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Yellow-bellied × Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius × nuchalis)Observer
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Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)Observer
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Passerella iliaca iliaca/zaboria
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Fine-lined Emerald (Somatochlora filosa)Observer
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Lettuce Lake Conservation Park, trail near canoe launch
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Seepage Dancer (Argia bipunctulata)Observer
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Hilochee , Osprey Unit, Oliver's Trail
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Aztec Glider (Tauriphila azteca)Observer
chaseybDescription
Pinecraft Park
went back this afternoon to see if I could relocate this rarity, I mistook it for a Garnet Glider yesterday
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Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)Observer
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Cartanza Rd, DE
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Common Snakeflies (Genus Agulla)Observer
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Hanging out on some lichen in mixed conifer habitat around 8,000ft. Preserved specimen available.
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Eastern Coralsnake (Micrurus fulvius)Observer
chaseybDescription
Old Miakka Preserve
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Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)Observer
billhubickDescription
Rare locally. Found by Larry Rose with Carole and friends minutes after I said hi on a run (https://ebird.org/checklist/S132718219). Nice find. New for my home 5MR.
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Comet Darner (Anax longipes)Observer
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Circus Hammock Preserve
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Canyon Bat (Parastrellus hesperus)Observer
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Front and Back view of bat. Id please.
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Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)Observer
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very rare. irruptive
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Domestic Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata var. domestica)Observer
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Missing DateDescription
Matt Hafner being assaulted on the shores of the Choptank.
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Elliot's Plume Moth (Hellinsia elliottii)Observer
billhubickDescription
Determined by Tim Reichard.
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Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)Observer
chaseybDescription
We were traipsing around the partially wet field just south of the library and Eagle-Eye Linda found us a lifer!
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Amethyst Dancer (Argia pallens)Observer
robertivensDescription
Sabino Canyon, Coronado National Forest, in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains just north of Tucson, AZ.
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Lucifer Swampdamsel (Leptobasis lucifer)Observer
chaseybDescription
We were hunting in “the pit” when Eagle Eye Linda spotted this !
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Machimus maneeiObserver
stevecollinsDescription
Male perched vertically on a pine. Can you find it in the second photo?
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Pale-green Darner (Triacanthagyna septima)Observer
chaseybDescription
second time since Hurricane Ian that a Pale-green Darner has flown into lanai area due to broken pool cage screen
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Amazon Darner (Anax amazili)Observer
chaseybDescription
yet another great darner inside our post hurricane torn pool screen enclosure
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Scabrous Tiger Beetle (Cicindela scabrosa)Observer
stevecollinsDescription
In the field I thought, "What an interesting scabrosa with those extra maculations on the elytra!" And then I look at the photo and realize it's sand : )
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Garnet Glider (Tauriphila australis)Observer
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Male; foraging over the parking area.
WOW! Second county record after the female Chase found at this location earlier in the year. I have been looking for a Garnet ever since, but until today, none caught my eye enough to shoot. This guy was such a vibrant hue of red that it immediately attracted my gaze.
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Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii)Observer
billhubickDescription
With Buff-collared Nightjar in first clip. The second clip of several "whuk" calls were recorded when a Common Poorwill landed just a couple feet from me, noticed me, made these calls, and quickly flew off.
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Carolina Spreadwing (Lestes vidua)Observer
chaseybDescription
Old Miakka Preserve
In flooded grassy area by the parking lot
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Taper-tailed Darner (Gomphaeschna antilope)Observer
johnjinjonnyDescription
New species for me, whatever it is! Thanks to Mike and Steve for the initial possible ID. I had no idea where to start. I've never had a dragon perch right up on a vertical trunk before, so I knew it was something new. Took off before I could get a side profile. Hope to find more.
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Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)Observer
billhubickDescription
My first of the year.
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Enoclerus cupressiObserver
billhubickDescription
Found by Juni in the grass. Looking like this will end up being the first iNaturalist record for Enoclerus cupressi.
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Golden Bluet (Enallagma sulcatum)Observer
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Scherer Thaxton
Golden Bluet?
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Mariana Maiden Fern (Macrothelypteris torresiana)Observer
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When I hold the frond upright it’s taller than me, 5’8”
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Santa Cruz Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis ssp. santacruzae)Observer
stevecollins
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Genus ConiopteryxObserver
psyllidhipsterDescription
Members of the subfamily Coniopteryginae are recognized by the presence of only one r-m crossvein in the middle of the wing. Two genera can be found in Arizona, Semidalis and Coniopteryx, and these may be further separated by the position of the m-cu crossvein (see second pic, highlighted red); in Coniopteryx this crossvein is located anterior to the branching of vein m, whereas in Semidalis this crossvein emerges behind the fork on vein m3+4. Four Semidalis and four Coniopteryx species are known from southern Arizona.
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San Joaquin Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis ssp. mutica)Observer
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Photos.
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Fine-lined Emerald (Somatochlora filosa)Observer
stevecollinsDescription
Found in the same spot I saw this species in my yard last year!
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Yadon's Rein Orchid (Platanthera yadonii)Observer
billhubickDescription
Endemic to Monterey Co.
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Cinnamon Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia virginiensis)Observer
stevecollinsDescription
Neurocordulia (Shadowdragons) are a specialized group of riverine dragonflies that spend the days perched in the canopy (too high to see in many species) and wait until nearly dark to make rapid and seemingly random flights mere inches over the river. The flight period can last for 20 minutes to a little over an hour -- or possibly later in the darkness.
Saturday evening I visited the Santa Fe River in High Springs with Rex Rowan to search for Cinnamon Shadowdragon (N. virginiensis). Though the footing was rocky and the current swift and full of eelgrass, we waded up to our waists in an attempt to get closer to where a few were flying. We watched carefully, hoping they would approach close enough for a swing of the net. After some clumsy splashes, I caught two! Lifer!
Before we left in the near darkness, we noticed at least 50 still flying above a spot on the river about 300 yards upstream, where the twilight was still reflected on the river surface. It was too deep and too dark to get closer.
This is one posed in the field the next morning and also on my mask string in my hotel room.
