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Hunting.

Eating on some kind of elm tree, I think winged elm.

Male with a hen and immature bird (not pictured)

On the Gore Mountain Trail

Observed fruiting on very well-decayed oak log exhibiting cubical rot.

on Juglans nigra

Peregrine falcon preparing prey for its two fledglings

In the middle pf the road adjacent to a wetland

male

Growing on an erratic boulder in the middle of the forest

Female

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10-15

Around Weathersfield
Weathersfield, VT December, 2020
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About 10 or so.

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus), 109_5953-Edit.tif

feeding voraciously on goldenrod seeds

Hybrid of red and white baneberry: pink berries, thick fruit stalks, smooth leaves
See discussion of another nearby likely hybrid here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55658633

Hemaris diffinis

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), 108_8181.JPG

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), 108_7051.NEF

Eating cracked corn that I put out for the Mallards in our pond.

Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor), 108_4673-Edit.tif

Male and female Surf Scoter. Lower Chesapeake Bay at Cape Charles VA

The pair mating.

Must have been chased up the tree the night before. Spent the day resting before disappearing in to the night.