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Lilypad Forktail (Ischnura kellicotti)Observer
greenfantDescription
forktail at Anhinga Trail
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Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)Observer
stefanmozugDescription
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Fine-lined Emerald (Somatochlora filosa)Observer
amypadgettDescription
There were two of these foraging just above a patch of Lizard's Tail adjacent to the bridge on the first stream/run. The area was at the border of the wooded swamp and the clearcut area.
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Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)Observer
amypadgettDescription
This bird was banded. This plover hatched in 2023 at Fisherman's Island State Park, MI.
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Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)Observer
amypadgettDescription
Same banded Piping Plover from previous observation. This plover hatched in 2023 at Fisherman's Island State Park, MI.
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Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)Observer
amypadgettDescription
In one of the photos, the hawk turned its head so its dark nape was visible (as opposed to the Cooper's Hawk's lighter nape). The hawk was fairly small and had a squarish tail although that is not visible.
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Seaside Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax berenice)Observer
m_shieldsDescription
Female
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Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)Observer
mjpapayDescription
On the flowers of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempvine.
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White Beach Tiger Beetle (Habroscelimorpha dorsalis ssp. media)Observer
m_shields
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Alabama Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia alabamensis)Observer
m_shieldsDescription
female
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Red Raspberry Slime Mold (Tubifera ferruginosa)Observer
mjpapayDescription
On a large rotting log.
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Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus)Observer
amypadgettDescription
Eating a Blue Dasher. I'm fairly confident it's eating a Blue Dasher. But I'm not confident that this is a Dragonhunter and may very well be wrong. My first thought was that it was a Common Sanddragon, so that shows you what I know (which is nothing).
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Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)Observer
mjandersenDescription
This Summer Tanager was catching dragonflies at a good clip, including this Blue Dasher (see also the Summer Tanager observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/161400160).
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Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)Observer
pauladarbyDescription
Wooded lot and a Screech Owl box. You build it, they will come!
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Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)Observer
jtmartin54Description
Father and child.
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Blue-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum ambiguum)Observer
amypadgettDescription
This is a temporary identification because i am unsure of it--although it looks right--it is very early in the season for a meadowhawk to be around...
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Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)Observer
m_shieldsDescription
Gray phase female in nest box
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Southern Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus ssp. leucocephalus)Observer
williamwisephotoDescription
The Osprey dove and caught a fish. Almost immediately the Bald Eagle materialized and pursued the Osprey (Osprey Observation here). I didn't see the outcome because almost simultaneously, a Least Bittern flushed near my feet. The bittern was a lifer so I had to get it! This was all within a few minutes of leaving my car, so I knew it would be a good day!
October Big Day birding at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Richmond County, Georgia. October 8, 2022.
- Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
- Sunrise 7:27 am; Sunset 7:03 pm
- Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 36 minutes (-2m 1s)
- Moon: 98.1% Waxing Gibbous
- Fifty-two bird species in one location! https://ebird.org/checklist/S120404524
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Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)Observer
m_shieldsDescription
Immature male
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Harlequin Darner (Gomphaeschna furcillata)Observer
m_shieldsDescription
Female.
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Clearlake Clubtail (Phanogomphus australis)Observer
m_shieldsDescription
Female
