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SaltyCaribbeanDfly wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 12, 2024 5:42 pm

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

Mushroom wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 12, 2024 6:37 pm

SaltyCaribbeanDfly wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 12, 2024 5:42 pm

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.

Freed this little baby stuck in between the fences

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

Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 14, 2024 10:34 am

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.

That was a feel good story. Well done.

Mad Mac wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 14, 2024 4:06 pm

That was a feel good story. Well done.

Agreed

Linne's Cicada
a species of Dog-day Cicadas

Wild turkeys

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

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

Really cool!

Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 17, 2024 3:51 pm

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?

SG89 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 17, 2024 6:58 pm

Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 17, 2024 3:51 pm

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 .

That is a Polyphemus Moth.

Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 17, 2024 7:16 pm

SG89 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 17, 2024 6:58 pm

Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 17, 2024 3:51 pm

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?

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

Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 17, 2024 3:51 pm

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.

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.