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Ocracoke (seen from ferry in Pamlico Sound), Hyde County, NC 4/30/22
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| Gull |
Horizon Condos |
Horizon Condos with lighthouse |
Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 4/29/22
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| Small plane |
Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
Boat with crab traps in Pamlico Sound returning to Ocracoke |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 4/28/22
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| Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
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| Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Mottled Duck |
Red Admiral |
Red-winged Blackbird |
Another Red-winged Blackbird |
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| Red-winged Blackbird in flight |
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Wild radish |
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| Largeleaf Pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis) flowers |
Canada Geese |
Same Canada Geese |
Carolina Cranesbill (Geranium caroliniana) |
Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) |
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| Two ferries |
Same two ferries |
Georgia Sunrose poster |
Goldenrod |
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Springer's Point Nature Preserve, Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 4/28/22
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| Blue-eyed grass |
Greenbriar flowers |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 4/27/22
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| Annual Baby's Breath (Gypsophila elegans) |
Male House Sparrow gathering nesting material |
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Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Springer's Point Nature Preserve, Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 4/27/22
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| Georgia Sunrose, either Helianthum georgianum or Crocanthemum georgianum. H. georgianum seems to be gaining more acceptance. |
American Sea Rocket? |
Greenbriar and a mystery grass with purple flowers |
Greenbriar flowers up close |
Rush (Juncus genus) |
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| Mulberry leaves and fruits |
Largeleaf Pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis) flowers |
Poison Ivy fruits |
Maybe Sandhill Bean? |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 4/26/22
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| Blue-eyed Grass |
Blue-eyed Grass |
Fish mural |
House Sparrow feeding baby |
Japanese Mock Orange (Pittosporum tobira) |
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| Lantana |
Lighthouse |
Northern Mockingbird |
Sow Thistle |
Wisteria |
Ocracoke Island, North Beach, Hyde Park, NC 4/26/22
Pony Pasture, Ocracoke Island, Hyde County, NC 4/26/22
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Hammock Hills Nature Trail, Ocracoke Island, Hyde County, NC 4/25/22
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| Common (European) Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) |
Ferns |
Fowler's Toad |
Little Quaking Grass (Briza minor) |
Palamedes Swallowtail |
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| Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) |
Bristly Thistle (Cirsium horridulum) |
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Beach and Grass across from the Hammock Hills Nature Trail, Ocracoke Island, Hyde County, NC 4/25/22
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| Birdfoot Trefoil |
Blue-eyed grass |
More blue-eyed grass |
Leucistic blue-eyed grass |
Crab tracks |
Sanderling |
Ocracoke Beach, Hyde County, NC 4/24/22
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| Sanderling |
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Group of Sanderlings far down the beach |
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| Same group of Sanderlings |
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| Same group of Sanderlings |
They were originally sitting |
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| Willet |
Another Willet |
Willet |
Willet |
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Springer's Point Nature Preserve, Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 4/24/22
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| American Sea Rocket (Cakile edentula) |
American Sea Rocket (Cakile edentula) |
Two-flower Melicgrass (Melica mutica) |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 4/24/22
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| View across Silver Lake |
Small plane |
Catchfly |
English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) |
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| Eurasian Collared Dove |
Everlasting |
Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
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| Fowler's Toad |
Grackle |
Another grackle |
Gull |
Horizon Condos |
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| Female House Sparrow |
Male House Sparrow |
Courting Laughing Gulls |
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| Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre) |
Purple Morning Glory (Ipoema purpurea) |
Mourning Dove |
Swan Quarter Ferry leaving Ocracoke |
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| Ocracoke Water Tower |
Horizon Condos seen from Springer's Point Nature Preserve |
Pink Wood-sorrel |
American Robin |
Southern Broken-dash |
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| Same Southern Broken-dash |
Common Starling |
Another Common Starling |
Sunrise |
View of Springer's Point from Horizon Condos |
Swan Quarter, Hyde County, NC 4/23/22
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| Annual Blue-eyed Grass |
Juvie and adult Double-crested Cormorants |
Juvie and adult Double-crested Cormorants |
Wild Garlic |
More Wild Garlic |
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| False Garlic |
Killdeer |
Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre) |
Pink Wood-sorrel (Oxalis debilis) |
Spider on Wild Garlic |
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| White Clover (Trifolium repens) |
Willet |
Bristle Thistle (Cirsium horridulum) |
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Big Foot Island, Hyde County, NC 4/23/22
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| Royal Terns |
Double-crested Cormorants |
Non-breeding Brown Pelican |
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Durham, NC 4/22/22
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| Black Rat Snake |
Same Black Rat Snake |
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| Same Black Rat Snake |
Bug nymph |
Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium) |
Golden-backed Snipe Fly |
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| Cat Greenbrier (Smilax glauca) flower buds and leaves |
Same Cat Greenbrier (Smilax glauca) flower buds |
Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax) |
Same Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax) |
Leaf-footed Bug |
Eastern Phoebe |
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| Thrip |
Winged ant? |
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Durham, NC 4/20/22
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| Bristly Mallow (Modiola caroliniana) |
Cherry tree |
Dwarf dandelion (probably Krigia cespitosa) |
Female House Finch, eating grass seeds |
Jumping spider, very young |
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| Question Mark |
Same Question Mark |
Tiny spider |
Woodland Spurge (Euphorbia obtusada) |
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Durham, NC 4/19/22
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| Hearts-a-bustin (Euonymus americanus) |
Azalea |
Cherry tree flowers |
Cherry tree petals |
Cherry tree petals |
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| Doves' Foot Geranium (Geranium molle) |
Annual Fleabane (Erigeron annus) |
Meadow |
Pearl Crescent |
Same Pearl Crescent |
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| Persian Speedwells (Veronica persica) |
Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpurea) |
Red Tip Photinia (hybrid between Photinia glabra and Photinia serratifolia) |
Red Tip Photinia (hybrid between Photinia glabra and Photinia serratifolia) |
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Durham, NC 4/17/22
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| American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) |
Atamasco Lilies (Zephyranthes atamasca) |
Buttercup |
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) |
Doves' Foot Geranium (Geranium molle) |
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| Gray Everlasting (Gamochaeta coarctata) |
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Ludwigia genus |
Ludwigia genus |
Lyre-leaved Sage (Salvia lyrata) |
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| Oriental False Hawksbeard (Youngia japonica) |
Pearl Crescent |
Sticky Willy (Galium aparine) seedheads |
Saucer Magnolia, one of the last blooms |
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Durham, NC 4/16/22
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| Annual Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum) unfolding |
Annual Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum) |
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) |
Crab spider (Tmarus genus) |
Jumping spider (Hentzia genus) with prey |
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| Leafhopper nymph |
Pachygronthid bug (Oedancala dorsalis) |
Shield-backed bug |
Lentil Vetch (Vicia tetrasperma). |
Same Lentil Vetch (Vicia tetrasperma) |
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| Same Lentil Vetch (Vicia tetrasperma) |
Same Lentil Vetch (Vicia tetrasperma) |
Velvet ant (Pseudomethoca simillima) |
Whirligig mite with prey, perhaps a small beetle |
Same whirligig mite with prey, perhaps a small beetle |
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| Wolf spider (Schizocosa crassipes) |
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Nature Trail, North Carolina Botanical Garden, NC 4/15/22
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| American Lady |
Same American Lady |
Azure Bluets (Houstonia caerulea) |
Brown Thrasher |
Catesby's Trillium (Trillium catesbaei) |
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| Mystery chickweed |
Same mystery chickweed |
Eastern Red Columbines (Aquilegia canadensis) |
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia var. sororia) |
Another Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia var. sororia) |
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| Crane Fly Orchid winter leaf |
Diseased wood-sorrels |
Eastern Fence Lizard |
Unusually large hoverfly |
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| Fourleaf Yam (Dioscorea quaternata) |
American Fringe Tree (Chionanthus angustifolius) |
Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea) |
Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) |
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| Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) |
Another Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) |
Little Brown Jug (Hexastylis arifolia) flowers |
Little Brown Jug (Hexastylis arifolia) |
Little Brown Jug (Hexastylis arifolia) flowers |
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| Little Sweet Betsy (Trillium cuneatum) |
Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) |
Mesh web weavers |
Same mesh web weavers. The one on the right might be Dictyna calcarata. |
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| Orchard Spider |
Oriental False Hawksbeard (Youngia japonica) |
Phlox divaricata |
Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) |
Soldier fly (Xylophagus genus) |
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| Star Chickweed (Stellaria pubera) |
Viburnum |
Same Viburnum |
Violet Wood-sorrel (Oxalis violacea) |
Wild Comfrey (Cynoglossum virginianum) |
Same Wild Comfrey (Cynoglossum virginianum) |
Third Fork Creek Trail (farther south), Durham, NC 4/14/22
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| Atamasco Lily (Zephyranthes atamasca) |
Bird dropping |
Black Willow (Salix nigra) |
Blue Dasher |
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| Brown Thrasher |
Same Brown Thrasher |
Buttercup |
Checkered skipper |
Chestnut Oak |
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| Chipping Sparrow |
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) |
Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) |
Lyre-leaved Sage (Salvia lyrata) |
Mayapples (Podophyllum peltatum) |
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| Painted Buckeye (Aesculus sylvatica) |
Painted Buckeye (Aesculus sylvatica) |
Street view |
Sign explaining trash trap |
Another sign |
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| White Clover (Trifolium repens) |
White-tailed Deer |
Wisteria |
More wisteria |
Yellow Rocket-cress (Barbarea vulgaris) |
Durham, NC 4/13/22
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetles doing it the wrong way |
Flea beetle (Crepidodera genus) |
Blackberry (Rubus argutus) flowers |
Carpenter Bee |
Caterpillar Hunter |
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| Elongate springtail |
Juvie Five-lined Skink |
Grasshopper |
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Japanese Maple flowers |
Jumping spider (male Pelegrina proterva) attacking a Hentzia mitrata jumping spider |
Long-jawed orb weaver |
Lyre-leaved Sage (Salvia lyrata) |
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| Mallard pair |
Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) catkins and leaves |
Pachygronthid bug |
Painted Buckeye (Aesculus sylvatica) |
River Birch (Betula nigra) male and female catkins |
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| Sticky Willy (Galium aparine) |
Swamp |
Water Scavenger Beetles |
Woodland Spurge (Euphorbia obtusada) |
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Durham, NC 4/12/22
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| Jumping spider |
Jumping spider (male Pelegrina proterva) |
Jumping spider (male Pelegrina proterva) with aphid prey and mite |
Aphid wing |
Mite |
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| Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) flowers |
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) |
Sawtooth Blackberry (Rubus argutus) |
American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) |
American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) |
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Weevil (Lixus concavus) |
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) |
Gray Catbird |
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Durham, NC 4/11/22
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| Large Bee Fly |
Little Brown Jug (Hexastylis arifolia) |
Little Brown Jug (Hexastylis arifolia) |
Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica) |
Smooth Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium) |
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| Southern Sugar Maple |
Tiny Bluets (Houstonia pusilla) |
Carolina Cranesbill (Geranium caroliniana) |
Corn Speedwell (Veronica arvensis) |
Flower fly |
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| Flower fly |
Hearts-a-bustin (Euonymus americanus) |
Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) |
Female American Hophornbeam (Ostrya americana) catkin |
Male American Hophornbeam (Ostrya americana) catkin |
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| Japanese Mazus (Mazus pumilus) |
Blister beetle (Lytta aenea) |
Carolina Wren |
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta) |
Confederate Violet (Viola sororia var. priceana) |
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| Annual Fleabane (Erigeron annuus) |
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) |
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Durham, NC 4/10/22
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| Aphid |
Beaked Corn Salad (Valerianella radiata) buds |
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) |
Caterpillar |
Doves' Foot Geranium (Geranium molle) |
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| Mining bee |
Mulberry catkin |
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) flowers |
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) flowers |
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) tree |
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| Woodland Spurge (Euphorbia obtusata) |
Another Woodland Spurge (Euphorbia obtusata) |
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Durham, NC 4/9/22
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| Male Eastern Towhee |
Annual Fleabane (Erigeron annuus) |
Japanese Maple flowers and leaves |
Japanese Mazus (Mazus pumilus) |
Littleleaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) |
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| Painted Buckeye (Aesculus sylvatica) |
Big Periwinkle (Vinca major) |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Mystery tree flowers |
Tufted Titmouse |
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| Carolina Wren |
Cherry tree |
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| Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia var. sororia) |
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Durham, NC 4/8/22
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| Boxelder Maple (Acer negundo) |
American Hophornbeam (Ostrya americana) |
Largeweed Forget-me-not (Myosotis macrosperma) |
Same Largeweed Forget-me-not (Myosotis macrosperma) |
Mite |
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| Flower of Spreading Sedge (Carex laxiculmis) |
Soldier beetle (Cantharis oregona) |
Tachinid fly |
Two-lined Leatherwing Beetle |
Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) |
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| Woodland Spurge (Euphorbia obtusata) |
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Durham, NC 4/7/22
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| Male Northern Cardinal |
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Female Northern Cardinal |
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| Deerberry |
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) flower |
Globular springtail, with pine pollen |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) buds |
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| Parlin's Pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii) |
Parlin's Pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii) |
River Birch (Betula nigra) catkins |
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Durham, NC 4/6/22
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| Large Bee Fly |
Same Large Bee Fly |
Plum flower |
River Cooter |
Two-lined Leatherwing Beetle |
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| Warty Spurge (Euphorbia spathulata) |
Parasitoid wasp |
Tiny beetle |
Bug nymph |
Female Northern Cardinal |
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| Caterpillar |
Another caterpillar |
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) |
Grasshopper |
Ichneumon wasp |
Jumping spider (Attidops genus) |
Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment, Durham County, NC 4/5/22
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| Beaked Cornsalad (Valerianella radiata) |
Blue Jay |
Blue Toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis) |
Buttercup |
Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium) |
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| Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) |
Doves' Foot Geranium (Geranium molle) |
Juvenal's Duskywing |
Dwarf Dandelions (Krigia genus) |
Field Pansy (Viola bicolor) unrolling |
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| Floating Pennyworts (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides) |
Great Blue Heron |
Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre) |
Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre) |
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| Yellow Rocket-cress (Barbarea vulgaris) |
Yellow Rocket-cress (Barbarea vulgaris) |
White-form Orange Sulphur |
Oxeye Daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) |
Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) |
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| Pearl Crescent |
Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) |
Sleepy Orange |
Another Sleepy Orange |
Strict Forget-me-not (Myosotis stricta) |
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| Strict Forget-me-not (Myosotis stricta) |
Strict Forget-me-not (Myosotis stricta) |
White-eyed Vireo |
White-eyed Vireo |
White-eyed Vireo |
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| White-lined Burrower Bug |
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Durham, NC 4/4/22
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| Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) |
Painted Buckeye (Aesculus sylvatica) |
Buttercup |
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) |
Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) |
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| More Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) |
Japanese Mazus (Mazus pumilus) |
Jumping spider |
Same jumping spider |
Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
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| March fly |
Same march fly |
Mock Strawberries (Potentilla indica) |
Oriental False Hawksbeard (Youngia japonica) |
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| Parasitoid wasp |
Same parasitoid wasp |
Question Mark |
Red Maple samaras and leaves |
Tiny Bluet (Houstonia pusilla) |
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| Violet Wood-sorrel (Oxalis violacea) |
Wolf spider |
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American Tobacco Trail near Southpoint Shopping Center, Durham, NC 4/3/22
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| Beaked Cornsalad (Valerianella radiata) |
Common Cornsalad (Valerianella locusta) |
Common Cornsalad (Valerianella locusta) |
Corn Speedwell (Veronica arvensis) |
Field Pansy (Viola bicolor) |
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| Strict Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis stricta) |
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| Sticky Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium glomeratum) |
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Durham, NC 4/2/22
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| Male Eastern Towhee |
Male Eastern Towhee |
Hermit Thrush |
Smooth Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium) |
Black Cherry |
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| Pearl Crescent |
Southern Sugar Maple (Acer floridanum) |
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Durham, NC 4/1/22
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| Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
Another jumping spider |
Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera), with catkins |
Smooth Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium) |
Flea beetle (Crepidodera genus) and spider |
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Catkins on a mystery tree/bush |
Chipping Sparrow |
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