Diario de hkibak

National Weather Service Water Year Oct. 1, 2023 - Sep. 30, 2024
Using precipitation record at MONTEREY AIRPORT (MTY) Elevation: 217'
http://cdec4gov.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/QueryDaily?s=MTY&end=2023-11-14&span=70days
As proxy for Ft Ord

During the 2023 rainy season (water year) there were seven events where more than one inch of rain fell in a single 24 hour period https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/74888-fort-ord-national-monument-precipitation-water-year-2023 The total rainfall that season was 23.88"
Summary of 1"+ events so far this year: None

10/01/2023   0.00   0.00

10/22/2023   0.01   0.01    
10/23/2023   0.08   0.09

11/06/2023   0.05   0.14

There are five dominant trees and shrubs in this part of the Central Oregon Juniper Woodland: Juniper, Big Sagebrush, Bitterbrush, and the two Rabbitbrushes: Rubber Rabbitbrush and Yellow (or Green) Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus).

The 5th photos in the observations below are of a disturbed area that was recently burned area where the two Rabbitbrushes are now dominant and Sagebrush is just beginning to creep in. No Junipers or Bitterbrush are apparent yet. The distribution of the Rabbitbrushes is not random though, Yellow Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) is most abundant in the depressions and flats between the basalt rises and Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) is more abundant up the slopes and on the top of the rises. These two plants are fairly closely related (they used to be in the same genus) and support many gall-forming insects, some undescribed.

Search String:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=any&field:re-visited%20observation%20spot=

Enter Unique Identifier such as: LowerBridge_0001_Ponderosa

Like this: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=any&field:re-visited%20observation%20spot=LowerBridge_0001_Ponderosa

References:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observation_fields/13312
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/leipzig-riverside-forest/journal/47842-observation-field-re-visited-observation-spot

Shasta Reservoir Water Levels and Storage

DATE       WATER LEVEL   ACRE FEET          NOTES
10/01/2018     979.14    2,399,264          Beginning of Water Year
06/01/2019   1,064.42    4,475,648          General snow melt/irrigation balance date

10/01/2019   1,025.49    3,420,766          Beginning of Water Year
06/01/2020   1,029.53    3,521,627          General snow melt/irrigation balance date

10/01/2020     968.46    2,197,814          Beginning of Water Year
06/01/2021     955.63    1,971,357          General snow melt/irrigation balance date

10/01/2021     891.58    1,069,512          Beginning of Water Year
10/21/2021     882.24      967,370          Before the major storms
06/01/2022     946.24    1,815,774          General snow melt/irrigation balance date

10/01/2022     926.30    1,512,814          Beginning of Water Year
11/16/2022     917.82    1,395,027          Lowest level I could find between beginning of WY and onset of first significant rains
12/26/2022     921.23    1,441,684          Before the major storms (see Ft Ord Precipitation for details)
03/10/2023   1,000.88    2,847,720          After several major storms
05/03/2023   1,063.69    4,454,176          Late season Omega Block traps low pressure off Northern & Central California
06/01/2023   1,063.78    4,456,816
07/01/2023   1,057.08    4,262,534
08/01/2023   1,043.14    3,876,150
09/01/2023   1,029.80    3,528,435
10/01/2023   1,021.57    3,324,835
11/01/2023   1,013.85    3,140,865
    

*Data Source: https://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/QueryDaily?s=SHA&end=2023-03-11&span=130days
Compare to 05/2019 4,476,827 acre feet of stored water
3/11/2023 = 63.7% of the May 2019 level (which was the max I could find since 2015)

Newbies
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?place_id=1921&user_after=3w
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?iconic_taxa=Plantae&user_after=3w&place_id=829

High Schools
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?project_id=shs-biodiversity-project-2022

Lower Division
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/csumb-bio-211l-04-spring-23
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2023-fall-bio211-03
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2023-fall-bio211-04

Upper Division
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/csumb-envs342-spr-23

Monterey Annotations
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?taxon_id=211194&place_id=1921&without_term_id=12

This post is devoted to accumulating methods for rearing local gallformers I am interested in.

POWELL and POVOLNY: Gnorimoschemine Moths from California (2001)
in Holarctic Lepidoptera, Sep 1, 2001, v. 8, suppl. 1
Gnorimoschemine Moths of Coastal Dune and Scrub Habitats in California (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
[I have pdf]

Larval rearing.- In the lab, larvae were confined with clippings of the host plants in 7 x 5" (ca. 17.5 x 12.5cm) plastic boxes or 12 x 18" (30 x 45cm) polyethylene bags, lined with paper toweling. Each collection (single date, site, and plant species) was given a date-based lot number (e.g., 77F2 was the 2nd collection in June 1977). In total, we report larval food records for Gnorimoschemini from about 170 collections representing 25 of the 35 species discussed here. About 35 of these collections were made by J. A. De Benedictis and others at San Bruno Mountain, and were previously reported (De Benedictiset al., 1990), some with only generic or tentative species identifications,which are clarified in our synonymies.

I am collecting my identification tools here instead of on my profile page.

My non-iNat tools:
Monterey County Wildflowers
Oregon Flora
California Flora w/Keybase
US https://wildflowersearch.org/
San Diego Plant Atlas
Rupert Clayton's California Themidaceae Guide
Watanabe's SeaNet
Tracking https://dirttime.ws/DirtTime/Notebook/
https://www.coyotelearning.org/
Arthropods
Pogonomyrmex
The Mushroom Expert

iNat related tools developed by others:
Script for displaying non-wild species with high quality identifications
Script for identifications I have made of a specific taxon

National Weather Service Water Year Oct. 1, 2022 - Sep. 30, 2023
Precipitation MONTEREY AIRPORT (MTY) Elevation: 217'
Proxy for Ft Ord?

Summary of 1"+ events

1) 1.24 on 11/08/2022
2) 1.39 on 12/11/2022
3) 1.10 on 12/27/2022
4) 1.04 on 12/31/2022
5) 1.28 on 01/09/2023
6) 1.05 on 02/24/2023
7) 1.29 on 03/10/2023 this event finally caused Ostracod Pond to overflow... first time I am aware of since 1998

10/01/2022  0.00   0.00   *None of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) stations are a better proxy for 
                           the average precipitation on Ft Ord than the Monterey Airport in my opinion.  
                           Probably an average of the Ft Ord station (wind profiler north of the Marina
                           Airport) and the Monterey Airport values would approximate Fort Ord
                           National Monument better. But the NPS summaries are great!
                            Be aware that their Rain Year is DIFFERENT!

11/01/2022  0.11   0.11     NPS Oct Summary: https://met.nps.edu/~ldm/renard_wx/oct22wx.pdf

11/07/2022  0.36   0.47 
11/08/2022  1.24   1.71 
11/09/2022  0.30   2.01  
 
12/01/2022  0.28   2.29     NPS Nov Summary: https://met.nps.edu/~ldm/renard_wx/nov22wx.pdf
12/02/2022  0.09   2.38 
12/03/2022  0.54   2.92 
12/04/2022  0.54   3.46 
 
12/06/2022  0.13   3.59 
 
12/09/2022  0.08   3.67 
12/10/2022  0.76   4.43 

12/11/2022  1.39   5.82 
12/12/2022  0.99   6.81 

12/27/2022  1.10   7.91 
12/28/2022  0.03   7.94 
12/29/2022  0.11   8.05 
12/30/2022  0.05   8.10 
12/31/2022  1.04   9.14 
01/01/2023  0.10   9.24     NPS Dec Summary: https://met.nps.edu/~ldm/renard_wx/dec22wx.pdf
01/02/2023  0.01   9.25 
 
01/04/2023  0.07   9.32 
01/05/2023  0.85  10.17 

01/08/2023  0.54  10.71 
01/09/2023  1.28  11.99 
01/10/2023  0.39  12.38 
01/11/2023  0.12  12.50 

01/13/2023  0.10  12.60 
01/14/2023  0.60  13.20 
01/15/2023  0.18  13.38 
01/16/2023  0.48  13.86 
01/17/2023  0.01  13.87 
01/18/2023  0.00  13.87 
01/19/2023  0.17  14.04 
 
01/29/2023  0.08  14.12 

02/01/2023  0.00  14.12     NPS Jan Summary: https://met.nps.edu/~ldm/renard_wx/jan23wx.pdf

02/03/2023  0.09  14.21 
02/04/2023  0.01  14.22 
02/05/2023  0.17  14.39 
02/06/2023  0.02  14.41 

02/11/2023  0.36  14.77

02/22/2023  0.02  14.79                    Central California Comparison on 3/01/2023
02/23/2023  0.09  14.88                SINCE    OCT 01-      OCT 01-       OCT 01-  OCT 01-
02/24/2023  1.05  15.93                MIDNITE  MAR 1        MAR 1         MAR 1    SEP 30
                         STATION       TOTAL    2023    PON  2022     PON  NORMAL   NORMAL  
02/27/2023  0.63  16.56  -----------   -------  -----------  ------------  -------  -------
02/28/2023  0.36  16.92  SALINAS        0.00   10.59   116    6.18    68     9.11    12.58
03/01/2023  0.46  17.38  BARSTOW        0.05    1.83    76    1.01    42     2.41     3.77
                         PASO ROBLES    0.03   15.70   180    7.37    85     8.72    12.15
03/04/2023  0.32  17.70  SANTA MARIA    1.24   18.37   196    6.33    67     9.39    13.32
03/05/2023  0.33  18.03  LANCASTER      0.04    5.79   114    3.18    63     5.08     6.81
03/06/2023  0.00  18.03 *I included this bolded record to illustrate the extreme patchiness of the rainfall
03/07/2023  0.07  18.10  since December. On March 6th our East Campus location in Marina we received significant 
03/08/2023  0.34  18.44  rainfall several times while Salinas and the Monterey Airport received nothing. 
03/09/2023  0.23  18.67  Since the storms at the end of December we've been getting our rainfall, not in the 
03/10/2023  1.29  19.96  typical cold "fronts" of previous years, but either as thunderstorm like "squalls" or by
03/11/2023  0.02  19.98  being at the edge of one of the atmospheric rivers. As of March 6th, we never experienced
                         a direct hit as they have to the north, east, and south of us. Some areas in California have 
03/14/2023  0.33  20.31  >300% of normal, others have <75%. We are at 138% of normal for this time of year.**
03/15/2023  0.26  20.57

03/19/2023  0.43  21.00
03/20/2023  0.02  21.02     NPS Feb Summary: https://met.nps.edu/~ldm/renard_wx/feb23wx.pdf
03/21/2023  0.31  21.33
03/22/2023  0.99  22.32 

03/28/2023  0.31  22.63 
03/29/2023  0.28  22.91 
03/30/2023  0.08  22.99 

04/02/2023  0.04  23.00     NPS Mar Summary: https://met.nps.edu/~ldm/renard_wx/mar23wx.pdf

04/07/2023  0.03  23.06 

04/18/2023  0.03  23.09

05/01/2023  0.05  23.14     NPS Apr Summary: https://met.nps.edu/~ldm/renard_wx/apr23wx.pdf
05/02/2023  0.25  23.39 
05/03/2023  0.21  23.60
05/04/2023  0.02  23.62 
05/05/2023  0.03  23.65 
05/31/2023. 0.01. 23.66

06/01/2023  0.00  23.66     NPS May Summary: https://met.nps.edu/~ldm/renard_wx/may23wx.pdf
06/06/2023. 0.15  23.81

07/01/2023  0.00  23.81     NPS Jun Summary: https://met.nps.edu/~ldm/renard_wx/jun23wx.pdf

08/02/2023  0.01  23.82     NPS Jul Summary: https://met.nps.edu/~ldm/renard_wx/jul23wx.pdf

09/03/2023  0.01  23.83     NPS Aug Summary: https://met.nps.edu/~ldm/renard_wx/aug23wx.pdf

09/09/2023  0.01  23.84 

09/30/2023  0.04  23.88 

Other Useful Measures of Precipitation https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/11152500/#parameterCode=00065&period=P70D
**https://weatherspark.com/h/y/1042/2023/Historical-Weather-during-2023-in-Monterey-California-United-States#Figures-Rainfall
Map of some of the pools on Ft Ord https://insidetrail.com/wp-content/uploads/maps/Fort-Ord-Map-2021.pdf

(1)  33.73 ft on 02/03/1998
(2)  33.11 ft on 04/03/1958
(3)  32.46 ft on 12/24/1955
(4)  32.20 ft on 03/11/1995
(5)  31.30 ft on 02/12/1938
(6)  29.53 ft on 01/03/1997
(7)  29.50 ft on 01/21/1909
(8)  28.60 ft on 02/22/1917
(9)  28.20 ft on 02/11/1922
(10) 28.03 ft on 03/02/1983

(1)  30.29 ft on 03/12/1995
(2)  26.51 ft on 02/26/1969
(3)  25.00 ft on 02/12/1938
(4)  24.60 ft on 01/13/2023 (P)
(5)  24.54 ft on 02/08/1998
(6)  23.90 ft on 02/08/1937
(7)  23.83 ft on 12/25/1955
(8)  23.44 ft on 03/03/1983
(9)  22.66 ft on 02/11/1978
(10) 22.46 ft on 04/04/1958

A lot of good stuff gets posted to the iNat Forum and though I monitor it, I still miss a lot since there is quite a bit of "chaff" posted there as well ;-) (I'm guilty). So I've decided to assemble links to the ones that I find that interest me. If you see some that you think would be interesting to me, please leave a link in the comments so I can add it.

How to See the Elevation of an Observation by Tony Iwane tiwane

This is huge in my opinion! We can now see elevation and lithology associated with an observation:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-can-now-access-elevation-and-other-details-from-macrostrat-for-an-observations-location/39066/1

Spring Oak Gall (Wasp) Hunting by Adam Krantz megachile

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/spring-oak-gall-wasp-hunting/38630

How to use iNaturalist’s Search URLs - wiki part 1 of 2 by Tony Iwane tiwane

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-use-inaturalists-search-urls-wiki-part-1-of-2/63/1

How to use iNaturalist’s Search URLs - wiki - part 2 of 2 by Jim Morefield jdmore

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-use-inaturalists-search-urls-wiki-part-2-of-2/18792/1

Most observations of Creosote Bush Bagworm (Thyridopteryx meadii) on iNat are of the distinctive case it constructs as a larva. It has two seasons; the main one Jan-Mar after the first winter rains, and a second one Sep-Oct after summer rains. I think it may be experiencing a population crash. Last year I observed five during the winter season. This year so far I have seen none despite looking at far more creosote bushes. Neither has anyone else. In fact, the last iNat observation was September 5, 2022... (as of 2/21/23). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/475010-Thyridopteryx-meadii

Downloading data using filter... Here are the attributes I am selecting at first:

user_login
time_observed_at
species_guess
scientific_name

Here is an example using https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&quality_grade=research&subview=table&taxon_id=475010
Filters --> Research Grade --> Download
That gets you to the Create Export Query. I uncheck everything (None) and then click back the four attributes I want for now (see above). I may add location later.
Then I select "Create Export" which takes a minute or so.
Then I select "Download" and save the zipped .csv file to Download_Export_Data folder on my Mac.
The file is created, in this case observations-294557.csv.zip which I double click to unzip the .csv file
observations-294557.csv is created, which I rename appropriately, in this case Thyridopteryx_meadii_observations_2023_02_07.csv
I then upload the .csv file to Google Drive iNat/iNat_Export_Data, open, and save as Google Sheet.

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http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=455
https://bugguide.net/node/view/83066