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What

American Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus)

Observer

ejwildlife

Date

September 6, 2023 01:47 PM EDT

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What

Grey Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)

Observer

ejwildlife

Date

January 6, 2023 03:29 PM EST

Description

I startled this Fox, who was in a wooded clearing. He or she ran to the fence line, then stood and looked back at me while I took these photos.

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What

Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Observer

ejwildlife

Date

February 15, 2023 03:55 PM EST

Description

One of a dozen or more Honey Bees visiting Hellebore flowers on an unseasonably warm day (almost 20 degrees F above average).

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What

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)

Observer

ejwildlife

Date

February 15, 2023 04:31 PM EST

Description

Seen drinking water from a still basin in a water feature that's being repaired in a wooded suburban garden.

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What

Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

Observer

ejwildlife

Date

February 11, 2023 08:00 AM EST

Description

Seen rooting around in the leaf litter under this Dogwood tree (Cornus florida), then up in the tree branches as shown here.

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What

Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)

Observer

ejwildlife

Date

April 13, 2022 01:39 PM EDT

Description

Enjoying a splash in the bird bath. Also seen on the ground and in nearby trees and shrubs.

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What

Eastern Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)

Observer

ejwildlife

Date

April 15, 2022 01:55 PM EDT

Description

Spotted walking among the pine needles and tassels, with a brief foray onto a stone walkway. Fairly large for an ant here. I didn't see any companion ants.

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What

Metric Paper Wasp (Polistes metricus)

Observer

ejwildlife

Date

April 17, 2022 02:51 PM EDT

Description

This insect flew down a few times into my watering can before landing on this trellis. He or she is about an inch long.

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What

Metallic Sweat Bees (Subgenus Dialictus)

Observer

ejwildlife

Date

April 17, 2022 02:43 PM EDT

Description

Enjoying the blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium). Last shot is a context shot.

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What

Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)

Observer

ejwildlife

Date

October 4, 2021 07:55 AM EDT

Description

Drinking from a birdbath

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What

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Observer

ejwildlife

Date

October 4, 2021 08:06 AM EDT

Description

Drinking from and splashing in a birdbath.

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What

Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Observer

ejwildlife

Date

October 8, 2021 12:44 PM EDT

Description

This pair of birds appeared today at the same time as a flock of robins. They went between a dogwood tree and a watercourse. I don't remember ever seeing birds like this here before. They were about the size of an adult robin.

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What

Virginia Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica ssp. virginica)

Observer

ejwildlife

Date

September 18, 2021 04:30 PM EDT

Description

Among dozens of others on an Abelia chinensis.

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What

Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)

Observer

ejwildlife

Date

September 18, 2021 05:00 PM EDT

Description

In a curbside garden that was mulched with woodchips in the spring.
Ball-point pen included for scale.

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Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)

Observer

ejwildlife

Date

September 18, 2021 04:30 PM EDT

Description

This small but lively bee was one of hundreds on a sunny swath of Solidago rugosa. They are about a third of the size of the carpenter bees, who preferred a nearby Abelia chinensis.

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What

Sharptail Bees (Genus Coelioxys)

Observer

ejwildlife

Date

September 18, 2021 04:30 PM EDT

Description

Tiny bee on Solidago rugosa.