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Large adult male (~ 7 feet in TL) collected by Kendall County Animal Control officer Jody Dicks from local resident (who asked for its removal from his property). Reported to TPWD. Specimen transferred to the care of Blaine Eaton. Several other unverified Kendall County reports of this species but this is the only one I am aware of that I have personally seen, interviewed the collector, and Blaine Eaton. Image taken in November of the same year.

Taken during the Great Texas Birding Classic on the Mustang Migrants team's Big Day with Warren Pulich and Beau Hardegree.

We ended our day at the south jetty where a large flock of Blue-winged Teal was in the surf! It looked like they were preparing to cross the ship channel and continue their northward migration. I've seen these ducks flying over the surf, but I've never seen them in the surf.

Found in my backyard. As you can see in the last photo, it has grown taller than my fence! It spontaneously grew here last year as well, and this season there are a few more of these growing around my yard.

Agave utahensis var. kaibabensis

The raceme inflorescence is very tall, reaching a maximum of four meters. It is generally yellow or yellow-green with bulbous yellow flowers.
Source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave_utahensis

We did a brief walk out of Indian Garden, Grand Canyon National Park to Plateau Point

The Tonto Group makes up the Tonto Platform seen above and following the Colorado River; the Tapeats Sandstone and Muav Limestone form the platform's cliffs and the Bright Angel Shale forms its slopes

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