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Marsh Blue Violet (Viola cucullata)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Flowering is wet area of a lawn.
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Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Flowering
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American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Newly metamorphosed American Toad (~5mm) at confluence of Keay Brook Berwick, ME and the Salmon Falls River.
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Greater Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera grandiflora)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Found at ~562m (~1844ft) in elevation.
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American Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum ssp. americanum)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Flowering plant.
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Luna Moth (Actias luna)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Just hatched at time of posting
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Common Tuberous Grasspink (Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Flowers & buds.
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One-flowered Cancer-Root (Aphyllon uniflorum)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Flower & buds.
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Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Flower & emergent leaf.
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White-fringed Orchid (Platanthera blephariglottis)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Flowering bog orchid.
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Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Bird and eggs
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Mantids (Family Mantidae)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Ootheca in trailing black berries.
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Eastern Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Found under a downed/rotting log.
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Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Flower & leaves
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Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Scat at the position from which 2 grouse were hidding before I flushed them. A few seconds later a Nothern Goshawk flew from a nearby tree to another about 100 meters away.
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Chanterelles (Genus Cantharellus)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Lone fruit.
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Tiger Swallowtails and Allies (Subgenus Pterourus)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
I have about a third acre of milk weed which has many swallow Swallowtail and Monarchs.