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Durham, NC 12/31/21
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| Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) |
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta) |
Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) |
More Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) |
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Durham, NC 12/30/21
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
White-throated Sparrow |
Gall wasp |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle with wing and elytra problem |
Same Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
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| Horsehair worm |
Jumping spider (Eris militaris) with prey |
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Durham, NC 12/28/21
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| Cobweb spider (Yunohamella lyrica) |
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Fort Macon State Park, Atlantic Beach, Carteret County, NC 12/26/21
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| Double-crested Cormorants |
Some of the same Double-crested Cormorants |
Killdeer |
Same Killdeer |
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| Red Admiral on Karl's pant leg |
Sanderling |
Sea foam |
Swamp Rabbit |
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| Rough waters on the Atlantic Ocean |
White Ibises |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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Another Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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| Another Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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Hoop Pole Creek Trail, Atlantic Beach, Carteret County, NC 12/25/21
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| American Robin |
Same American Robin |
Carolina Chickadee |
Male Downy Woodpecker |
Same male Dowy Woodpecker |
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| Juvie Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
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Pine Knoll Shores, Carteret County, NC 12/25/21
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| Atlantic Ocean |
Bogue Sound |
Brown Pelican |
Camellia |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
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| Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) |
Mourning Dove and Boat-tailed Grackle |
Eurasian Collared Dove |
Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) |
Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) |
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| Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) |
Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) |
Male Boat-tail Grackle |
Hairy White Oldfield Aster |
Male House Sparrows |
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| Male House Sparrows |
Maritime forest |
Northern Mockingbird |
Same Northern Mockingbird |
Moon |
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| Mourning Dove |
Mourning Doves |
Common Starlings |
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Theodore Roosevelt Natural Area, Pine Knoll Shores, Carteret County, NC 12/24/21
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| Karl |
Snowy Egret |
Willet |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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Fort Macon State Park, Atlantic Beach, Carteret County, NC 12/24/21
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| Christmas tree |
Male House Sparrow |
Kite-surfer |
Sanderlings |
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Atlantic Beach, Carteret County, NC 12/24/21
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| Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) blooms |
Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) buds |
Gull, probably killed by a car. It's legal to drive on the beach in Atlantic Beach, but not in neighboring Pine Knoll Shores. |
Gull in the sunrise light |
Moon, with some of the many craters on its "outer", more exposed, side showing |
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| Pier near the city line of Pine Knoll Shores, with gulls (who have learned to avoid Atlantic Beach) |
Ring-billed Gull holding mystery item |
Ring-billed Gulls gathering under a pier near the Pine Knoll Shores border. |
These Ring-billed Gulls have gathered beyond the pier, very near the city line. But tracks have shown that a few cars drive under the pier, but of course have to turn around soon. |
Ruddy Turnstone, in a small group of birds, including several Sanderlings, a Willet, and a few Ring-billed Gulls. |
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| Same Ruddy Turnstone |
Sanderlings and the Ruddy Turnstone |
Sunrise |
Willet |
Another Willet |
Durham, NC 12/22/21
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| Jumping spider (Eris militaris) |
Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) |
Male midge |
Plant bug (Phytocoris genus). ID thanks to Ken Wolgemuth. |
Same plant bug (Phytocoris genus) |
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| Aphid |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Hairy White Oldfield Aster |
Ichneumon wasp |
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Durham, NC 12/20/21
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| Ruby Crowned Kinglet |
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Durham, NC 12/18/21
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| Female Northern Cardinal |
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Durham, NC 12/17/21
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| Dwarf spider |
Gall wasp (Cynipidae family) |
Same gall wasp |
Giant aphid |
Ichneumon wasp |
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| Same ichneumon wasp |
Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Running crab spider |
Gall wasp |
Another gall wasp |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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Durham, NC 12/16/21
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| Red-shouldered Hawk |
Oak gall wasp (Biorhiza caepulaeformis, Cynipini tribe). ID thanks to Adam Kranz. |
Same oak gall wasp (Biorhiza caepulaeformis, Cynipini tribe) |
to Same oak gall wasp (Biorhiza caepulaeformisCynipini tribe) |
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| Aphid |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Wasp, Eucoilinae subfamily. Figitidae family. Subfamily ID thanks to Bob Zuparko. Family ID thanks to Ross Hill. |
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Durham, NC 12/14/21
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle and running crab spider |
Same Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
Froghopper |
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| Northern Mockingbird |
Tufted Titmouse |
Same Tufted Titmouse, on the way to nest |
Same Tufted Titmouse, in nest |
Same Tufted Titmouse |
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| Parasitoid wasp, Diapriidae family. ID thanks to Ross Hill. |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
Same White-breasted Nuthatch |
Same White-breasted Nuthatch |
Same White-breasted Nuthatch |
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Durham, NC 12/12/21
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| Female Northern Cardinal |
Juvie female Northern Cardinal |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
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| Male Eastern Bluebird |
Same male Eastern Bluebird |
Field Sparrow |
Same Field Sparrow |
Pine Warbler |
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| Pine Warbler |
White-throated Sparrow |
Another White-throated Sparrow |
Same White-throated Sparrow |
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Durham, NC 12/11/21
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| Ant (Pseudomyrmex ) |
Barklouse (Aaroniella badonneli) |
Another barklouse |
Flea beetle |
Brown-headed Nuthatch |
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| Brown-headed Nuthatch |
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Flat wasp, Bethylidae family |
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| Giant aphid |
Same giant aphid |
Hermit Thrush |
Same Hermit Thrush |
Jumping spider (Eris militaris) |
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| Jumping spider (Eris militaris) |
Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Another jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Another jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Mystery spider |
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| Mystery spider with prey |
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Durham, NC 12/10/21
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| Aphid |
Barklouse |
Dwarf spider |
Encyrtid wasp (Adelencyrtus genus, Encyrtinae subfamily) |
Mystery fly |
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| Froghopper |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Japanese Spindle Tree (Euonymus japonicus) |
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Durham, NC 12/8/21
Durham, NC 12/6/21
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| Whirligig Mite |
Same Whirligig Mite |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Flea beetle |
Icheumon wasp |
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| Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Same jumping spider |
Leaf-footed bug. Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk |
Marsh fly |
Eastern Mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum) berries, Durham, NC, 12/6/21 |
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| Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) seedhead |
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Durham, NC 12/4/21
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| Aphid |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Bowl-and-doily Spider |
Same Bowl-and-doily Spider |
Eastern Brownsnake |
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| Eastern Brownsnake |
Flea beetle |
Little Bluestem |
Greenbriar |
Ichneumon wasp |
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| Jumping spider (Eris militaris) |
Northern Flicker |
Red-headed Woodpecker |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Cobweb spider (Theridion genus) |
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| Mystery wasp |
Rabid Wolf Spider |
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Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/2/21
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| Double-crested Cormorant |
Marines helicopter |
Osprey aircraft |
Sea Oat |
Shrimp boat and gulls and pelicans |
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 12/2/21
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| Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago mexicana) |
Gulf Fritillary |
Snowy Egret and White Ibis |
Snowy Egret |
Snowy Egret |
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| Tricolored Heron |
White Ibises and a Double-crested Cormorant |
White Ibises and Mallards |
White Ibises |
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| Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) |
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Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC 12/1/21
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| Canada Geese |
Cape Fear River |
Chaffhead (Carphephorus bellidifolius) |
Another Chaffhead (Carphephorus bellidifolius) |
Grass |
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Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) |
Northern Mockingbird |
Pine Warbler |
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| Pine Warbler |
Pitcher Plants |
Navy plane |
Pond |
Red Scorpion Fly |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
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Preening Tricolored Heron |
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| Turkey Oak |
Another Turkey Oak |
American Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) |
Same Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/1/21
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| Boat offshore from the Atlantic coast |
Brown Pelicans |
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| Double-crested Cormorant |
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Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
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Great Blue Heron and White Ibises |
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| Great Blue Heron at the lake |
Gulls at the lake |
More gulls at the lake |
Killdeer |
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| Pink Muhly Grass |
Sanderling |
Willet |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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