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American Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)Observer
djringerDescription
The odd Mallard-Wood Duck pair at the reservoir is looking more like a throuple lately, with a male Mallard always closely accompanying the pair.
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)Observer
djringerDescription
The odd Mallard-Wood Duck pair at the reservoir is looking more like a throuple lately, with a male Mallard always closely accompanying the pair.
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Black Carpet Beetles (Genus Attagenus)Observer
djringerDescription
Found apparently dead indoors on top of a coffeemaker
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Boxwood Gall Midge (Monarthropalpus flavus)Observer
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On Buxus
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Common Raven (Corvus corax)Observer
djringerDescription
Pair refurbishing an abandoned Red-tailed Hawk nest at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
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Hypoxylon Canker (Biscogniauxia atropunctata)Observer
djringerDescription
Extensive grayish-white patches all over the fallen trees in this area.
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Ascomycete Fungi (Phylum Ascomycota)Observer
djringerDescription
Small black fruiting bodies on a wooden railing. At first I thought it was a lichen, but under magnification, I suspect it’s a saprobe.
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Speckled Green Fruitworm Moth (Orthosia hibisci)Observer
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Numerous adults swarming a flowering Edgeworthia shrub after sunset. Air temperature in the high 40s. Very cool!