American alligator - Alligator mississippiensis
A cool day--we saw just this one, and it seemed to be, literally, chilling.
Winston - resident male trying to hide in the rain! Active since 7/17/2018
Click on Observation field - "Same specimen over time"
then click "Observations with this field and value" So cool to see his activity! :))
North American Porcupine - Erethizon dorsatum
Neighbors at the resort alerted us to an adorable porcupine snoozing behind their cabin. They said it had been there a couple of days, but it was not seen on 8 April and subsequently. It dozed while I took photos, appearing rather bored. This was only the second time I've seen this species.
LEYE on left, GRYE on right
GRYE on right, LEYE on left
Inter-family feeding seems to be common among cardinals, I have documented this a few times now over the years.
On a white oak
Little Park @gillydilly Water Pocket Moss .. maybe?
Could not get close enough to any needles
The single smallest Trillium I have ever seen
Private property, visited with permission. A swarm, apparently on the move to a new hive with the queen.
Thalictrum thalictroides 'Babe' at Juniper Level Botanic Garden
On Mangave 'Whale Tail' at Juniper Level Botanic Garden
on maple
on wood fence, top rail
Update to caption:
Cut-leaved Toothwort - Cardamine concatenata
NOT Slender Toothwort - Cardamine angustata.
With pollinating bee, Andrena species (adjacent observation).
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203852156
Private property, visited with permission.
View south across highway in back of driver's open side window in tour bus, west non-stop toward Cádiz
Dwarf Trillium (Carolina Least Trillium) - Trillium pusillum
Location: Wake County, North Carolina
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At the entrance to Leak's Ferry Road near the canoe launch.
in one of the most urbanized sections of this city. probably immensely stressed from pedestrians and their dogs, cars, and the lightrail.
A very late day look at a skittish Eastern Pine Elfin on Pyxidanthera barubulata. When I tried to improve my angle, the butterfly flew.
Thankful to get an ID image. My first look at a Pine Elfin in the NC Sandhills Game Land.
My best guesstimate; eager for your response
For the green and black lichen unknown to me, cf. naturalist.org/observations/200878857
A mystery puzzler to me (every photo I test-uploaded gave different top suggestions, none plausible to me);
for the suggested Rusty Brook Lichen, Ionaspis lacustris, last photo inaturalist.org/observations/200858102
"Love" those bold orange little dimpled dots; 1st photo cropped/full size
Little park -
Eagles breed at several sites on reservoirs not too far away, and I had seen one at our neighborhood lake a few weeks ago. Today three (1 adult, 2 subadults) appeared over my street, soaring, diving, and calling--a first for my immediate yard area. Spotted while walking the dog, I ran back inside and got my camera with telephoto. I snagged a couple of shots when they came out from behind the trees. The neighborhood squirrels were having a fit, all giving alarm calls for about an hour.
I need more practice with birds in flight, but these are my first-ever photos of wild eagles, so I'm a bit ecstatic. I'm old enough that I remember when they were very rare in the lower 48, so this is a pretty big deal for me.
Calling this "juvenile" in iNaturalist, but that may not be strictly correct.
Eagles breed at several sites on reservoirs not too far away, and I had seen one at our neighborhood lake a few weeks ago. Today three (1 adult, 2 subadults) appeared over my street, soaring, diving, and calling--a first for my immediate yard area. Spotted while walking the dog, I ran back inside and got my camera with telephoto. I snagged a couple of shots when they came out from behind the trees. The neighborhood squirrels were having a fit, all giving alarm calls for about an hour.
I need more practice with birds in flight, but these are my first-ever photos of wild eagles, so I'm a bit ecstatic. I'm old enough that I remember when they were very rare in the lower 48, so this is a pretty big deal for me.
observation for the dark crustose mass with tubelike projections
This photo is not mine. It was taken by a trusted source and extremely close friend who must remain unidentified.
Little Park ... open area
On split oak,. was in stacked firewood..
I found one uprooted, and planted it back into the vernal pool on the granite gneiss outcrop
For the Flatrock Rush (Juncus georgianus), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/198847040