Near a fresh water pond
Unknown stick, next to a seepage. Swamp maple, oak and pine present. Pine Barrens.
Spores:(18.3)18.9-23.3(24.1) x (5.6)5.7-6.7(7.1)um
Q= (2.8)3-3.8(3.9) ;N=30
Me=21.4x6.3um ; Qe=3.4
Elongated ellipsoid/Allantoid, smooth, septate, many oil droplets.
Basidia: Probasidia long clavate, developing 2 short apical protrusions that eventually become sterigmata on mature basida.
Taste and smell: non-distinctive
Habitat: growing on dead and downed lodgpole pine, very common in the area.
Moth ... skeleton? Washed up on beach
african humming bird moth/macroglossum trochilus (38mm)
banana flavored
Found in a constructed leaf shelter on Nidorella ivifolia. It started building a new shelter at 16:14. At 16:45 I had to go out and quickly set up a tripod. The last 30 minutes of construction can be seen here, condensed to 30 seconds: https://youtu.be/Z11WQvAgjWo
This guy slid off the muddy upper river bank and landed upside down.
Two spiders living on top of a toilet cistern feast on these plump beetles.
it's so cold you can see his breath!
Pillar Point Beach at the lowest tide of the year, near Half Moon Bay, California.
Paul holding a California newt
Found while doing off-trail work under permit with the city of Scottsdale. Three plants, less than an inch tall, flowers about the size of Logfia arizonica with which it was growing. I'm stumped. Considered but doubt: Logfia depressa (no mucros on leaves), Diaperia verna (flowers don't match) and Gnaphalium palustre (flowerheads appear solitary rather than capitate glomerules).
I returned to this site, an alkali wetland in Fish Slough yesterday (6/13/2023) to collect and photograph this enigmatic Carex. I collected a number of sheets and will be distributing them to others as suggested by Barbara Wilson. It is defenitely trigonous, short rhizomatous, glabrous throughout, perigynia about 3mm long with a short 0.5mm beak, teeth about 0,3 to 0.4 mm long. It keys to nothing (closest thing C. viridula) in TJM2. It keys to C. parryana in IMF, Apparently C. parryana var. brevisquama is a homotypic synonym for C. holmgreniorum. Thus I concur with Reznicek via Barbara Wilson over my earlier observation of this plant.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106526060
Observed at night in a small cave in a reef channel, depth approximately 15m
it jumped out in front of me as I ran trail -- I saw a fledgling beside trail and quietly left
I took so many pictures. I didn’t think moths this size existed in my area anymore
We had hard rain last night, but despite that, my tiger beetle babies were fine. It did take a few hours in the warm sun before the second one had re-excavated its hole, but both were out and hoping for ants when I checked this afternoon.
As Cicindela sexguttata is the only tiger beetle I ever see around here (and they're common), that's my hypothesis for the species.
Big Lake Campground. Yes, it's just what it looks like, bagels in Tsuga mertensiana.
While enjoying some backyard birding, my neighbor's cat ran out from behind my shed and reminded me why I wish all cat owners would keep their domesticated animals indoors. http://williamwisephoto.com/photographyblog/flickers-warblers-and-cats
While doing homework on a bench, this chipmunk jumped on to see what I was doing. I let her take a look but she only got to the search bar and gave up. So I put on some of my chipmunk pictures for her to see. Posed for observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129984459
"Furry" was born in the spring of 2022. Recognized by her very furry tail and her frequent habit of standing up.
American Mink with a freshly caught Round Goby
Captured by Forster's Tern.
Logging Museum at Collier Memorial State Park, near Chiloquin, Oregon. Gall on Arctostaphylos patula.
Tubuhnya terdiri atas kepala, dada/thorax, dan abdomen/perut, memiliki 6 kaki yang bersendi, 2 pasang sayap, dan 2 antena. Memiliki antena pendek, organ pendengarannya terletak pada ruas abdomen. Belalang kayu tersebar di seluruh DIY sebagai herbivor. Sering di manfaatkan sebagai sumber protein hewani.
Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park
The photo was taken by Lisa Hatfield. Lizard survived the encounter with the young cat and was released nearby. Though it may have been injured during the encounter, and during subsequent removal.
There was a thick layer on algae on the water. Most of the animals had a coating of the algae on their legs or entire bodies.
Found in fresh water sample taken from a pond at USF
Good grief! What was I thinking when I stopped to take photos of vegetation on a 100+°F afternoon?
Ermine? In garden near bird feeders.
Observation for the frog: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96732138
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Ring-billed Gull sitting atop a "Do not feed the birds" sign in Great Kills Gateway National Recreation Area.
Charlotteville, Trinidad & Tobago
Photo 1:
Well Dang!
I'd been eagerly watching my owl box since an owl visited it for one day in mid October. Only squirrels had occupied it since. At dusk yesterday I got excited when I saw a face with white on it which would rule out a squirrel. Grabbed my camera, turned on the flash since it was so dark. Dang it, that is not an owl either. Has to be a pretty small possum to get in that opening.
Photo 2:
Taking The Slow Elevator Down
When the interloper saw me, it sank out of sight in slow motion, was hilarious to watch. I made all kinds of interesting and coaxing sounds but it refused to look out again. This morning no sign of it. Back to hoping that someday a screech owl couple will move in & raise babies.
Caught in the act of diving