This week's survey was conducted by a team of five; the weather was rather cold, windy and sunny. During the winter, when it is this chilly, the diversity of flying insects is quite low, even with sunshine. Honey bees tend to be active due to the shelter of their hive keeping them warm and ready to fly, while native pollinators include mostly very tiny flies and a few kinds of equally small bees, as shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Sayornis phoebe (eastern phoebe) photo by Barbara Ribble Spizella passerina (chipping sparrow) photo by Harriett Wolf Apis mellifera (honey bee) photo by Val Bugh Lasioglossum sp. (sweat bee, on fleabane blossom) photo by Val Bugh Toxomerus marginatus (flower fly, perched on cactus spine) photo by Val Bugh Gryllus sp. (field cricket nymph) photo by Val Bugh Eritettix abortivus (Texas short-winged slant-faced grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Lestes alacer (plateau spreadwing) photo by Val Bugh Stenonema femoratum (flat-headed mayfly nymph) photo by Val Bugh Halticotoma valida (yucca plant bug nymphs) photo by Val Bugh Phigalia strigataria (small phigalia) photo by Val Bugh Aon noctuiformis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Cudonigera houstonana (juniper budworm, very young larva - only 4 mm long!) photo by Val Bugh Eurema lisa (little yellow) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri), tadpoles Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    erebidae   Aon noctuiformis   Moth    geometridae   Phigalia strigataria   Small Phigalia    tortricidae   Cudonigera houstonana   Juniper Budworm (larva) coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle hemiptera   pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug    miridae   Halticotoma valida   Yucca Plant Bug (nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee diptera   syrphidae   Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    anthomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Root Maggot Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly odonata   lestidae   Lestes alacer   Plateau Spreadwing orthoptera   acrididae   Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper (nymph) dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig (adult & nymph) ephemeroptera   heptageniidae   Stenonema femoratum   Flat-headed Mayfly (nymph) araneae   lycosidae   Unknown sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider