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[Mushroom]

Was that wild or someone’s pet? Looks like an Eastern Box Turtle.

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

Was that wild or someone’s pet? Looks like an Eastern Box Turtle.

Hi Nick, yeah it’s a wild eastern box turtle that I see on a regular basis inside a 5 acre high fence woodlands garden that I work on a few days/week…he comes in through a hole he dug under the fence that I left alone because I have a soft spot for him and he doesn’t do too much damage to the plants, but he does eat a lot of the mushrooms that spring up…sometimes I’ll leave a few on the outside of the fence at the entrance to his hole but I’ve never actually seen what critter eats them.

[SG89]

Freed this little baby stuck in between the fences

[Manixguy@1994]

Fantastic SG89 ! How did you do it ? Was Doe close by ? Dan

[SG89]

Fantastic SG89 ! How did you do it ? Was Doe close by ? Dan

Used a broom to guide it backwards to the fence opening. Saw doe this morning in the adjoining property.

[Mad Mac]

That was a feel good story. Well done.

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

That was a feel good story. Well done.

Agreed

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

[Mad Mac]

Linne's Cicada
a species of Dog-day Cicadas

[Mrj]

Wild turkeys

[Manixguy@1994]

Noticed some Geese this morning and duck was with them and another water fowl was swimming around them on far left . I’m not quite sure what it was and IPhone was at its limit . It had a long bill and dark blue coloring . Seemed too small to be a Heron , could be wrong . Dan

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

This thing was big and beautiful; it kept trying to fly but for some reason couldn’t get airborne so I gently picked it up and held it out with an open palm and it took off…not sure what the problem was but it seemed fine because it flew pretty far

[SG89]

Really cool!

[SG89]

Noticed some Geese this morning and duck was with them and another water fowl was swimming around them on far left . I’m not quite sure what it was and IPhone was at its limit . It had a long bill and dark blue coloring . Seemed too small to be a Heron , could be wrong . Dan

Loon?

[Manixguy@1994]

Noticed some Geese this morning and duck was with them and another water fowl was swimming around them on far left . I’m not quite sure what it was and IPhone was at its limit . It had a long bill and dark blue coloring . Seemed too small to be a Heron , could be wrong . Dan

Loon?

I don’t think so Loon are much farther North . We have a healthy Heron population but seemed small and I have also seen them occasionally at lakes I frequent and our the river . I wish I could have got a better shot .

[Mad Mac]

That is a Polyphemus Moth.

[Skywalker]

Noticed some Geese this morning and duck was with them and another water fowl was swimming around them on far left . I’m not quite sure what it was and IPhone was at its limit . It had a long bill and dark blue coloring . Seemed too small to be a Heron , could be wrong . Dan

Loon?

I don’t think so Loon are much farther North . We have a healthy Heron population but seemed small and I have also seen them occasionally at lakes I frequent and our the river . I wish I could have got a better shot .

Not sure exactly where you are, but there are several small heron species in the US that can be dark blue/dark green. Green Heron is most widespread, and Little Blue Heron and Tricolor Heron are more limited to the Southeast US (Tricolor is a little larger and usually coastal).

If you look those up, do any of them look like your bird?

[Skywalker]

Black Swallowtail on coneflowers - photo credit to my wife on this one.

[Mushroom]

Noticed some Geese this morning and duck was with them and another water fowl was swimming around them on far left . I’m not quite sure what it was and IPhone was at its limit . It had a long bill and dark blue coloring . Seemed too small to be a Heron , could be wrong . Dan

My first thought would be a Cormorant, maybe? Difficult to identity from the photo but it looks like it swims with a similar posture to cormorants.

[Mushroom]

Ever seen a tick “questing?” That is when they hold their arms out waiting for something to get close enough to latch onto.






This is a Dog Tick questing on a piece of grass hanging in the center of a small trail through some sand dunes. They intentionally target spots on high trafficked areas like this to increase their likely hood of finding a host.