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This was one cool park in Sherman. Elizabeth and I went around Herman Baker Park to look for dragonflies and of course, we spotted lots of other neat things. :)

This may be the prettiest snake I've ever seen. :)

Halictidae, Sweat Bee (Agapostemon splendens) nectaring Iridaceae- Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium augustifolium)), 4/13/2020, The Landing's Sparrow Field "Pollinator Garden Berm", Skidaway Island, Savannah, Chatham Co., Ga.

I was very surprised to see a black colored White-tailed Deer fawn this evening behind my house. I have seen some very dark White-tailed Deer in this area in the past:
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/816864
but not one like this. These are just quick shots, taken against the light and as the deer were rapidly moving away, but this black fawn can be seen in company with normally colored fawns. I will be trying to get more and better shots in the next few days.

Melanistic juvenile (likely male based on size relative to the Great-tailed Grackle it was feeding upon). Verified by William Clark, and Lance and Jill Morrow. First observed by M. Silvas with me, and I shouted "melanistic Cooper's Hawk, OMG" as I identified the bird preliminarily, before submitting it to experts for review.
N31.070728 W-97.369269
JPK-2925

Somehow, this grouse flew into our window. I have no idea why he was in our area, nor any idea why he was flying but he crashed into our window anyways. After that he took a 2 hour long nap and then strutted away into our woods. I think he will be fine.

I assumed these were extirpated by recent (past 10 years) incursion of bullfrogs into north Potholes Reservoir. I've been doing week long camping/surveys at this spot and region since 1992. None were seen in 2013 but at least four were found in traditional pre-bullfrog spot in 2014. This is one area of Washington state where Northern Leopard Frogs were historically found. (No data for 2008 or 2015-16). (edited May 2017)