Handful of bees tucked up under a flower sleeping.
Continuing rarity.
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Three owls hooting in neighborhood. I recorded one.
Recorded at 02:59:00 11/10/2023 (UTC-5) by AudioMoth at medium gain while battery was 3.9V and temperature was 17.1C.
Barred Owl can be heard in background.
One cactus at the campsite was flowering. At first light, honey bees came to consistently visit the flowers until they started to close up. Several small beetles as well.
Same vine as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181596648, 8 days later. The expected sweet aroma is now much more pronounced.
Swamp forest (currently dry). Branch leaf 3.2 x 0.9mm, stem leaf 1.0 x 0.6mm.
Wet savanna, powerline that is periodically burned and mowed
Lake margin. Not a waif. This exotic fern has taken over the entire shallows. It floats in the water and is out of the water in mucky soil. Brasenia schreberi, a native, borders this species on the outer edge in the water. The site has been documented by others before me. I had to see it for myself.
I had no idea these glowed under UV!
OPOSSUMS GLOW RED UNDER UV!!!
Eclosed July 8, 2023
Seized during an eviction, being illegally kept as a pet. In a terrarium and very thin. Unsure where the person caught it, so I marked location as inaccurate. Turned over to Department of Natural Resources for release.
Fell out of the nest. They were able to successfully place it back into the and parents resumed feeding the nestlings.
Found by my parents. Moved safely off the road.
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. October 27, 2022. Photographed during the Sunset Boat Tour out of Okefenokee Adventures.
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I've been looking everywhere for this one and one day my parents cut down a tree and there it was.
On Carya illinoisensis.
On Acer bark; brown disks biatorine, hymenium clear, hypothecium pumpkin-brown, K-, upper hymenium and epihymenium gray, K+ purple (second photo); spores long, hyaline, needle-like
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. October 27, 2022. Paddling from the Canal Run shelter back to Stephen C Foster.
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Pic#1 - female
Pic#2 - adult pair
Pic#3 - male
LIFER!! Found on saw palm! It felt like a dream to find one of these, no exaggeration
Aprox 8 mm, very metallic, thick bodied, hovered, loud buzz to fly away before returning to hover in same spot
Notice the height of these Okefenokee Hooded Pitcher Plants compared to the alligator. Definitely giants!
©williamwisephoto.com October 28, 2022. Paddling from Suwannee Canal Recreation area, south down the pink canoe trail through Chesser Prairie and Grand Prairie to Monkey Lake and Buzzards Roost Lake.
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A large patch of Bamboo taking over the woods. With my son Taylor Spaulding. He helped me take a specimen for the museum herbarium. DDS 17,175
Same location we used to find them as kids. Adult male that had no reaction under UV light. Not sure if it’s a seasonal thing or what, but interesting. I have ordered a stronger 365 nm and will try again. I took this one into the bathroom at work and noticed it was only lighting-up stains on light surfaces, so maybe that is part of the issue and the dark surfaces are absorbing much of the light. I have a lot of questions about this phenomenon that I want to experiment with in local herp species. The lack of reaction is in stark contrast to this individual here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/98561708
Update: Luckily my cousin hadn’t released this specimen due to the cold snap, so I got one more chance at the UV with the 365 nm. Results were much better, though not as blue as I see in other specimens. My experiment a bit more, but at least we have some results! New photos have replaced the old UV shots.
Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. October 28, 2022.
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collected by James Adams
dissected/determined - J.Russo
aedeagus with unarmed vesica and prominent tooth-like projection near saccular base of valvae.
very overcast, windy day. c. 60F. May have observed the same specimen in the same area on Oct 30, 2022 · 12:08 PM EDT.
©williamwisephoto.com Park City mountain trails, Utah. July 28, 2022.
Ran out of hands. This observation is for the lizard on the right
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.
Both males are still present as of yesterday evening. Got better photos, really good lighting on the pond
Flew into a window, released outside once it was able to fly again
Caterpillars in several instars were found on Zizia aurea, Golden Alexander. Early instars are the bird poop mimics typical of many swallowtail species. Later instars have a black background color but these individuals can cause a color change to even more obvious warning coloration by showing the white or yellow bands hidden in the folds of their body segments. One photo shows a caterpillar with its osmeteria deployed.
©williamwisephoto.com Morning walk on Park City Mountain trails; Park City, Utah. July 26, 2022.
Me: I really wanna get out and go herping… Eh… I’ll take a 15 minute break and walk to the garden… [opens door] It’s a beautiful day out. Maybe I can find a Racer stretched out on the side walk. [walks around building and sees Rough Greensnake stretched out on sidewalk] Ok… That will do… I feel better now…
She was a big girl too. I had no way to measure her but I would say she was over 30 inches but not quite a whole 3 feet. I had caught one a few years back that was 34” and she was close to it, but maybe just shy. Fantastic specimen as well.
Found slithering into my office during the daytime, thought that was unusual. Released outside near a small body of water
Feeding on Desmodium sp.