|
|
Durham, NC 2/28/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Flower fly |
Same flower fly |
Same flower fly |
Running crab spider |
Sawfly (Xyela genus) |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
| Tiny male spider, member of the sheetweb and dwarf spider family (Linyphiidae) |
Parasitoid wasp |
Winged Elm flowers |
|
|
Durham, NC 2/26/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Female Northern Cardinal |
Henbits (Lamium amplexicaule) |
Henbits (Lamium amplexicaule) |
Male House Finch |
Ivyleaf Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ivyleaf Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) |
Ivyleaf Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) buds |
Leatherleaf Mahonia (Berberis bealei) |
Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk |
Song Sparrow |
Another Song Sparrow |
White-throated Sparrow |
White-throated Sparrow |
Durham, NC 2/25/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Female Northern Cardinal |
Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) |
Henbits (Lamium amplexicaule) |
Ivyleaf Speedwells (Veronica hederifolia) |
Persian Speedwells (Veronica persica) |
 |
 |
|
|
|
| Trout Lily |
Tufted Titmouse |
|
|
|
Durham, NC 2/24/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cedar Waxwings |
Cedar Waxwings flying from drainage conduit |
Cedar Waxwings at drainage conduit |
Cedar Waxwings flying from drainage conduit |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Durham, NC 2/23/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Eastern Brownsnake |
Same Eastern Brownsnake |
China Paper Bush |
Apparently a Common Dandelion seedhead (Taraxacum officinale) |
Red Maple |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| American Elm? |
Globular springtail (Ptenothrix beta) |
Female midge |
Sawfly |
Mite |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
| Weevil (Lechriops oculatus) |
Spider |
Winged Elm? |
|
|
North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, Orange County, NC 2/22/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Male Northern Cardinal |
Crane Fly Orchid (Yipularia discolor) |
Early Saxifrage (Micranthes virginiensis) |
Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) |
Another Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Round-lobed Hepatica (Anemone americana) |
Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica) |
Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) |
Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) |
|
Durham, NC 2/21/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Male Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Red-headed Woodpecker in transitional plumage to adult |
American Robin |
Same American Robin |
Spider |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Same Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Same Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Same Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
| Spider |
Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) |
Parasitoid wasp |
|
|
Durham, NC 2/20/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Spring Beauty |
Dark-eyed Junco |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
Field Sparrow |
 |
 |
|
|
|
| Song Sparrow |
Spring Beauty |
|
|
|
Durham, NC 2/19/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet with a Red Maple male flower |
Same Golden-crowned Kinglet with a Red Maple male flower |
Red-tailed Hawk |
Same Red-tailed Hawk |
Winged Elm (Ulmus alata) flowers |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Probably coyote bones |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Female Northern Cardinal |
Carolina Chickadee |
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel |
Durham, NC 2/18/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| China Paper Bush |
Dwarf spider |
Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) |
Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Mallard pair |
 |
|
|
|
|
| Male Red Maple flowers |
|
|
|
|
Durham, NC 2/16/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Male Downy Woodpecker |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
Frog eggs and a globular springtail (Sminthurinus atrapallidus) |
Globular springtail (Bourletiella genus) |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Upside down globular springtail (Bourletiella viridescens) |
Globular springtail |
Globular springtail (Sminthurinus atrapallidus) |
Group of globular springtails |
Two globular springtails |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) |
Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Jumping spider (Synageles genus) |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Same Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Running crab spider |
Song Sparrow |
Same Song Sparrow |
Springtail, maybe in the Poduromorpha order |
Wolf spider |
Durham, NC 2/15/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Male Northern Cardinal |
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis scripta) |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Same male Eastern Bluebird |
Same male Eastern Bluebird |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
Same golden-crowned Kinglet |
Same golden-crowned Kinglet |
Same golden-crowned Kinglet |
American Goldfinch |
Same American Goldfinch |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) |
Male House Finch |
House Finch pair |
American Robin |
Song Sparrow |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Tufted Titmouse |
Same Tufted Titmouse |
White-throated Sparrow |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Same Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Durham, NC 2/14/22
 |
 |
 |
|
|
| Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) |
Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
|
American Tobacco Trail (Miles 0-1), Durham, NC 2/12/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Daffodils |
Hairy Bittercress (Cardimine hirsuta) |
Hairy Bittercress (Cardimine hirsuta) |
Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) |
Mourning Dove |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Persian Speedwells (Veronica persica) |
Persian Speedwells (Veronica persica) |
Persian Speedwells (Veronica persica) |
Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) |
Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
| Red-tailed Hawk |
Song Sparrow |
White-throated Sparrow |
|
|
Durham, NC 2/11/22
 |
 |
 |
|
|
| Antmimic jumping spider (Synageles genus). ID thanks to
Chad Heins. |
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) |
American Robin |
|
|
Durham, NC 2/10/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Aphid |
Buffalo Treehopper |
Female Downy Woodpecker |
Female Downy Woodpecker |
Female American Goldfinch |
China Paper Bush, a cultivated plant. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Red Maple male flowers |
Red Maple male flowers |
Song Sparrow |
Dwarf spider |
Springtail, Poduromorpha order |
Tachinid fly |
Durham, NC 2/9/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) |
Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) |
Northern Flicker Feather |
Flower fly |
Same flower fly |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Midge |
Jumping spider (female Hentzia mitrata) |
Same jumping spider (female Hentzia mitrata) |
Jumping spider (male Hentzia mitrata) |
|
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 2/4/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Fallen Red Cedar |
Forster's Tern |
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Karl on 421 |
Military plane |
Palm Warbler |
Same Palm Warbler |
Song Sparrow |
Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 2/4/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Brown Pelican |
Great Blue Heron and Snowy Egret |
Little Blue Heron |
Same Little Blue Heron |
Eastern Phoebe |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Snowy Egret |
Sunrise, by Karl D. Gottschalk |
White Ibis |
Short-billed Dowitchers |
|
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 2/3/22
 |
 |
 |
|
|
| Double-crested Cormorants flying north |
Double-crested Cormorants flying north |
Double-crested Cormorants flying north |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Double-crested Cormorants flying south |
Eastern Bluebirds, two male, two female on Battle Acre statue |
Atlantic Ocean |
Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre) |
Savannah Sparrow |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Another Savannah Sparrow |
Another Savannah Sparrow |
Savannah Sparrows |
Same Savannah Sparrows |
|
Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 2/3/22
 |
|
|
|
|
| Sunrise, photo by Karl D. Gottschalk |
|
|
|
|
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 2/2/22
 |
 |
 |
|
|
| View of Cape Fear River |
Bonaparte's Gulls, Forster's Tern |
Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Palm Warbler |
Same Palm Warbler |
Seaweed |
More seaweed |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
| Song Sparrow |
Song Sparrow |
|
|
|
Carolina Beach Lake, New Hanover County, NC 2/2/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Marbled Godwit |
Sanderling |
Tricolored Heron |
White Ibis |
Short-billed Dowitchers |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Canada Geese |
More Canada Geese |
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
| Canada Goose |
Killdeer |
|
|
|
Carolina Beach Lake, New Hanover County, NC 2/1/22
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| American Coot |
Feral cat |
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) |
Great Egret |
Henbit (Lamium aplexicaule) |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
| Killdeer |
Tricolored Heron |
White Ibis |
|
|
|
