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Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)Observer
kschoonDescription
Common name is quite appropriate. Loud and obnoxious laugh-like call.
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Cucumberleaf Sunflower (Helianthus debilis)Observer
kschoonDescription
I think cucumerifolius since leaves are not “deeply and irregularly coarsely serrate” to my eyes
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Common Yellow Woodsorrels (Section Corniculatae)Observer
kschoonDescription
Did my best to get images of the stem hairs with my phone. Closed flower this morning (second picture) had petals 10-11 mm long
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Masked Bees (Genus Hylaeus)Observer
kschoonDescription
Sleeping in the spur petal of an eastern columbine I had collected in my garden. Captured in this bag to release back into my garden once I got home. From my brief googling, I think it’s a male given the entirely yellow face.
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Appalachian Bellwort (Uvularia puberula)Observer
kschoonDescription
Hairy stems along the angles