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Durham, NC 3/31/24
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| Hermit Thrush |
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) |
Two-lined Leatherwing Beetle |
Sassafras flower |
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| Female Downy Woodpecker |
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Durham, NC 3/29/24
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| Bigseed Forget-me-not (Myosotis macrosperma) |
Same Bigseed Forget-me-not (Myosotis macrosperma) |
Running crab spider |
March fly |
Pear Psylla (Cacopsylla pyricola) nymph |
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| Pear Psylla (Cacopsylla pyricola) nymph |
Psyllid nymph |
Another psyllid nymph with a mite |
Asian Multi-colored Lady Beetle with psyllid prey |
Same Asian Multi-colored Lady Beetle with psyllid prey |
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| Jumping spider (Phidippus aurantius) |
Lady beetle larva |
Very pale Common Blue Violet |
New Field Pansy |
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| Green Six-spotted Tiger Beetle |
White-eyed Vireo |
Tufted Titmouse |
Same Tufted Titmouse |
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| Male Eastern Bluebird |
Song Sparrow |
Another Song Sparrow |
Oak leaves and catkins |
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Nature Trail, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC 3/26/24
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| Southern Wax Myrtle |
Another Southern Wax Myrtle |
Painted Buckeye |
Slender Toothwort (Cardamine angustata) |
Slender Toothwort (Cardamine angustata) |
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| Hairy Sedge (Carex pilosa) |
Slender Toothwort (Cardamine angustata) |
Perfoliate Bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata) |
Little Sweet Betsy (Trillium cuneatum) |
Perfoliate Bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata) |
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| Southern Wild Comfrey (Andersonglossum virginianum) |
Southern Wild Comfrey (Andersonglossum virginianum) |
Smooth Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium) |
Hairy Sedge (Carex pilosa) |
Another Hairy Sedge (Carex pilosa) |
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| Rue Anemone |
Star Chickweed |
Star Chickweeds |
Star Chickweed |
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| Little Brown Jug (Hexastylis arifolia) flower buds |
Eastern-tailed Blue |
Ground Ivy |
Jack-in-the-Pulpit |
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| Rue Anemone |
Star Chickweeds |
Red Buckeye |
Little Sweet Betsy (Trillium cuneatum) |
Carolina Jessamine |
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| Carolina Wren |
Same Carolina Wren |
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Durham, NC 3/25/24
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| Carolina Cherry Laurel (Prunus caroliniana) |
Miniature roses |
Sticky Willy |
Field Pansy (Viola bicolor) |
Field Pansy (Viola bicolor) |
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| Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia sororia) and Confederate Violet (Viola sororia priceana) |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Eastern Redbud |
Feather |
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Durham, NC 3/24/24
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| Cultivated blueberry flowers |
Field Pansy (Viola bicolor) |
Common Dandelion seedhead |
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia) |
Long-legged fly |
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| River Birch catkins |
Pansies |
Common Blue Violets (Viola sororia) |
Trees |
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American Tobacco Trail (Miles ~7-5), Durham, NC 3/23/24
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| Winged Elm seedpods |
More Winged Elm seedpods |
Field Madder |
Wisteria |
More wisteria |
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| Classic Durham sight |
Flowering Dogwood |
More Flowering Dogwood |
Ornamental plum tree |
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Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC 3/21/24
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| Blueberry flowers (Vaccinium tenellum) |
Blueberry flowers (Vaccinium tenellum) |
Blueberry flower buds (Vaccinium tenellum) opening |
Blueberry flowers (Vaccinium tenellum) |
Blueberry flowers (Vaccinium tenellum) |
Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia) flowers |
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| Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) flowers |
Juvenal's Duskywing |
Turkey Oak (Quercus cerris) leaves and catkins |
Turkey Oak (Quercus cerris) leaves and catkins |
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 3/20/24
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| Small tree |
Carolina Anole |
Royal Tern |
White Ibises |
More White Ibises |
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| White Ibises in tree |
White Ibises flying |
White Ibises flying |
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| White Ibis |
Tricolored Heron |
White Ibises |
White Ibis |
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| Snowy Egret in flight |
White Ibises |
White Ibises |
White Ibises |
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| White Ibis |
White Ibises |
White Ibises |
Yellow-rumped Warbler in non-breeding plumage |
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Carolina Lake, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 3/20/24
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| Western Tanseymustard |
False Garlic |
Common Starling |
Killdeer landing |
Male Boat-lailed Grackle |
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| Killdeer |
Same Killdeer |
Snowy Egret |
Same Snowy Egret |
Same Snowy Egret |
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| Snow Goose |
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Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 3/19/24
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| Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean |
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Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 3/19/24
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| Tricolored Heron |
Royal Tern |
Maybe a Laughing Gull |
Low Hop Clover |
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| Karl walking toward Battery Buchanan |
A view from the top of Battery Buchanan across the Cape Fear river to Brunswick County |
A mailbox at the top |
Yaupon Berry |
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| Apparent wildfire in Fort Brunswick, traveling to New Hanover County |
Grackle in flight |
Creeping Wood-sorrel |
American Lady |
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| Seaweed in the grass near the shore |
Red seaweed |
Green seaweed |
American Oystercatcher |
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| Low Hop Clover |
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Carolina Lake, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 3/19/24
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| Canada Geese |
White Ibises |
Lake maintenance, maybe removing water from the lak |
White Ibises |
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| Mural on a building |
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Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 3/18/24
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| Evening Primrose |
Moon |
False Garlic |
Male House Sparrow |
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| Female House Sparrow |
Grackle with prey, maybe a turtle |
Mourning Dove |
Same Mourning Dove |
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| Algae |
Mallard pair |
Snapping turtle |
Another snapping turtle |
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| Low Hop Clover |
Western Tanseymustard |
Blackberry |
Dune Camphorweed, the only such flower on the dune |
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| Plane |
Blackberry |
Laughing Gulls |
Rock Doves |
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Durham, NC 3/17/24
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| Ichneumon wasp |
Azure Bluets |
Sugar Maple flowers |
Field Pansy |
Ichneumon wasp |
Durham, NC 3/16/24
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| Carolina Wren |
Common Blue Violets and Confederate Violet |
Field Pansy |
Mouse-ear chickweed |
Peach tree |
Durham, NC 3/14/24
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| Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia) |
False Blister Beetle (Asclera punticollis) |
Common Blue and Confederate Violets (V. sororia sororia and V. sororia priceana) |
Common Blue and Confederate Violets (V. sororia sororia and V. sororia priceana) |
Common Blue and Confederate Violets (V. sororia sororia and V. sororia priceana) |
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| Honeybee drinking from sand |
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| Honeybee drinking from sand |
Honeybees drinking from sand |
Honeybees which seem to be mating |
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia sororia) |
Japanese Cherry tree |
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| Chipping Sparrow |
Same Chipping Sparrow |
Common Blue Violet |
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Durham, NC 3/13/24
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| Confederate Violet (Viola sororia priceana) |
Littleleaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) |
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Nature Trail, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC 3/12/24
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| Orb weaver |
Witchhazel, actually in Botanical Garden |
Ivyleaf Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) |
Bloodroots (Sanguinaria canadensis) |
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| Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) |
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) |
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) |
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) |
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) flower |
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| Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) |
Rue Anemone |
Bee on Dimple Trout Lily flower |
Common Blue Violet |
Rue Anemone |
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| Dimpled Trout Lily |
Probably the beginning of a Wild Comfrey |
Controlled burn, taking place at part of the Garden |
Rue Anemone |
Mystery fly, moving fast over water at the Garden. |
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| Little Brown Jug (Hexastylis arifolia) buds |
Spicebush flowers |
Little Sweet Betsy (Trillium cuneatum) |
Little Sweet Betsy (Trillium cuneatum) |
Mayapple |
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| Dimpled Trout Lily (Erythronium umbilicatum) |
Dimpled Trout Lily (Erythronium umbilicatum) |
Hermit Thrush |
Same Hermit Thrush |
Same Hermit Thrush |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch |
Female Downy Woodpecker |
Same female Downy Woodpecker |
Eastern Redbud |
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| Eastern Redbud |
Azure Bluets |
Tufted Titmouse |
Little Sweet Betsy (Trillium cuneatum) |
Another Little Sweet Betsy (Trillium cuneatum) |
Durham, NC 3/11/23
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| Red-shouldered Hawk |
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Female Eastern Bluebird |
Boxelder (Acer negundo) flowers |
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| Running crab spider |
Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
Long-jawed orb weaver |
Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica) |
Tiny Bluets |
Durham, NC 3/10/24
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| Winged Elm seedpods |
Field Pansy (Viola bicolor) |
Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) |
Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) |
Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) |
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| Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) |
Confederate Violet (Viola sororia priceana). Actually, it seems transitional to Viola sororia sororia). |
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia sororia) |
Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) |
Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) |
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| Ivyleaf Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) |
Ivyleaf Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) |
Littleleaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus ) |
Long-legged fly on puddle |
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia sororia) |
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| Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia sororia) |
Not-quite-adult male Northern Cardinal |
Not-quite-adult male Northern Cardinal |
Not-quite-adult male Northern Cardinal |
Carolina Wren |
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| Winged Elm (Ulmus alata) |
Dimpled Trout Lily (Erythronium umbilicatum) |
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Durham, NC 3/8/24
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| Tufted Titmouse, calling |
Same Tufted Titmouse |
American Robin |
American Elm seedpods (Ulmus americanus) |
Littleleaf Buttercup |
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| Tiny larva that landed on my car, one of about a hundred |
Creeping Wood-sorrel |
Common Groundsel flower |
Green lacewing larva, with two legs showing |
Xyelid sawfly |
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| Same xyelid sawfly |
Same xyelid sawfly |
Tiny Bluet |
Dwarf spider |
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| Antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) |
Common Blue Violet |
Common Vetch |
Asian Multi-colored Lady Beetle |
Antmimic jumping spider (Synageles noxiosus) |
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| Same ntmimic jumping spider (Synageles noxiosus) |
Ground Ivy |
Common Blue Violet |
Common Groundsel |
American Tobacco Trail (0-1.25 miles), Durham, NC 3/7/24
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| Peach Tree flower (Prunus persica) |
Peach Tree flower (Prunus persica) |
Ivyleaf Speedwells |
Tachinid fly (Gonia frontosa) |
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| Mystery tree with fruits? |
Camellia |
Small Peach Tree (Prunus persica) |
Wintergreen Barberry (Berberis julianae) |
The neighborhood |
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| Northern Mockingbird |
Mystery tree with fruits? |
Field Pansy |
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Durham, NC 3/5/24
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| Red Maple samaras |
Red Maple female flowers and samaras |
Red Maple female flowers |
Red Maple samaras |
Common Blue Violet |
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| Sand, with small plant growing |
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle |
Mining bee (Andrena genus) |
Fly |
Male Red Maple flowers |
Dimpled Trout Lilies |
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| Duckweed |
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Durham, NC 3/4/24
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| Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia) |
Labyrinth spider |
Crab spider |
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| Jumping spider (Paraphidippus aurantius) |
Crab spider |
Common Groundsel becoming a seedhead |
Mating Red-shouldered Hawks |
White-throated Sparrow |
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| White-throated Sparrow |
White-throated Sparrows, one tan-striped and the other white-striped |
White-throated Sparrow |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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| American Robin |
Common Groundsel |
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Durham, NC 3/3/24
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| Ivyleaf Speedwell |
Dimpled Trout Lilies |
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel |
Winged Elm seedpods |
Bradford Pear (officially Callery Pear) flowers |
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| Common Blue Violet |
Confederate Violet |
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Durham, NC 3/2/24
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Tufted Titmouse |
Another Tufted Titmouse |
Same Tufted Titmouse |
Pennsylvania Bittercress |
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Seed shrimp |
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