All glory be to the Lord Jesus Christ, amen!
This is James. James tried to catch fish. James swam in circles for roughly 8 minutes attempting to do so. The fish got away. James came back empty-billed. James failed.
Under a rotting log: these are quite chunky, up to 8cm long, orange legs and head, brown jaws, and make a "C" shape; their gut contents can sometimes be seen through their lower half, as here in my photographs.
For an impressively sized Giant Stag Beetle adult near here, cf. my inaturalist.org/observations/65930236
Backyard birding, Athens-Clarke County, Georgia. ©williamwisephoto.com
March, 2018. Walton County, GA. ©williamwisephoto.com
Updated with habitat shot. Despite numerous ephemeral bodies of water around, I only observed these in a very small pool in the base of a hollowed out tree.
Backyard birding, Athens-Clarke County, Georgia.
My first River Otters within the Oke Refuge... two of them!
Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. October 29, 2022. Paddling green canoe trail from Kingfisher Landing entrance southward to Durdin Prairie and back.
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Eating a Chinese red-headed centipede
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Monday, April 17, 2023.
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shaking w happiness!! dream fish
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Sunday, April 16, 2023.
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At a granitic gneiss outcrop (background); for the bark fungus, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/199043637
More of it on this tree: inaturalist.org/observations/198669024, inaturalist.org/observations/199068527, inaturalist.org/observations/199068942, inaturalist.org/observations/199069798, inaturalist.org/observations/199070627, & inaturalist.org/observations/199072128
For the Spotted Ruffled Lichen (Parmotrema ultralucens), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/198746914
For the Obscure Shield Lichen (Heterodermia obscurata), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/198749140
With natural daylight and using a 365nm UV light to show how it fluoresces
More of it on this tree: inaturalist.org/observations/198746908, inaturalist.org/observations/199068527, inaturalist.org/observations/199068942, inaturalist.org/observations/199069798, inaturalist.org/observations/199070627, & inaturalist.org/observations/199072128
ID tentative. Accepted iNat's top suggestion.
Found inside some well-rotted wood. (I broke into it trying to identify the host of a fungus: 198023950)
This cyanobacterium, initially a small, hollow gelatinous globule, becomes a leathery, flattened, convoluted, gelatinous mass with other nearby colonies; inside the thin sheath numerous unbranched hair-like structures (trichomes) is a string of short cells that are bacteria, thus having no nucleus nor internal membrane system
What I just found in the fireplace! I caught & released it; when it didn't run, I got my camera to photograph it.
This monotypic species of waterfowl is in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, the Falkland Islands, and here in Chile, its closest relatives the black swan (C. atratus) & mute swan (C. olor); Chilean Flamingos used to be in this park but an official told Joe and me they had a virus that may be transmitted to humans and got put in a zoo ...purchased pellets for the animals dispense by this viewing deck – swans glide up when they see people – as I didn't give food, this one appraised me, gave me a chance to change my mind, & with no hand-out, it left
For the American Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans) last photo, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/194469547
As of the upload, this is the only Fragrant Virgin's-Bower (Clematis flammula) Observation in Latin America
My best naturalist observation ever, on Christmas day
About 25 mm long. Matthew, I have emailed you re these.
First photo close-cropped to show flight, the rest of the photos full size, with them roosting high up in the big, tall tree below this one flying, and then, when we came out from visiting the museum, they were gone!
For a fruit bat roosting kind of solo, above the others in this tree, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/192439294
Fruit bat acro*bat*ics here: inaturalist.org/observations/192435661 & inaturalist.org/observations/192437621
Larva of some sorts? Beetle?
For the Blotched Nerite, (Nerita albicilla), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/191433639
Had a very coppery sheen as Captured in first pic
Feeding on crustacean (crab or crayfish). In corner of old concrete stock tank with no outlet — prey may have been caught and unable to climb out.
Very close-cropped to show white on head above orange beak, and orange legs, then full size photos
When I stepped out into the dark, I felt a soft lump. No shoes were involved. We both survived without serious injury. Toad moved to opposite side of doorway. I apologized. I feel tolerated, but not accepted and will never be sure if I've been forgiven. That is fair. Be well, Toad.
There was a toad at the door the previous night as well, maybe the same?
Caught a bee! She snagged it right off a flower.
seemingly playing with a stick, holding tight and rolling around with it
O. ventralis, the only glass lizard that appears green, a distinguishing Notes detail thanks to @graytreefrog
That's a funny-looking cat!
I know, terrible lighting, but I was just about to leave because it was getting dark and look who I found in a web of Frontinella pyramitela!
This predator was hanging onto a fly which had already been caught by an Ambush Bug.
Crop/full size; Engelmann's Arrowhead (Sagittaria engelmanniana) inaturalist.org/observations/180717109; for the pinkish Swamp Smartweed (Persicaria hydropiperoides), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/180701285; & for the coppery Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor) butterfly, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/137375641
The ID app threw up its metaphorical arms and said ANIMALS right off the metaphorical bat. You can see that this clump is of a lot of tiny creatures, each with a head (one where you might make out an eye) and a tail section. Can anyone help narrow this down a large or small bit?? Thanks!
“Primrose” (Old French primerose, < medieval Latin prima rosa), one of the earliest spring flowers in Europe