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Durham, NC 11/30/19
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Same Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Same Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Same Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Same Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Durham, NC 11/26/19
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Female Northern Cardinal |
Chipping Sparrow |
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) |
Same Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) |
Song Sparrow |
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Song Sparrow |
Another Song Sparrow |
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Durham, NC 11/25/19
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Aphid |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle larvae |
Black Vulture |
Mystery fruit |
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Swamp vegetation |
Chinese Privet |
Dark-eyed Junco |
Sweetgum |
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Same Dark-eyed Junco |
Dwarf spider |
Mystery eggs |
Freshwater worms, maybe in Lumbriculidae family |
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Freshwater worms, maybe in Lumbriculidae family |
Freshwater worms, maybe in Lumbriculidae family |
Freshwater worms, maybe in Lumbriculidae family |
Freshwater worms, maybe in Lumbriculidae family |
Jumping spider |
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Leafhopper (Osbornellus limosus) |
Rove beetle |
Same rove beetle taking off |
Turkey Vulture |
Warty leaf beetle |
Durham, NC 11/24/19
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Checkered skipper |
High cloud near the sun |
Eastern Brownsnake |
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McAllen International Airport, Hidalgo County, TX 11/19/19
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Butterfly sculpture |
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McAllen, Hidalgo County, TX 11/18/19
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Brushland Shrubverbena (Lantana achyranthifolia) |
Another Brushland Shrubverbena (Lantana achyranthifolia) |
Cactus |
Female House Sparrow |
Littleleaf Sensitive Briar |
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Maybe in the Liliaceae family |
Same plant |
Mystery plant |
Yellow Bells |
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National Butterfly Center, Mission, Hidalgo County, TX 11/17/19
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Black-crested Titmouse |
Bug |
Female Northern Cardinal |
Juvie female Northern Cardinal |
Male Northern Cardinal |
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Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius) |
Golden-fronted Woodpecker |
Green Jay |
Same Green Jay |
Hermes Satyr |
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Little Yellow |
Long-billed Thrasher |
Blue or hairstreak |
Monarch caterpillar on Few-flower Milkweed (Asclepias lanceolata) |
Plain Chachalacas approaching |
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Queen |
Another Queen |
Two more Queens |
Hermes Satyr and checkered skipper |
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Mystery songbird, most likely a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) |
Another mystery songbird |
Southern Dogface |
Thorny tree |
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Checkered skipper |
Warbling Vireo |
Wild Poinsettia
aka Fire-on-the-Mountain
(Euphorbia cyathophora) |
Yellow Bells (Tecoma stans) |
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Quinta Mazatlan, McAllen, Hidalgo County, TX 11/16/19
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American Lady |
Male Fiery Skipper |
Cactus Ladybug Beetle |
Cenizo (Leucophyllum frutescens) |
Cuban Anole |
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Eastern Fox Squirrel |
Sweat bee |
Turk's Cap |
Variegated Meadowhawk |
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Violet Dancer |
Mystery wildflower |
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Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, TX 11/15/19
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American Snout, on the road in the park |
Another American Snout, in the garden |
Mystery bird, might be a Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) |
Same Mystery bird, might be a Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) |
Dainty Sulphur |
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Empress Leila |
Great Kiskadee |
Great-tailed Grackle |
Green Jays |
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Green Jays |
Two of the same Green Jays |
Inca Dove |
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Inca Dove |
Javelina (or Collared Peccary) |
Two little Javelinas facing off |
Javelina (or Collared Peccary) |
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Laviana White Skipper (Heliopetes laviana) |
Another Laviana White Skipper (Heliopetes laviana) |
Phaon Crescent |
Plain Chachalacas |
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Male Variegated Meadowhawk |
Wild Turkeys |
Great Kiskadee |
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McAllen Nature Center, Hidalgo County, TX 11/14/19
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Cenizo (Leucophyllum frutescens) |
Fall Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale) |
Stinking Passionflower (Passiflora foetida) |
Golden-fronted Woodpecker |
Great Egret |
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Great Egret |
Cactus (Hylocereus genus) fruit. Cacti in this genus produce the famous Night-blooming Cereus flower, which is already withered here. |
Hylocereus genus fruit |
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) |
Same Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) |
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Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) |
Scarlet Sage (Salvia splendens) |
Texas Wild Olive (Cordia boissieri) |
White-winged Dove |
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Quinta Mazatlan, McAllen, Hidalgo County, TX 11/14/19
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Carolina Wren (Mexican variety) |
Coral Vine (Antigonon leptopus) |
Great-tailed Grackles |
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House Sparrows and Green Jay at feeder |
Male House Sparrow |
Female House Sparrow |
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Hylocereus cactus fruit |
Mint |
Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) |
Same Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) |
Same Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) |
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Same Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) |
Same Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) |
Plain Chachalaca calling (Ortalis vetula) |
Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula) at a bird feeder |
Plain Chachalacas (Ortalis vetula) on the ground |
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Same Plain Chachalacas (Ortalis vetula) on the ground |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
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Durham, NC 11/9/19
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Apparently a "fallstreak cloud". Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk |
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Durham, NC 11/8/19
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Male Northern Cardinal |
Same Northern Cardinal |
Chipping Sparrow |
Same Chipping Sparrow |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
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Sea Myrtle (Baccharis halimifolia) |
Tufted Titmouse |
Eastern Gray Squirrel |
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Durham, NC 11/7/19
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Early Buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis) |
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta) |
Inchworm |
New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) |
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Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Mock Strawberry |
Another Mock Strawberry |
Orb weaver |
Pennsylvania Smartweed |
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Sac spider |
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Durham, NC 11/6/19
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Aphid |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetles larvae squaring off |
Checkered skipper |
Checkered skipper |
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Ground beetle |
Parasitoid wasp |
Same wasp |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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Sea Myrtle |
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Durham, NC 11/4/19
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Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle larva predating on a green lacewing larva |
Seen earlier, this might the green lacewing larva seen on left. |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle larva |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle larva predating on a winged aphid |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle larva predating on what might be a spider |
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Parasitoid wasp |
Wolf spider |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle larvae |
Hairy White Oldfield Asters (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
Japanese Mazus (Mazus pumilus) |
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Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
"Trash carrier" green lacewing larva curled up |
"Trash carrier" green lacewing larva, showing head with pincers |
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This might be a raid on another ant nest, but that's just a guess. There were a number of winged ants there. |
Ants carrying a much bigger larva; the size difference makes me suspect a raid. |
The remains of an aphid, possibly attacked by a green lacewing larva |
Dwarf spider |
Mite |
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