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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)Observer
bjkauffmanDescription
Cornus florida
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Yellow-gilled Gymnopilus (Gymnopilus luteofolius)Observer
alan_rockefellerDescription
Growing on a pile of wood chips.
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Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus)Observer
bjkauffmanDescription
AI suggests Hispidus. Too big to be a mouse but seemed a bit small for a rat. Eating black oil sunflower seeds spilled from a bird feeder.
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Bolbitius viscosusObserver
jhartg44Description
Group of mushrooms growing from very rotten tree trunk lying on the ground at the edge of a cypress-tupelo swamp.
Trees in immediate area: Tupelo gum, bald cypress, sweet gum, box elder and Chinese privet.
First noticed on 10/19/19.
Sampled on 10/23/19.
First 4 pictures showing the mushrooms at time of sampling.
Other pictures of same group on same log, but various dates that are shown on photo details.
(trying to figure out if I can label each picture)
When young, the caps are glossy and wet and sticky.
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Waxcaps (Genus Hygrocybe)Observer
kittylundeenDescription
in mowed lawn; cypress trees nearby
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Coral-pink Merulius (Phlebia incarnata)Observer
travilrDescription
Looks like
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Fowler's Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)Observer
charlespaxtonDescription
It's a dark one without much pattern, good warts and glands!
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Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)Observer
charlespaxtonDescription
You can check out the video on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pplhq5O_pYM
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Eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)Observer
charlespaxtonDescription
Beside some Chocolate Tube Slimes.
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Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii)Observer
howardhouseDescription
Photo lightened. Single bat observed in building.
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Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)Observer
charlespaxtonDescription
Nested in Honey Locust
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Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)Observer
charlespaxtonDescription
This one looks bronze rather than green.
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Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)Observer
cgbb2004Description
-at right
-see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16853735 for beaver
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charlespaxtonDescription
Nymph. It looks like a Mutoh from a Marvel monster movie!
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Needham's Skimmer (Libellula needhami)Observer
charlespaxtonDescription
Our first for this location!
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Tumbling Mourner (Mordella atrata)Observer
charlespaxtonDescription
Female because she was mated shortly afterwards.
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White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)Observer
kbbutlerDescription
Cibolo Nature Center
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Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)Observer
charlespaxtonDescription
With moth prey.
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Golden Silk Spider (Trichonephila clavipes)Observer
charlespaxtonDescription
A male Golden Silk Orbweaver
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Stick Insects (Order Phasmida)Observer
charlespaxtonDescription
Like a pair of amorous cigars!
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Chocolate Tube Slime (Stemonitis splendens)Observer
charlespaxtonDescription
The feathery structures are near Carnival Candy Slime Mold and a white variety.
