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Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
S/he was in a channel between Clabber Creek and the unnamed beaver swamp.
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Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
About 10” - 12” SCL. It appeared to be hunting
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Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
Really vibrant colors!
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Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
In Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from a canal tour.
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Eastern River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna ssp. concinna)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
This pond has a LOT of RES, but this guy looked different. 63° F. Best pix I could get with an iphone 13 zoomed to the max.
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Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
Gobbling down clover at the edge of a beaver swamp.
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Plain-bellied Watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
Removed from a water feature in my back yard. I think it’s a youngish rat snake, but I am not certain. Sorry, the head isn’t in the picture. I relocated him/her to a nearby beaver swamp.
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Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
TINY! Maybe 12 or 13 mm from snout to rump.
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Frogs and Toads (Order Anura)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
Very tiny frog/toad. Spring Peeper?
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Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
Observed bottom-walking in a creek. The creek was perhaps 6-8 feet across, and a foot deep (less in spots). S/he was poking around, looking for food.
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Speckled Kingsnake (Lampropeltis holbrooki)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
About 18” long. S/he ducked under the sidewalk as a pulled out my camera, but I came back 20 minutes later & caught him poking his head out
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Western Ratsnake (Pantherophis obsoletus)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
About 1 meter long. Good sized bulge in the abdomen suggests that it just ate.
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White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
Alert, but not fearful.
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
42°, and none too happy about it.
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Dwarf American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus ssp. charlesmithi)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
On the small side. A fraction over one inch.
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Dwarf American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus ssp. charlesmithi)Observer
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Mantids (Family Mantidae)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
About 2” long. Resting on an ornamental banana plant.
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Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor)Observer
johnkcardinalDescription
TINY frog. No more than 1cm in length, maybe a bit less.
