index: ...odds & ends

labels last updated: 11/13/14
For the most updated list, please see my complete index to Nature ID page.

This is an assortment of ID-related labels that I didn't know where else to place.  Number of entries from the last update are in parentheses.  Any 'also' included with a label indicates an item that is mentioned or shown but is not the featured ID of the post.

(see also index: it's so meta)

• * animal p0rn (7)
• * bones (1)
• * camouflage (7)
• * collected (7) - I'm generally not a collector, but sometimes curiosity gets the better of me
• * dead animals (14)
• * egg-laying (2)
• * eggs (13)
• * look-alike comparisons (40)
• * migration event (1)
• * new species (4)
• * poo (3)
• * sudden oak death (1)
• * sudden oak death - also (5)
• * unusual creatures (12)
• * white versions (12)
• bryozoans (1) - not from CA!
• koi (1) - oddly, I don't have a category for non-marine fish

index: field trips

labels last updated: 01/13/16
For the most updated list, please see my complete index to Nature ID page.

Number of entries from the last update are in parentheses.

• * AS field trips (16)
• * BH field trips
• * BRAC field trips (18) 
• * CA-OR-WA road trips (13) 
• * CDR field trips (16)
• * CNPS field trips (13)
• * CT field trips (19)
• * CW field trips (1)
• * DS field trips (6)
• * Hastings Count (1)
• * Morro Bay road trips (15)
• * NoaM field trips (27)
• * Pinnacles Count (2)
• * PJ field trips (12)

index: seasons

labels last updated: 09/19/16
For the most updated list, please see my complete index to Nature ID page.

Number of entries from the last update are in parentheses.  I am sentimental about seasons.

• * anniversary hike (38) 
• * anniversary tree (8)
• * Big Sur Half Marathon (3)
• * christmas (15)
• * drought (6)
• * easter (6)
• * fires (27)
• * frost/ice (2)
• * paper snowflakes (4)
• * pumpkins (2)
• * rain (22)
• * rainbows (9)
• * snow (4)
• * summer festivals (1)
• * sunrises (37)
• * sunsets (9)
• * thanksgiving talk (7)
• * wedding tree (13)
• April sunrises (2)
• October sunrises (5)

index: habitat features

labels last updated: 11/10/14
For the most complete list of every label, see the index to Nature ID page.

Number of entries from the last update are in parentheses.  Any 'also' included with a label indicates an item that is mentioned or shown but is not the featured ID of the post.

(see also index: habitats)

dominant trees and shrubs:

• bigleaf maples - also (5)
• buckeyes - also (3)
• buckwheats - also (5) - important Lepidopteran food source in CA
• ca bay - also (1)
• ceanothus - also (3)
• coulter pines - also (1)
• cypress - also (2)
• douglas-firs - also (16)
• gray pines - also (9)
• madrones - also (3)
• monterey pines - also (15)
• oaks - also (31)
• poison-oak - also (4)
• ponderosa pines - also (1)
• redwoods - also (15)
• sycamores - also (4)
• toyon - also (2)
• willows - also (5)

water features:

• * bays (not Monterey) (8)
•  * creeks/rivers (36)
• * dams/reservoirs (11)
• * estuaries/sloughs (13)
• * lakes (6)
• * Monterey Bay (51)
• * Pacific Ocean (29)
• * ponds (23)
• * vernal pools (15)
• * waterfalls (4)

ground features:

• * dunes (3)
• * meadows (1)
• * mima mounds (2)
• * mountains (22)
• * volcanic (19)

manmade features:

• * farms (9)
• * golf courses (5)

status:  

• * CNPS ranked rare, threatened, and endangered (31)
• * delisted federally endangered (1)
• * federally endangered (13)
• * federally threatened (10)
• * state endangered (4)
• * state threatened (2)

signs:

• * signs - dedication (3)
• * signs - interpretive (7)
• * signs - location (9)
• * signs - special notices (1)
• * signs - trail (15)
• * signs - warning (7)

misc:

• * fires (27)
• * nest boxes (1)
• * new species (4)  
• * sudden oak death (1)  
• * sudden oak death - also (5)