View from the blind

It's amazing what all you can see without ever leaving the viewing blind. Dragonflies, butterflies, birds, lizards, snakes, animals, and insects of all sorts.

Mac took this Common Buckeye photo yesterday inside the viewing blind. 

And here's a centipede he photographed from the blind.

This little earless lizard that hangs out at the blind has me baffled. It looks like an adult but it's only 3" long. I'm told the only species of earless lizard we have in this area is the Greater Earless. Makes no sense.

CMO has been home to several California Spreadwing dragonflies this year. I've observed that they only seem to forage when the temperature is around 80-90.° Their favorite perches are inside this thorny Tasajillo cactus that hangs over the water. No wonder their wings have tears in them.