Durham, NC 12/30/17
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| Ichneumon wasp | Same ichneumon wasp | Orb weaver (male Araneus miniatus) | Orb weaver | White-throated Sparrow |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Same Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Durham, NC 12/23/17
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| Dark-eyed Junco | Female Bluebird |
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 12/21/17
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| American Oystercatcher by the Cape Fear River | American Oystercatcher with prey | American Oystercatcher looking for prey | Non-breeding Laughing Gulls |
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| Song Sparrow | Tricolored Heron |
Carolina Lake, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/20/17
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| Green Heron | House Sparrows | Same House Sparrows | Green Heron, taken by Karl D. Gottschalk with a smartphone camera. | Juvie Little Blue Heron |
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| Singing non-breeding Common Starling, singing | Tricolored Heron |
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 12/20/17
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| Tricolored Heron, Snowy Egret, and two juvie Ring-billed Gulls. | One of the juvie Ring-billed Gulls. | Ring-billed Gull in flight | Ship on other side of the Cape Fear River with cranes. | Song Sparrow |
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| Song Sparrow with flowers | Another Song Sparrow | Sunrise at Carolina Beach | Sunrise at Fort Fisher |
Carolina Lake, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/19/17
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| Canada Goose pair, male hissing | American Coot landing | American Coot swimming | Little Blue Heron | Male Mallard landing |
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| Male Mallard | Same male Mallard | Pied-billed Grebe | Female Lesser Scaup | White Ibis and Snowy Egret |
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| Snowy Egret | Tricolored Heron and White Ibis | White Ibises | Other White Ibises |
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 12/19/17
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| Cloudless Sulphur (dorsal view) | Cloudless Sulphur (ventral view) | Dunlins in pond created by rainwater | Firewheel |
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| Kite | Pond | Red Admiral |
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| Male Sand Fiddler Crab having a conflict with another whose hole he wants | Same two Sand Fiddler Crabs | Sandpiper | White Ibis |
Durham, NC 12/17/17
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| Male Northern Cardinal |
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| Same male Northern Cardinal | Tufted Titmouse |
Durham, NC 12/16/17
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Green Lacewing (missing green pigment) | Female Downy Woodpecker | Same female Downy Woodpecker |
Durham, NC 12/14/17
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| Tan-striped White-throated Sparrow | White-striped White-throated Sparrow | Another White-throated Sparrow |
Durham, NC 12/13/17
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| Orb weaver (male Araneus miniatus) |
Durham, NC 12/12/17
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| Barklouse (Teliapsocus conterminus). ID thanks to Diane Young. | Dwarf spider | Globular springtail (Sminthurus mencenbergae). ID thanks to Frans Janssens. | Moth fly | Running crab spider |
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| Tiny wasp (Eulophidae family; ID thanks to Ross Hill. Tentative subfamily ID: Tetrastichinae; thanks to Chalcidbear.) |
Durham, NC 12/11/17
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| Female Eastern Bluebird | Red-bellied Woodpecker | Same Red-bellied Woodpecker | Sharpshooter (Oncometopia orbona) |
McAllen, Hidalgo County, TX 12/3/17
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| Male House Sparrow |
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, TX 12/3/17
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| Altamira Oriole | American Snout | Black-crested Titmouse | Same Black-crested Titmouse | Same Black-crested Titmouse |
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| Black Vulture | Mystery butterfly | Another mystery butterfly | Male Northern Cardinal | Cormorant |
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| Empress Leilia | Probably another Empress Leilia | Female Golden-fronted Woodpecker | Great Kiskadee | Green Jay |
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| Gulf Fritillary | A resaca at the Kingfisher Lookout | Plain Chacalaca | Another Plain Chacalaca |
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| Plain Chacalaca | White Peacock | Wildflower like a Sensitive Briar |
Quinta Mazatlan, Hidalgo County, TX 12/2/17
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| Silver Argiope | Crablike Spined Orb Weaver | Texas Fox Squirrel | Great Kiskadee departing | Great Kiskadee with stick insect |
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| Great Kiskadee | Great Kiskadee with stick insect | Green Jay | Northern Mockingbird | Plain Chacalaca |
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| Rabbit | Skipper | White-winged Dove |
McAllen, Hidalgo County, TX 12/2/17
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| Tropical Checkered Skipper | Southern Dogface | Sausage Tree (Kigelia africana) at the Casa de Palmas |
Quinta Mazatlan, McAllen, Hidalgo County, TX 12/1/17
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| American Snout | Anole | Bee | Black-crested Titmouse | Bordered Patch |
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| Tiny bug | Common Mestra | Golden-fronted Woodpecker | Same Golden-fronted Woodpecker | Green Jay |
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| Great Kiskadee | Same Great Kiskadee | Female House Sparrow | Flower fly in flight | Inca Doves |
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| Julia | Robber fly | Texas Crescent |