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Durham, NC 2/29/20
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| Sawfly |
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Durham, NC 2/28/20
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| Female Northern Cardinal. I think they assume sentry duty, distracting me from a bird they think needs protection |
Same female Northern Cardinal |
Common Chickweed |
Frog egg? |
Many frog eggs? |
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| American Elm seed pods |
Hawk in flight |
Henbit |
Northern Flicker |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
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| Same Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Same Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Song Sparrow |
Another Song Sparrow |
Eastern Gray Squirrel in American Elm |
Durham, NC 2/27/20
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| Confederate Violet |
Trout Lilies |
Another Trout Lily |
Another Trout Lily |
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Durham, NC 2/26/20
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle, with wings out |
Early Buttercup |
Caterpillar |
Crab spider |
Dwarf spider |
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| Horsehair worm, apparently knotted up. Removed from a paved trail. |
Jumping spider, likely an immature Phidippus clarus. |
Tachinid fly |
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Durham, NC 2/25/20
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| Male Northern Cardinal |
Same bird |
Common Blue Violet |
Dusky Ladybug Beetle |
Same beetle |
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| Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Jumping spider (Phidippus clarus?) |
Katydid nymph |
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| Long-jawed orb weaver |
Persian Speedwell |
Purple Dead-nettle |
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Durham, NC 2/23/20
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Another Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Barklouse |
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia sororia) |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
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| Another White-breasted Nuthatch |
Same White-breasted Nuthatch |
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Durham, NC 2/22/20
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| Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana), Bradford subspecies, flowers |
Male Northern Cardinal, deep in woods |
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Durham, NC 2/19/20
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| Sawfly, maybe (Dolerus illini). Genus ID thanks to Yurika Alexander. |
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Durham, NC 2/18/20
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| Female Eastern Towhee |
Same female Eastern Towhee |
Male Eastern Towhee |
Elongate springtail |
Male Red-winged Blackbird |
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| White-throated Sparrow |
Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle (Chlaenius genus) larva |
Brown Thrasher |
Same Brown Thrasher |
Female Eastern Bluebird with insect prey |
Durham, NC 2/17/20
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| Male Northern Cardinal |
Common Chickweed |
(Probably) female Downy Woodpecker |
Male Downy Woodpecker |
Eastern Bluebird |
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| American Elm seedpods |
Henbit |
Red Maple female flowers and seedpods |
Song Sparrow |
Another Song Sparrow |
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| Trout Lily |
Another Trout Lily |
White-throated Sparrow |
A mysterious little display left by the "Woodcroft Fairies" |
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Durham, NC 2/16/20
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| Ivyleaf Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) |
More Ivyleaf Speedwells |
Moss |
Pileated Woodpecker |
Pine Warbler |
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| Same Pine Warbler |
Same Pine Warbler |
Female Red Maple flowers and seedheads |
Red Maple developing seedheads |
Red Maple flowers |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch |
Pennsylvania Bittercress |
Pennsylvania Bittercress |
Pennsylvania Bittercress |
Common Chickweed |
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| Common Dandelion |
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Durham, NC 2/15/20
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| Caddisfly |
Carolina Wren |
Same Carolina Wren, singing |
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia sororia) |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
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Early Buttercup |
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Durham, NC 2/14/20
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| American Snout |
Arabesque Orb Weaver |
Feral cat |
Carolina Chickadee |
American Crow |
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| Common Dandelion |
Flower fly |
Same flower fly |
Henbit |
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| Jumping spider |
Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica) |
Female Red Maple flowers (and seedheads) |
Other female Red Maple flowers (and seedheads) |
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| Sawfly |
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Durham, NC 2/10/20
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| Jumping spider |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
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Durham, NC 2/9/20
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| Ant |
Brown-headed Nuthatch working on a hole in this dead tree |
Same Brown-headed Nuthatch |
Carolina Wren |
Same Carolina Wren |
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| Same Carolina Wren |
Same Carolina Wren |
Common Chickweed |
American Elm seeds |
Fungus gnat? |
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| Orb weaver (male Araneus miniatus) |
Orchard Spider |
Male Red Maple flowers |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Running crab spider |
Durham, NC 2/7/20
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| Long-jawed orb weaver (Tetragnatha extensa) |
Tiny jumping spider |
Caterpillar |
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Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham County, NC 2/4/20
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| Basal leaves of a Cutleaf Toothwort |
Daffodils (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) |
Round-lobed Hepatica (Anemone americana) |
Periwinkle (Vinca genus) |
Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) |
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| Quince |
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Downtown Durham, NC 2/3/20
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| Cherry tree |
Johnny Appleseed status, Duke East Campus |
Pansies, Trinity Park neighborhood |
Rosemary and honeybee |
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American Tobacco Trail (Miles 0 - 1.75), Durham, NC 2/3/20
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| Chipping Sparrow |
Another Chipping Sparrow |
Downy Woodpecker |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Henbit |
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| Male House Sparrow |
Male House Sparrows |
Persian Speedwell |
Purple Dead-nettle |
Song Sparrow |
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| Song Sparrow |
Tree flowers and buds |
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Durham, NC 2/2/20
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| Male Red Maple flowers |
Other male Red Maple flowers |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Tufted Titmouse |
Same Tufted Titmouse |
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| Field Pansy (Viola bicolor) |
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Durham, NC 2/1/20
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| Jumping plant louse (Acizzia jamatonica) |
Same jumping plant louse |
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