I have my Bio 302L students at Northern Kentucky University to thank for this fun find. This amazing bacteria colony grew out of a water sample taken from the Lakeside Commons pond, directly behind the Campbell County Cooperative Extension offices. On 1/17, water and a little sediment was collected from the edge of the pond. On 1/19/2023 my microbiology students diluted a sample and spread plated it onto glycerol yeast-extract media, which is selective for gram-positives such as actinomycetes. This colony grew quietly on a 0.01 mL plate that had been forgotten in the fridge. Actinomycetes often have strange colony morphologies, so that's my guess on an ID for this. Neither I nor my colleagues have seen a colony like this before.
At seed feeder outside my kitchen. I need to rev up my seed feeder etiquette. Project FeederWatch begins in three days. The neglected feeder had sprouted white proso millet seeds.
I originally posted some shots of this black White-tailed Deer fawn on June 1:
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1575337
I have not seen it in 4 days and had worried that something bad may have happened, but then mama and her two fawns showed up in our back yard again this afternoon. The building is our workshop at the back of our property which is adjacent to an extensive juniper woodland.
Saw the ants with larvae? Something had wings. Not sure if they are breeding or farming.
Observed and identified the adult female when these eggs were laid.