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American Robin (Turdus migratorius)Observer
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Sitting on a nest with beak open. Panting on a hot day?
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Common Mola (Mola mola)Observer
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One of several dead ocean sunfish washed up on the beach.
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Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)Observer
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I didn't actually notice this particular one until Ken-ichi pointed it out in my photo, but apparently they are cool.
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Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)Observer
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My photo is from a pond outside the Kasteel de Haar, which is a tourist spot outside Utrecht, but I very frequently see these guys in the canals of Amsterdam.
Edit: Just noticed yesterday that they have a very pointy, curved beak, nothing like a duck (probably because it's not a duck). Also, I was told that Mahler based some of the chords in his first and second symphonies on the noise that the Coot makes.
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Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)Observer
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Not sure what kind of sandpiper it was. Pretty tiny- say, a bit smaller than a Mourning Dove. Saw it on the rocks at the jetty of Meigs Point.
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Pickerel Frog (Lithobates palustris)Observer
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Saw one of these guys in a shallow rocky area on the side of the river. There were also a ton of tadpoles in various spots along the river, at various stages of development.
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Yellow Iris (Iris pseudacorus)Observer
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Aka "yellow flag" iris. Saw these on the banks while canoeing on the Battenkill.
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)Observer
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I'm not 100% sure that it was a great blue, but it was definitely a large heron. Saw it while canoeing on the Battenkill, sometime around noon.
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Cambarid Crayfishes (Family Cambaridae)Observer
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Went canoeing on the Battenkill and saw a ton of crayfish in the shallow, rocky parts of the river.
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Purple-flowered Raspberry (Rubus odoratus)Observer
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Seen at the entrance of Hopkins Forest.
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Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)Observer
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I went for a hike in Hopkins Forest and saw these near the entrance.
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Domestic Chicken (Gallus gallus var. domesticus)Observer
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Chickens run wild everywhere in Kaua'i. I think of them as the squirrels of Hawaii.
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Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)Observer
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I spotted this lizard on the side of the trail as I was hiking on the Napali Coast, probably around noon. After looking it up in The EcoTraveller's Wildlife Guide to Hawaii, it appears to be a green anole, but with brown coloring. I don't think it had a throat flap (although you can't tell from the pic), so either it's a female or just a flap-less male.
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Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis)Observer
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I saw this Nene (the Hawaiian state bird) along with several other interesting birds at Kilauea Lighthouse, a type of wildlife refuge on Kaua'i.
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Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)Observer
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Spotted this guy on the road while I was driving at night.
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Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)Observer
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I was driving along at night when I almost ran over this little guy. Luckily, I spotted him in time and he scampered off the road.
