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Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)Observer
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Greenish legs, dark ring around bill, grey wings with black. In shallow water/sand bar area of marsh channel.
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Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)Observer
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Swimming and diving in marsh channels.
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Greenshield Lichens (Genus Flavoparmelia)Observer
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Lichen on large boulder, a glacial erratic.
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Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)Observer
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Black berries, leaves present even in December. Leaves opposite, smooth-edged, somewhat hairy below. Vine twining over shrubs, sometimes among bittersweet.
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)Observer
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Familiar large grey heron partially hidden by herring run structure. Flew away with slow wingbeats, legs outstretched behind and neck curved into a tight S.
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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)Observer
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American Crow on fence rail. Call a hoarse CAW, not as nasal as fish crow.
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Common Hibiscus (Hibiscus syriacus)Observer
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Winter fruit, split open.
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Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)Observer
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Red berries; vine growing over shrubs
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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)Observer
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Bald eagle w prey deciduous tree pondside.
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Red Maple (Acer rubrum)Observer
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Developing fruits and emerging leaves.
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Beech Leaf Disease (Litylenchus crenatae)Observer
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Beech leaf disease, Litylenchus crenatae. Most beech trees appeared to be affected.
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American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)Observer
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Beech leaf disease, Litylenchus crenatae. Most beech trees appeared to be affected.
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Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)Observer
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Poison ivy flowering next to marsh land. I am confident in the identity.
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Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)Observer
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Poison ivy flowering among dune grass
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Oaks (Genus Quercus)Observer
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Oak sapling Quercus prinoides Q Wing Island. Pitch pine/oak woodland, sapling along trail. Most oaks here are scarlet or white. Quercus prinoides?
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Dwarf Rock-Roses (Genus Helianthemum)Observer
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Morning walk, time stamp on photo is incorrect. Along roadside next to pine/oak woods.
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Black Huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata)Observer
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Low shrub along powerline right of way. Reddish flowers.
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Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens)Observer
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On wooded slope among mosses and wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Flowering.
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Striped Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata)Observer
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Upland, oak pitch pine woodland. Flower buds.
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Subfamily CynipinaeObserver
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Photo by Lynn Adams. First image sent to me, asking what it might be; possible oak gall? She said "have been trying to look up who/what made this cluster, it's on small Oak, found two of them."
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Oaks (Genus Quercus)Observer
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Photo by Lynn Adams.
Quercus stellata? This is the plant that has the gall-like growths on it.
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Subfamily CynipinaeObserver
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Photo by Lynn Adams.
"the outer husk looks more translucent and striped, like cumquats, and one was loose so I took it and split it open at the car. Looks like there is a larva /grub in another shell - poked that larva and it oozed a yellow fluid - cool explore. Also these are the leaves"
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Subfamily CynipinaeObserver
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Possible oak gall collected and dissected by Lynn Adams at Cold Brook Preserve
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Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)Observer
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Turkey was walking through oak pine woods. Had trouble focusing camera.
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Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida)Observer
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Pitch pine fallen branch with cones
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Brittlegills (Genus Russula)Observer
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Probably basidiomycete, want more specific ID. In lawn. Cap about 4 cm, pinkish red. Gills cream/white. I think the stalk was whote. Will this hurt my dog if he eats it?
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Spongy Moth (Lymantria dispar)Observer
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Pale brown moth fuzzy thorax. Big year for gypsy moth caterpillars in this area.
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Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma disstria)Observer
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Fuzzy brown moth with comb-like antennae. Habitat: yard abutting oak pine forest. Pictured on door.
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Sunflowers (Genus Helianthus)Observer
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Small specimen all by itself in the sand, but involucral bracts different from the other Helianthus we found, broad and distinctly acuminate, ciliate on edges. Is this H. annuus?
