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A note to anyone editing data quality or annotations: This specimen was alive when collected, and the data given reflect the time and place when the insect was observed alive.

Please adhere to iNat’s guidelines and do not mark this observation as “captive” or “dead”, as this causes problems for researchers attempting to find species records.

iNat's definition of a "wild" observation explicitly includes "museum/herbarium specimens that are appropriately marked with date and location of original collection". The data given are the date and location of original capture, and as such, this observation should not be marked as captive. See #5 of the observation FAQ on the forum: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/help#captive

The "dead" annotation should only be used if the organism was dead at the time of the observation. The question of insect specimen annotations has been had on the forums, and specimens which are dead in the photo but were alive at the time of capture should be annotated as "alive", not "dead". See here for discussion:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/annotate-dead-or-alive/17537

Thanks!

I couldn't help but notice a colony of white geese living on the North side of the BU Bridge. Apparently they have a bit of a following, but I couldn't find a proper ID in my cursory searching.

This location is a hot spot to find what Art Shapiro says is rarely found in the Sacramento Valley. For the last three years I have been coming to this very same place approx.1 mile downstream on the Lower American River that's just off the American River Bike Trail, on a small access paved path that leads to the American River. Around May 12-14
the California Hairstreak (Satyrium californica) will be seen in numbers nectaring on Leafy Fleabane (Erigeron foliosus) that is found growing, well as Common Woolly Sunflower that this California Hairstreak is on as a nectaring source.