riverahlquist's Favourites
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Augochlorine Sweat Bees (Tribe Augochlorini)Observer
riverahlquistDescription
pollinating giant spiderwort
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Insects (Class Insecta)Observer
riverahlquistDescription
no idea! underneath a flipped log, best guess is Lepidoptera pupa?
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North American Osprey (Pandion haliaetus ssp. carolinensis)Observer
mattyfelpDescription
Attacking eagle
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Northern Yellow-shafted Flicker (Colaptes auratus ssp. luteus)Observer
greggor58Description
Accidentally discovered this active nest alongside an access road. The adults wouldn't go near the nest if I was too close. I photographed them a couple of times , waited until they accessed the cavity than quickly moved to where I could shoot with a 600 mm lens. This time managed to catch it with a fecal sac!!
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Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)Observer
aprilseeDescription
Nesting for several years in the C of Curbside heb sign
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Splitgill Mushroom (Schizophyllum commune)Observer
alan_rockefellerDescription
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Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)Observer
evan_treesDescription
Roosting in an old paper wasp nest (not used this past year)
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Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus)Observer
riverahlquistDescription
caught large wolf spider
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Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)Observer
ginminDescription
Juvenile birds in the nest at night looking creepy
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Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)Observer
aprilseeDescription
Red-eared slider dislodged an egg from Pied's nest. She replaced it.
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Notched-mouthed Ground Beetles (Genus Dicaelus)Observer
riverahlquistDescription
i have no idea. caterpillar?? on Borrichia frutescens i think
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Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)Observer
paulbrickDescription
Being bombed by a Hawk
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Vireos (Genus Vireo)Observer
hwise01Description
Found and identified by Javi Gonzalez.
I was not in the tour group, just lucky to be standing nearby with a bag of cut oranges, which I dropped like a hot rock to shoot this bird! :D
I have looked at the various possibilities, and I feel I will go to my grave without being able to call one from another. However, I am looking forward to any comments or ID suggestions!
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North American Osprey (Pandion haliaetus ssp. carolinensis)Observer
jellyfishmambo
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Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)Observer
mancatDescription
I heard squeaking and then spotted this blue jay feeding on an eastern red bat in someone’s driveway.
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Golden-fronted × Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons × carolinus)Observer
gardenhenDescription
Merlin ID'd the sound as Red-bellied, but the yellow belly makes me think Golden-fronted. Please help.
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Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)Observer
williamgeislerDescription
At least 50 of them around 10am.
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)Observer
paulbrickDescription
Eating a White Winged Dove
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American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)Observer
riverahlquistDescription
mobbing red-tailed hawk
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American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)Observer
oddfitzDescription
Great-tailed Grackle harassing a Kestrel
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)Observer
kalamurphykingDescription
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Posing For A Portrait
Late yesterday afternoon I was in my backyard when I had a visitor show up. A flock of noisy house sparrows had been chattering in my bushes & attracted a juvenile cooper's hawk. The sparrows exploded into the air & I looked around. Went inside for my camera but figured the hawk would be long gone. Found it perched on my back fence in the open. The sparrows were making noise again & the hawk was so focused on them that it ignored me. I was able to slowly walk to 10 feet from it & it just stayed there. So I took lots of shots. I have learned that juvenile raptors don't know to be scared of humans yet.
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What's That Thing You're Pointing At Me?
One of the shots from my close encounter on Tuesday afternoon. I was about 10 feet away on my deck. It was trying to get a look at me and my camera. Hawk was relaxed, one foot is tucked into its chest feathers.
