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Durham, NC 2/28/23
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| Dimpled Trout Lilies (Erythronium umbilicatum) |
Dimpled Trout Lily (Erythronium umbilicatum) |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta) |
Confederate Violet (Viola sororia var. priceana) |
Durham, NC 2/27/23
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| Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia var. sororia) |
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) |
Dimpled Trout Lily (Erythronium umbilicatum) |
Dwarf spider |
Flower fly (Toxomerus marginatus) |
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| Miniature roses |
Minute Pirate Bug (Orius insidiosus) |
Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica) |
Running crab spider |
Hackberry Petiole Gall Psyllid (Pachypsylla venusta), causing this gall on an American Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) |
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| Tiny Bluet (Houstonia pusilla) |
Parasitoid wasp |
Winged Elm (Ulmus alata) seedheads |
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Durham, NC 2/24/23
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| Boxelder bug |
Carolina Wren |
A juvie Carolina Wren |
Common Blue Violet |
Eastern Brownsnake |
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| Smae Eastern Brownsnake |
Maybe American Elm |
Jumping spider (Attidops youngi) with wasp prey |
Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
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| Parasitoid wasp |
Red maple samaras |
Sawfly (Xyela genus) |
Spider |
Tufted Titmouse |
Durham, NC 2/23/23
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| Globular springtail (Bourletiella genus) |
Globular springtail (Bourletiella genus) |
Globular springtail (Bourletiella genus) |
Globular spingtails (Bourletiella genus) |
Globular spingtails (Bourletiella genus) |
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| Globular spingtails (Bourletiella genus) |
Globular spingtails (Bourletiella genus) |
Ivyleaf Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) |
Seed shrimp |
Seed shrimp |
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| Seed shrimps |
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Durham, NC 2/22/23
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Bug nymph |
Daffodils, far from any residences |
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) |
Dwarf spider |
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| Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) |
Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
Female midge |
Eastern Phoebe |
Red Maple (Acer rubrum) flowers |
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| Star-bellied Orb Weaver |
Turtle |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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Durham, NC 2/21/23
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| Dimpled Trout Lily (Erythronium umbilicatum) |
Dimpled Trout Lilies (Erythronium umbilicatum) |
Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) |
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Sarasota, FL 2/19/23
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| Horseherb (Calyptocarpus vialis) |
Mexican Petunia (Ruellia simplex) |
Nutall's Sensitive Briar (Mimosa nuttalli) |
Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
Eastern Gray Squirrel sounding off |
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| White Orchid Tree (Bauhinia acuminata) |
Blue Jay |
Grackle |
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Sarasota Jungle Gardens, FL 2/18/23
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| American Black Duck |
Common Gallinule |
Common Gallinule |
Common Gallinule |
Flamingos |
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| Flamingo |
Ostrich |
Peacock Tail |
Prairie Dog |
White Ibis |
Sarasota, FL 2/18/23
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| Male Red-bellied Woodpecker putting an acorn in his nest |
Same male red-bellied woodpecker |
Another White Peacock |
Airplant |
Pink motel |
Chandelier Plant (Kalanchoe delagoensis), a Madagascar native |
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| Chandelier Plant (Kalanchoe delagoensis), a Madagascar native |
Fig tree |
Java Glorybower (Clerodendrum speciosissimum) |
Passionvine |
Sarasota, FL 2/17/23
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| Airplane |
Country Mallow (Sida Cordifolia) |
Crowfootgrass (Dactyloctenium aegyptium) |
Horseherb (Calyptocarpus vialis) |
Pink Wood-sorrel (Oxalis debilis) |
South Lido County Park, Sarasota County, FL 2/17/23
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| Bird Key, seen across Sarasota Bay |
Common Loon diving |
Same Common Loon |
Same Common Loon |
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| Cuban Anole |
Grass with dew |
Palm Warbler |
Parakeet |
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| Sanderling |
Same Sanderling |
Scorpion's Tail (Heliotropium angiospermum) |
Sea Oxeye Daisy (Borrichia frutescens) |
Silverhead (Blutaparon vermiliculare) |
Snowy Egret |
Same Snowy Egret |
Sarasota, FL 2/16/23
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| Small plane |
Probably a military plane |
Creeping Oxeye (Sphagneticola trilobata). Considered to be an invasive plant. |
Banyan tree (Ficus genus, subgenus Urostigma) fruits and leaves, New College |
Same Banyan tree (Ficus genus, subgenus Urostigma) fruits and leaves, New College |
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| Black-and-white Warbler |
Blue Jay |
Carolina Dayflower (Commelina caroliniana) |
Cuban Anole |
Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
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| Lanceleaf Frogfruit (Phyla lanceolata) |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Horseherb (Calyptocarpus vialis) |
Largeflower Mexican Clover (Richardia grandiflora) |
Pink Wood-sorrel (Oxalis debilis) |
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| Powderpuff Tree (Calliandra haematocephala) |
Ring-necked Duck pair in a pond near the airport |
Ring-necked Ducks in a pond near the airport |
Rosary Pea or Crab's Eyes (Abrus precatorius) |
Fruit of Sausage Tree (Kigelia africana) |
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| Same Sausage Tree (Kigelia africana) |
Sculpture on New College campus |
Shepherd's Needles (Bidens alba), with two tiny flies |
Shepherd's Needles (Bidens alba) |
Common Sow Thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) |
Wood Duck pair |
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| Florida Tasselflower (Emilia fosberghii) |
Lilac Tasselflower or Cupid's Shaving Brush (Emilia sonchifolia) |
White Peacock |
Same White Peacock |
Wood Duck |
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Sarasota Bay, Florida 2/16/23
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| Forster's Tern |
Four Forster's Terns |
Two Forster's Terns |
Red-breasted Merganser taking off |
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| Red-breasted Merganser with fish prey |
Red-breasted Mergansers flying |
Red-breasted Mergansers swimming |
Snowy Egret flying |
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Durham, NC 2/14/23
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| Dimpled Trout Lily (Erythonium umbilicum). Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk. |
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Durham, NC 2/13/23
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Male sawfly (Xyela genus) |
Female sawfly (Xyela genus) |
Male sawfly (Xyela genus) |
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| Same sawfly (Xyela genus) |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Crab spider (Synema parvula) |
Red Maple (Acer rubrum) female flowers |
Red Maple (Acer rubrum) female flowers |
Durham, NC 2/10/23
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| White-throated Sparrow |
Crane Fly Orchid winter leaf |
Airliner |
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Durham, NC 2/9/23
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| Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) |
Male House Finch |
Ivyleaf Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Same Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet eating something on this little tree |
Walking trail art |
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Durham, NC 2/8/23
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| Jumping spider (Attidops youngi) |
Jumping spider (Attidops youngi) |
Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica) |
Winged Elm (Ulmus alata) |
Wolf spider |
Durham, NC 2/7/23
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| Juvie Carolina Wren |
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Red Maple (Acer rubrum) male flowers |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch |
Dwarf spider |
Another dwarf spider |
Tachinid fly |
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Durham, NC 2/6/23
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| Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) |
Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) |
Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) |
Ivyleaf Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) bud |
Ivyleaf Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) flower |
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| Velvet Mite |
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Durham, NC 2/5/23
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| Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) |
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Durham, NC 2/4/23
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| Airplane |
Cocoon |
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) |
Yellow variant Red Maple (Acer rubrum) male flowers |
Red Maple (Acer rubrum) male flowers |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch |
Same White-breasted Nuthatch |
Same White-breasted Nuthatch |
Chipping Sparrow |
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