At night in intertidal marsh. Full story at https://beetlesinthebush.com/2012/07/31/even-a-12-year-old-can-discover-the-larva-of-a-rare-endemic-species/
Popeyes Chicken nugget, a chicken bone, and a remnant of some sort of reptile, loggerhead shrike cache on a razor wire. The shrike (pictured a couple of weeks ago) has been using this spot for several weeks to perch and forage.
Although they were around calling, I couldn't get a picture of the birds
The infamous Myiarchus of Rattlesnake springs, probably a Nuttings, but was never confirmed.
Quail huddle and ice sometimes hurts! See aftermath of what could happen when they peel apart here ... www.flickr.com/photos/coyotecrossn/23507088271/in/photost...
OUCH
This photo went viral after I shared it on birding and critter facebook pages. Well over 3000 shares so far!
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One of 100s dip-netted from a stock pond by EBRPD biologists during a pond survey.
This bird is suspected to be some sort of hybrid between Flame-colored Tanager and Western or Hepatic.
presumed Flame-colored X Western (or hepatic?) Tanager hybrid seen in Boot Springs in Big Bend National Park while on the FWAS field trip on 5/1/2015
Hybrid (Flame-colored/hepatic?)
Chisos Mountains Pinnacles Trail, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County Texas
Hybrid Flame-colored/Hepatic tanager?
Chisos Mountains Pinnacles Trail, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County Texas
Hybrid tanager (Flame-colored Tanager X Hepatic Tanager)..........Chisos Mountains, Pinnacles Trail, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County Texas
Found dead on the river bank.
I think it's a Smoky Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia molesta) based on the wing spots having dark outer edges (which are more visible in the second photo).
Nearly pure black flowers.
Atrocious aroma:
Rotting fish, asphalt, stale fridge air
Hybrid? Leucistic? Weird-looking, either way. The white stripe was only present on one side of the body.
Thanks, @leptonia, for putting me on this odd duck.
Found by Phillip Wallace at mid-day flying low over a small road through hilly mixed pine and oak forest, not far from a small stream (see Texas Emerald - Somatochlora margarita, OC#1777251). Possible first record of this species in La Salle Parish, Louisiana.
Laying eggs! Near her burrow, but not in the apron. While two friends and I observed--from a distance--she periodically pulled her head into her shell and held it there briefly as if it helped her push eggs out, although I couldn't be sure about that because I wasn't close enough to see the eggs. She also kicked her hind legs to bury the eggs and made dirt fly up behind her several times.
I am focusing here on the younger ones but also including some pics of the group that may include the parents.
Size of Great Blue Heron, but no black on head. Bird on right in second picture, the one on left is Great Egret.
Awful photo, very high overhead. Two species: either White-tailed or Red-tailed.
Confusing bird. Very “elongated” body and long tertials, along with bold supercilium, giving WRSA impression. Bill rather short and blunt - more like SESA, but overall did not give that impression.
Eurasian Collared-Dove x Mourning Dove hybrid. Second of two individuals.
What is this bird? It hung out with grey-winged trumpeters that were semi-habituated to people. A 2nd photo is posted.
What is this small bird in the foreground? It hung out with grey-winged trumpeters that were semi-habituated to people. Another photo is posted.
*location is not exact- The river and general vicinity is, however. This is an upload of a friends photo of a shared observation so I do not have access to the location.
Southeastern Spinyleg
Dromogomphus armatus
female with prey item:
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
Hannahatchee WMA,
Stewart Co., Georgia
23 July 2005
This weevil is nearly a perfect spider mimic - both its appearance and stop-and-go movements strongly resemble those of a jumping spider [Central Amazon, Brazil]
Hitchhiking back to Anchorage with Caitlin to pick up our rental car. Spotted 'white bumps' in the incoming tidal bore through the Turnagain Arm – our gracious ride agreed to pull over and we got binoculars out... Belugas! I guess they follow salmon in the wake of the incoming tide.
Thanks to @henicorhina for the tip on where to look
Beautiful leucistic Cal King found while road cruising in the Mojave! This lavender morph is common in the pet trade but rare to find out in the wild. It was very far from human habitation so it is definitely not an escaped captive bred snake.