Southpoint Shopping Center, Durham, NC 12/31/14
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| Multi-colored Swarovski "snowflakes" | Same "snowflakes," but catching the light differently | Yet another "snowflake" | A rainbow projected on the floor by a "snowflake." |
Durham, NC 12/27/14
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| Question Mark | Gea heptagon | Mating scuttle flies (Phoridae family) | Maybe dark fishing spider |
Durham, NC 12/26/14
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| Wolf spider |
Durham, NC 12/21/14
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| Jumping spider |
Durham, NC 12/19/14
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| Female Eastern Bluebird | Aphid |
Durham, NC 12/17/14
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| Hermit Thrush | Same Hermit Thrush |
Durham, NC 12/15/14
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| Northern Mockingbird | White-throated Sparrow |
Durham, NC 12/14/14
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| Northern Brownsnake | Leaffooted bug |
Durham, NC 12/12/14
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| Jumping spider (Thiodana sylvana) |
Durham, NC 12/10/14
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| Dwarf spider (Erigoninae family) | Diamond-backed Froghopper | Humpbacked Orb Weaver |
San Francisco, CA aerial photo 12/5/14
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| San Francisco, downtown in the foreground |
South Lido Park, Sarasota, FL 12/4/14
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| Brown Pelican in Australian Pine | Osprey | Gulf Fritillary | Non-breeding Black-bellied Plover | Osprey |
Ringling Museum of Art grounds, Sarasota, FL 12/4/14
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| Barred Yellow (Eurema daira), dorsal view (actually elsewhere in Sarasota) | Anhinga | Phaon Crescent | Hooded Mergansers | White Peacock |
Myakka River State Park, Sarasota County, FL
12/3/14
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| Wood Stork | Black Vulture | Wood Stork landing | Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) flower | Cuban Anole | Crow |
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| Great Blue Heron | Black Vultures on the weir | A few Black Vultures | Wood Stork | Roseate Spoonbills |
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| The palm forest |
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| Whirligig beetles |
South Lido Park, Sarasota, FL 12/2/14
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| Great Blue Heron | Same Great Blue Heron | Great Egret | Reddish Egret, at least according to Sibley's. But no showy behavior here. | Willet |
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| Willet with prey | Snowy Egret | Cuban Anole |
Ringling Museum of Art grounds, 12/2/14
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| Osprey | Little Blue Heron | Barred Yellow (dry season wing pattern) | Barred Yellow (wet season wing pattern) | Barred Yellow (dorsal view) |
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| Anhinga | Forster's Tern | White Peacock |
Sarasota, FL (marsh) 12/2/14
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| Hooded Mergansers | Juvenile White Ibis | Barred Yellow (dry season form) |
Sarasota, FL (marsh) 12/1/14
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| Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) | Same Roseate Spoonbill, catching prey | Another view of the Roseate Spoonbill | Tricolored Heron | Beetle pupa |
Aerial Photos 12/1/14
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| Sunshine Skyway, with St. Petersburg, FL, in the distance |