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Durham, NC 12/31/22
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| Male Eastern Bluebird |
Mystery object, maybe a deserted kite |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Song Sparrow |
White-throated Sparrow |
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| Female Northern Cardinal |
Chipping Sparrow |
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Durham, NC 12/30/22
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| Greenbriar (Smilax genus) fruits |
Jumping spider (Attidops youngi) |
Jumping spider (Attidops youngi) |
Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
Another jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
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| Jumping spider (Hentzia genus) with aphid prey |
Dwarf spider |
Another dwarf spider |
Carolina Wren |
Same Carolina Wren |
Durham, NC 12/28/22
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| Buffalo Treehopper |
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Gall midge |
Another species of gall midge |
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| Running crab spider (Tmarus genus) |
Spider (Hypsosinga genus) |
Another mystery spider |
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Durham, NC 12/27/22
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| Male Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Same male Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Same Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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| Ice |
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Durham, NC 12/26/22
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| Some of a lot of ice |
Mourning Dove |
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Durham, NC 12/23/22: The approach of a cold front
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| Dark clouds |
The sun on the trees as the dark clouds approached |
Afterward |
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Durham, NC 12/19/22
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| White-throated Sparrow |
Turkey Vultures |
Turkey Vultures and at least one Black Vulture |
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Durham, NC 12/18/22
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| Anglepod (Gonolobus suberosus) |
Anglepod (Gonolobus suberosus) |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Plant bug |
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia, var. sororia) |
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| Ichneumon wasp (Gelis genus) |
Ichneumon wasp (Gelis genus) |
Jumping plant louse |
Puffball |
Same puffball |
Durham, NC 12/17/22
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| Crab spider (Synema parvulum) |
Dwarf spider |
Heptagonal Orb Weaver (Gea heptagon) |
Mesh web weaver |
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McAllen, Hidalgo County, TX 12/11/22
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| Golden-fronted Woodpecker |
Another Golden-fronted Woodpecker |
A third Golden-fronted Woodpecker, on a large palm tree |
Great-tailed Grackle |
Mourning Dove |
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| Mourning Doves |
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McAllen International Airport, Hidalgo County, TX 12/12/22
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| Butterflight Exhibit, the work of an unknown artist |
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National Butterfly Center, Mission, Hidalgo County, TX 12/11/22
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| Most likely Huisache or Sweet Acacia (Acacia farnesiana or A. smallii) |
American Snout |
Checkered skipper |
Dorantes Longtail |
Same Dorantes Longtail |
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| Empress Leilia |
Golden-fronted Woodpecker |
Great-tailed Grackle |
Ten Great-tailed Grackles |
Green Jay |
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| Green Jay |
Another Green Jay |
Large Orange Sulphur |
Fly and largid bug (Largus californicus) |
Largid bug (Largus californicus) |
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| Largid bugs (Largus californicus) |
Mexican Bluewing |
Oriental Latrine Fly (Chrysomya megacephala) |
Queen |
Another Queen |
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| Seven Queens |
Seven Queens |
Santa Maria Feverfew (Parthenium hysterophorus) |
Might be a Fiery Skipper |
Tawny Emperor and a largid bug (Largus californicus) |
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| Tawny Emperor |
Tropical Leafwing, with a partially obscuring fly |
Queen on Fewflower Milkweed (Asclepias lanceolata) |
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Quinta Mazatlan, McAllen, Hidalgo County, TX 12/10/22
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| Clay-colored Thrush |
Mystery fruits |
Green Jay |
White Lantana |
Plain Chacalaca |
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| Another Plain Chacalaca |
Juvie male Red-winged Blackbird |
Same juvie male Red-winged Blackbird |
Texas Olive (Cordia boissieri) |
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| White-winged Dove, actually seen from the parking lot |
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White-winged Doves |
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National Butterfly Center, Mission, Hidalgo County, TX 12/9/22
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| Mystery aster |
Clouded Skipper |
Another Clouded Skipper |
Dusky Blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon) |
Empress Leilia (Asterocampa leilia) |
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| Eufala Skipper |
Gulf Fritillary |
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| Large Orange Sulphur |
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Monarch |
Mushrooms |
More mushrooms |
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| Paper wasp |
Queen |
Reakirt's Blue |
Rock Rose (Pavonia lasiopetala) |
Scarlet Wild Basil (ID uncertain) |
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| Southern Dogface |
Tawny Emperor |
Another Tawny Emperor |
Tridax Daisy (Tridax procumbens), on a long stalk |
Tropical Checkered Skipper |
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| Key West Buttercup (Turnera subulata) |
Probably Clouded Skipper on mystery wildflowers |
Upright Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) |
Whitemouth Dayflower (Commelina erecta) |
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Quinta Mazatlan, McAllen, Hidalgo County, TX 12/8/22
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| Crablike Spiny Orbweaver |
Four-nerved Daisy (Hymenoxys scaposa) |
Four-nerved Daisy (Hymenoxys scaposa) |
Female Golden-fronted Woodpecker |
Great Kiskadee |
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| Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) |
Mint |
Night-blooming Cereus fruit, fallen |
Queen |
Same Queen |
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| Red Admiral |
White Lantana? |
Clay-colored Thrush |
Another Clay-colored Thrush |
Other Clay-colored Thrushes |
McAllen, Hidalgo County, TX 12/8/22
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| Male Northern Cardinal |
Curve-billed Thrasher |
Great Kiskadee |
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| Same Great Kiskadee |
Male Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
Female Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
Northern Mockingbird |
Pride of Brazil (Tipuana tipu) |
White-winged Dove |
Aerial views of McAllen, Hidalgo County, TX 12/7/22
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| Interesting island construction |
Mansion |
Route 2 |
Rich neighborhood |
Modernistic white mansion and environs |
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| Sunrise going west from NC |
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Durham, NC 12/5/22
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| Anglepod (Gonolobus suberosus) |
Barred Owl with Eastern Gray Squirrel prey |
Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) |
Pileated Woodpecker |
Eastern Gray Squirrel, announcing its territory |
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| Wolf spider |
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Durham, NC 12/2/22
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| Anglepod (Gonolobus suberosus) |
Anglepod (Gonolobus suberosus) |
Anglepod (Gonolobus suberosus) |
Anglepod (Gonolobus suberosus) |
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