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American Water Frogs (Genus Lithobates)Observer
jcobservesDescription
Last photo is where it was found.
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Pickerel Frog (Lithobates palustris)Observer
lmbrooksDescription
Northern leopard frog in amplexus with female eastern American toad
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Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus ssp. swainsonii)Observer
mariahlemurs
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Ring-tailed Vontsira (Galidia elegans)Observer
mariahlemursDescription
Eating a boa
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Many-lined Salamander (Stereochilus marginatus)Observer
tysmithDescription
Found with David Weisenbeck (who is surveying the property and doing a write-up). Also, this individual is the longest ever recorded!
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American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)Observer
tysmithDescription
Defense posturing and calling. Consider the audio, yes it is actual audio, a try not to laugh challenge.
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Barred Owl (Strix varia)Observer
sarahbirdwebbDescription
hunting from nearby tree, about 10:30am, looking intently down at snow, then landed and mantled for a couple of minutes, burying its head into the snow several times before flying off in the opposite direction
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Coyote (Canis latrans)Observer
regina19Description
This coyote came into the field behind our yard one evening after a rainstorm, and decided to snack on peanuts that I'd strewn in the field for the birds and squirrels.
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)Observer
rando_boyoDescription
Found at Hughlett Point Natural Area Preserve
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Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans)Observer
nanofishologyDescription
Found in the middle of the trail, just a few yards down from where I found scat FULL of small turtle shell pieces (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33742334)
Is that a tooth puncture in the egg? hmmm
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Gray Ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides)Observer
cyricDescription
Grey Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta spiloides)
Elinor Klapp-Phipps Park
Tallahassee, FL
Oct 2006
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Española Mockingbird (Mimus macdonaldi)Observer
greglasleyDescription
Hood Mockingbird
AKA Espanola Mockingbird
Nesomimus macdonaldi
Group of Hood Mockingbirds
engaged in some sort of battle.
All left this scrap seemingly no
worse for the incident
Espanola Island
AKA Hood Island
Galapagos Islands,
Ecuador
20 August 2010
Three shots posted all taken at same time and place. 3rd shot shows one perched on my tripod head when I removed the lens to change lenses.
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Coyote (Canis latrans)Observer
jayDescription
I watched this event for approximately sixty minutes, before leaving the area. I returned later to find that the elk survived.
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Wahlberg’s Striped Skink (Trachylepis wahlbergii)Observer
jakobDescription
One of the 2 is fake - guess which one.
Solution for all who are still wondering: The plastic rattle snake has been put in the entrance of the camp kitchen as a deterrent against the local troop of Malbrouck Monkeys, which used to raid the stored food, and surprisingly they never ever entered the kitchen since then.
This skink, however, equipped with astounding cognitive abilities, shows off with his balls of steel.
Err, I think it's a female....
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African Social Spider (Stegodyphus dumicola)Observer
wynand_uysDescription
A scrappy expanse of silky refuges and capture webs littered with body parts of previous victims. When preferred prey is entangled, the female spiders emerge from their 'nests' and overpower it by grabbing its extremities. In this case, a wasp https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319446.
Presumably they inject venom because after a minute or so the prey stops struggling. Then they snip it out of the web and carry it into one of several 'nests' or refuges.
Unwanted prey, often beetles (see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319435 ) are also killed but sometimes left in the web, uneaten. Ants, in this case, Maranoplus ( https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319390 )scavenge around the periphery of the webs, feasting on unwanted beetles or other left-overs.
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Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)Observer
ken-potterDescription
Duck Lake
Female blue morph.
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Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta ssp. scripta)Observer
dcapillaeDescription
In relation with Iberian Green Frog.
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Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio)Observer
arethusaDescription
Very common in the area.
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Delphineis angustataObserver
kerrylhowardDescription
Fossil sample from Miocene Calvert Formation (http://www.mgs.md.gov/geology/fossils/calvert_cliffs_fs.html)
Diatomaceous earth/sandy clay strata (no marl present--no HCl reaction at sample location).
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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)Observer
dgovoniDescription
Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1788). RTHA. Near White Oak Fire Station, White Oak, Stafford Co., Virginia, USA. 2015 Christmas Bird Count, VA Brooke Circle (VABK) Sector VII. Photo by David L. Govoni ©2015.
Cornell: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-tailed_Hawk/id
Audubon: www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/red-tailed-hawk
EOL: eol.org/pages/1049057/overview
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk
