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Durham, NC 10/26/19
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| Assassin bug (Zelus luridus) nymph |
Carolina Horsenettle () fruits |
Flower fly (Helophilus fasciatus) |
Flower fly (Eristalis dimidiata) |
Flower fly (Eristalis dimidiata) |
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| Hairy White Oldfield Asters |
Little Yellow |
Weevil (Lixus concavus) |
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Gulfport, Harrison County, MS 10/20/19
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| Nonbreeding Black-bellied Plover |
Black Skimmers, Royal Terns, and some gulls flying |
Same birds, more spread out |
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| Black Skimmers, one splashing |
A few Black Skimmers on sand bar |
Many Black Skimmers on sand bar |
White-winged Dove |
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| Fish bone |
Creeping Indigo (Indigofera spicata). ID thanks to Su Kim! |
Creeping Indigo (Indigofera spicata) |
Hermit crab |
Royal Tern in flight |
Snowy Egret |
Buccaneer State Park, Waveland, Hancock County, MS 10/19/19
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| Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea imperati) |
Eastern Wood Pewee |
Same Eastern Wood Pewee |
Estuary, with Great Egret in the distance |
Marsh Wren |
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| Monarch at the beach area |
Another Monarch there |
Variegated Meadowhawk there |
Virginia Rail |
Same Virginia Rail |
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| Same Virginia Rail |
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Gulfport, Harrison County, MS 10/19/19
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| Ruddy Turnstone |
Shoreline facing west |
Snowy Egret |
White-winged Dove |
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| Wildflowers, probably Camphorweed |
Might be a Marbled Godwit |
View of an elusive bird |
Lanceolate Fogfruit |
More Lanceolate Fogfruit |
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| Jellyfish in the Gulf of Mexico |
Same jellyfish |
Tievine or Cotton
Morning Glory (Ipomoea cordatotriloba) |
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Waveland, Hancock County, MS 10/18/19
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| Mating Blue Dashers |
Checkered skipper |
Female Common Green Darner on water lily pad |
Same Common Green Darner ovipositing |
Same Common Green Darner ovipositing |
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| Same Common Green Darner ovipositing |
Same Common Green Darner ovipositing |
Camphorweed |
False Garlic |
Forster's Tern |
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| Male House Finch |
Long-tailed Skipper |
Another Long-tailed Skipper |
Monarch |
Tievine or Cotton
Morning Glory (Ipomoea cordatotriloba) |
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| Sanderling |
Fringed Sneezeweed (Helenium drummondii) |
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Gulfport, Harrison County, MS 10/17/19
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| Non-breeding Black-bellied Plover |
Another Black-bellied Plover |
Black-bellied Plover pair |
Bird tracks |
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| Black Skimmers early in the morning |
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| Black Skimmers around noon |
More Black Skimmers |
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| Brown Pelicans |
A small Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) |
Another small Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) |
Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris) |
Goldenrod |
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| Goldenrod |
Great Blue Heron |
Same Great Blue Heron |
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| Same Great Blue Heron |
Same Great Blue Heron |
Texas Lantana (Lantana urticoides), growing wild in a field |
Marbled Godwit |
Another Marbled Godwit |
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| Monarch |
Wild Poinsettia |
Another Wild Poinsettia |
Railroad Vine (Ipomoea pes-caprae) |
Sanderling and two Semipalmated Plovers |
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| Sanderling |
Another Sanderling |
Sanderling asserting his area |
Several squabbling Sanderlings |
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| Semipalmated Plover |
Another Semipalmated Plover |
Same Semipalmated Plover with another |
Aster seedheads, probably of Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris) |
Spider flowers. Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk |
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| Wildflowers |
Willet |
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Durham, NC 10/14/19
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| American Lady |
Same American Lady |
Same American Lady |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Palm Warbler, migrating |
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| Same migrating Palm Warbler |
Eastern Phoebe |
Same |
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Durham, NC 10/12/19
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| Checkered skipper |
Common Groundsel |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Hairy White Oldfield Asters |
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| Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
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Duke East Campus, Durham, NC 10/8/19
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| Bald Cypress with fruits |
Same Bald Cypress |
The self-expression wall |
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| Karl's old house |
Migrating Common Starlings |
Amtrak train passes campus |
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| Same migrating Common Starlings |
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American Tobacco Trail (downtown), Durham, NC 10/8/19
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| Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Asiatic Dayflowers |
Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) |
Wild Canna Lily or Indian Shot (Canna X generalis) |
Goldenrod |
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| Goldenrod |
Grass |
Hairy White Oldfield Asters (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
Kudzu (Pueraria montana) infloresence, the only one seen |
Pale Smartweed (Persicaria lapathifolia) |
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| Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
Perhaps also Pennsylvania Smartweed |
Purple Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea), showing pink tube |
Another Purple Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) |
Yet another Purple Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) |
Durham, NC 10/7/19
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| Juvie White-eyed Vireo |
Carolina Wren |
Same Carolina Wren |
Dog Fennel (Eupatorium capillifolium) |
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American Tobacco Trail, Durham, NC 10/6/19
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| Ambush bug |
Brazilian Vervain (Verbena brasiliensis) |
Goldenrod |
Maybe Blue-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago caesia) |
Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) |
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| Dead skipper, maybe spider prey |
Wheel Bug |
Wheel Bug with antennae on aphid |
Late Goldenrod (Solidago altissima) |
Other Late Goldenrod (Solidago altissima) |
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| Trumper Creeper seed pods |
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North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 10/5/19
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| Same female Northern Cardinal |
Eastern Gray Goldenrod |
More Eastern Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) |
Goldenrod |
Gray Catbird |
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| Same Gray Catbird |
Same Gray Catbird |
Hearts-a-bustin' fruits |
Male House Finch |
Nodding Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes cernua), Coastal Plain Habitat Garden |
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| Monarch |
Another Monarch |
Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) |
Spotted Cucumber Beetle |
Spurred Butterfly Pea (Centrosema virginianum) |
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| Tick-trefoil (Desmodium genus) |
Water strider (Trepobates genus) |
Same water strider (Trepobates genus) |
Wheel bug with damselfly prey |
American Beautyberry |
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| Anise-colored Goldenrod (Solidago odora) |
Blue Mistflower |
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Durham, NC 10/2/19
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| Flower fly (Ocyptamus genus) |
Virginia Dayflower (Commelina virginiana) |
Wavy-lined Emerald caterpillar |
Same caterpillar |
Goldenrod stem |
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