c_marie's Favorites
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Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)Observer
dwthor54Description
two of five fledglings minutes after leaving the nest
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House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)Observer
davidfbirdDescription
Trying to jam a competitor's hole up with twigs too big to fit.
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Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)Observer
mtwyandellDescription
Female.
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Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)Observer
karen_strausDescription
The bird was gathering berries from the California Fan Palm.
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Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp (Sphecius speciosus)Observer
botanicusDescription
Very large and quite active. Observed by GNA Student Intern Maeve Dowd. The only individual noted. Visiting Porcelainberry(Ampelopsis brevipedunculatus sp.) in the photos.
Habitat: 'casually-maintained', wet meadow (i.e., in 2015 it was mowed, planted with trees, portions of it were brush-hogged a couple of times, and then the area was pretty much left alone). Area dominated by various species of Goldenrod (Solidago spp.), Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum), Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Polygonum sagittatum), New York Ironweed (Vernonia novaeboracensis), and Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum), with an 'understory' of Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans). The brush-hogged areas are dominated by Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora), with abundant Allegheny Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis).
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Dark Lyric Cicada (Neotibicen lyricen ssp. engelhardti)Observer
cecildomyiidaeDescription
found newly molted around ~12 pm, picked it up, and it stayed on me until it was finally ready to fly. finally took off from my back at 4 pm on the dot. it kept me company during field work for a few hours, and i guess i made a pretty good place for it to sclerotize and get its wings ready, where it wouldn't get snatched by a predator :-)
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Swamp Cicada (Neotibicen tibicen)Observer
cecildomyiidaeDescription
newly molted
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Hardbacked Ticks (Family Ixodidae)Observer
kaybiDescription
I'm not blaming the deer for the local tick problem except that's exactly what I'm doing. J'accuse.
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White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)Observer
kaybiDescription
Actually approaching me. Someone's been feeding them.
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Dog-day Cicadas (Genus Neotibicen)Observer
cecildomyiidaeDescription
molting process, photos taken over the course of 45 minutes. unfortunately after that it was snatched by a bird when i walked away for a minute, so it never got any further 😓
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Periodical Cicadas (Genus Magicicada)Observer
cecildomyiidaeDescription
newly eclosed - vulnerable as it waits for its exoskeleton to harden.
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Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)Observer
jcochran706Description
Berry Springs Park and Preserve
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)Observer
kyleighg524Description
AHY; Bilateral Gynandromorph bird
Most images taken from FB post from Powdermill Nature Reserve as they were cleaner than those captured by my phone
