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Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)Observer
mnerrieDescription
Singing in the trees of a shrubby red maple swamp.
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Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)Observer
mnerrieDescription
Singing in the trees of a shrubby red maple swamp.
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)Observer
mnerrieDescription
Not positive about this ID. Merlin said it was a R-C Kinglet. Couldn't get a better photo which the MO for a kinglet - never stop moving.
Seen in a shrubby red maple swamp next to a male Louisiana Waterthrush.
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Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)Observer
mnerrieDescription
First 2024 sighting of an Eastern Phoebe at Distant Hill Gardens. It was coming back to a nest that has been used for many years in the woodshed of the sugarhouse here.
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American Beaver (Castor canadensis)Observer
mnerrieDescription
These tracks were found on the bank of Great Brook over a quarter mile downstream from a beaver dam.
Here is a link to more photos from @jmcguigan of the same set of tracks.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204998727
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Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon)Observer
mnerrieDescription
On Springwood-white Winter Heath (Erica carnea 'Springwood White') at Distant Hill Gardens.
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Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)Observer
mnerrieDescription
This little guy was feeding on what looks like a spider (photos 3 and 4) it caught in the sphagnum peat bog/fen on Distant Hill Nature Trail.
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Yellow-banded Bumble Bee (Bombus terricola)Observer
mnerrieDescription
Feeding on Meadowsweet, Spirea alba, between the pollinator meadow and the bog/fen at Distant Hill Nature Trail.
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Virginia Marsh St. John's-Wort (Hypericum virginicum)Observer
mnerrieDescription
In a bog / poor fen
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Allegheny Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis)Observer
mnerrieDescription
Note the unique flat 1/2" x 1 1/2" wide cane of this bramble. The original plant was covered by a pile of gravel. I'm guessing that when it grew through the gravel a few of the cames somehow fused together into as single cane.
This is an example of Fasciation - when plant structures do not grow in a typical fashion, forming unusual structures of multiple merged stems, deformed flower clusters, or peculiar leaves.
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Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor)Observer
mnerrieDescription
The orange spotted tail points to Gray Treefrog tadpoles.
https://ashtonbiodiversity.com/home/education/visual-guide-to-tadpoles/tadpoles-by-scientific-name/994-2/
Check out the Tadpole Identification interactive website of the Ashton Biological Preserve in Florida.
https://ashtonbiodiversity.com/home/education/visual-guide-to-tadpoles/tadpoles-by-common-name/
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American Wintergreen (Pyrola americana)Observer
mnerrieDescription
Because of the roundish leaves and the large sepals compared to Pyrola elliptica I think this is American Wintergreen.
