lytta aenea   Blister Beetle    ptinidae   Ptinus sp.   Spider Beetle hemiptera   rhopalidae   Jadera haematoloma   Red-shouldered Bug (nymph)       Arhyssus sp.   Scentless Plant Bug    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Excultanus excultus   Leafhopper       Erasmoneura vulnerata   Leafhopper       Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Gray Lawn Leafhopper    aphrophoridae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Ceratina sp.   Small Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes rubiginosus   Red Wasp    formicidae   Brachymyrmex patagonicus   Rover Ant       Camponotus festinatus   Carpenter Ant    torymidae   Monodontomerus sp.   Torymid Wasp    cynipidae   Odontocynips nebulosa   Gall Wasp    ichneumonidae   Ophion sp.   Ichneumon    braconidae   Urosigalphus sp.   Braconid Wasp       Unknown sp.   Braconid Wasp    tenthredinidae   Unknown sp.   Common Sawfly diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly       Copestylum marginatum   Flower Fly    calliphoridae   Calliphora sp.   Blow Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    muscidae   Coenosia sp.   Tiger Fly    tachinidae   Crocinosoma cornuale   Tachinid Fly       Archytas marmoratus   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly    culicidae   Culex coronator   Mosquito       Culiseta inornata   Mosquito    ceratopogonidae   Forcipomyia sp.   Biting Midge    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus sp.   Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback (nymph)       Arethaea ambulator   Walking Thread-legged Katydid (nymph) isoptera   termitidae   Tenuirostritermes sp.   Nasute Termite       Gnathamitermes sp.   Long-jawed Desert Termite       Anoplotermes fumosus   Soldierless Termite dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (larva) zygentoma   nicoletiidae   Battigrassiella wheeleri   Silverfish araneae   thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    dictynidae   Dictyna sp.   Meshweb Weaver    anyphaenidae   Hibana sp.   Ghost Spider    oxyopidae   Oxyopes salticus   Striped Lynx       Oxyopes apollo   Lynx Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha laboriosa   Silver Longjawed Orbweaver    corinnidae   Falconina gracilis   Ant-mimic Spider    gnaphosidae   Unknown sp.   Ground Spider    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider       Pardosa sp.   Wolf Spider