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Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)Observer
collateralgroovePlace
Private
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European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)Observer
mreynoldsDescription
Young starling, loggerhead shrike prey
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Insect Destroyers (Order Entomophthorales)Observer
cabracrazyDescription
This observation is for the fungus. Host appears to be a hoverfly. Observation for the fly here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/170135003
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White Fringeless Orchid (Platanthera integrilabia)Observer
scottrangerDescription
Pine Log Mountain
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Eastern Spotted Skunk (Spilogale putorius)Observer
nicksharpDescription
By-catch under permit from ADCNR for herp research. Captured in snake box.
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Traveler's Delight (Apios priceana)Observer
danbadlandsDescription
Alluvial, limestone woods. Flowers have not opened, and it’s late July (23rd). Note: the last photos are of the tuber from one of the vines. I reburied it afterward. Apios americana has a string of smaller tubers. Apios priceana has a large, single tuber. The species is federally threatened.
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Turk's-cap Lily (Lilium superbum)Observer
piedmontplantsDescription
ID needs review.
Plants with reddish styles key to L. michiganese rather than L. superbum, but the former is not known in the Alabama piedmont.
Habitat is by a drainage ditch near creek along woodland border by dirt road. Generally quite wet with partial sun.
EDIT: apparently the "green star" in center of corolla throat differentiates these species--present in L. superbum but absent in L. michiganense.
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Domestic Chicken (Gallus gallus var. domesticus)Observer
mreynoldsDescription
Popeyes Chicken nugget, a chicken bone, and a remnant of some sort of reptile, loggerhead shrike cache on a razor wire. The shrike (pictured a couple of weeks ago) has been using this spot for several weeks to perch and forage.
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American Water Frogs (Genus Lithobates)Observer
mreynoldsDescription
Loggerhead shrike prey. Frog and juvenile racer were hanging next to each other.
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Black Twig Borer (Xylosandrus compactus)Observer
eickwortDescription
Found infesting twigs of a young sassafras tree in a botanical garden. Shot of the gallery shows the foundress beetle with eggs and larvae, and their symbiotic fungus lining the walls.
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Gulf Coast Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina ssp. major)Observer
evangrimesDescription
Female
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Northern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus)Observer
wildlanderDescription
golden metallic color form found in this region
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Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis)Observer
jnewton728Description
Showy orchis growing along a trail in a mixed broadleaf and conifer forest in Sipsey Wilderness Area, Alabama, USA.
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White Fringeless Orchid (Platanthera integrilabia)Observer
mrealaDescription
Tentative ID
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Large Yellow Lady's-Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens)Observer
finzelflowers
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Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)Observer
mreynoldsDescription
Loggerhead Shrike prey. Look at teeth and feet
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Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)Observer
mreynoldsDescription
Egg masses found in a lined, man made vernal pool. 2nd year to find them and same time last year.
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Flattened Musk Turtle (Sternotherus depressus)Observer
jnstuartDescription
Scanned from my slide photo.
Sipsey Fork at AL Hwy 33, Winston Co., Alabama. 22 Apr 1985.
