Observations by acamt

I have taken a picture of this in 2018, and now the stalks are growing pink flowers on them. The bases are still the size of baseballs, but they have grown to stand above one meter. The bases are still their normal color, a dirty green and brown.

I took a picture of this during a beach cleanup. It was also solitary instead of being in a group. I thought this would be an interesting find because a laughing gull’s head turns black during mating season. Other than that, it was the usual color of a seagull, gray, white, and yellow. This was also a small bird, being around nine inches long.

I was at a beach cleanup when I noticed a lot of seagulls doing their usual beach activities: pestering people and stealing food. I came across one that had been on its own, standing in that one area until it would eventually fly off. It was a combination of many colors, possessing gray and black wings, a white head and torso, and the common yellow legs. It was small compared to other birds I would describe, being about nine inches long.

I saw two ducks pecking at the ground for an unknown purpose, they might have been looking for food. The one in the front is almost completely black, revealing only the slightest bit of white on the winged area. The one behind it, however, was quite the opposite. It was a mixture of black, white, and gray. They were very large, reaching to about one and a half feet long.

Finally, my first time ever seeing a green anole. I never thought I could find it, but I did. It is about 3/4 the size of a normal brown anole, and a bright green color. It had been searching for food, more food, because when I got close, it swallowed a fly.

I was in Mexico on vacation when I stumbled upon this pumpkin seed-sized creature. He was the iconic yellow and black color, with wings too little for its body. It had been pollinating flowers when I took a picture, as you see in the photo.

This is another mallard duck, but a female. This was a few yards (meters for our international friends) away from a male mallard. It is about a foot long and a darke brown color than the male we saw in another post. This, as well as the male, was also hunting fish.

I decide to take a photo of this while celebrating a birthday. I asked an employee about the dicks and she said they often come to fish here. So that is exactly what this male mallard is doing. It is about a foot long and coated with green feathers on its head. It is mainly a bright tan color.

I usually catch these on the oak tree in my front yard, but this is different. This woodpecker could not have been larger than two of my fists combined. It had been scavenging for acorns and apparently landed here before I swept the patio’s roof. The top of its head is a bright red and the wings are oak brown.

In a Model United Nations meeting I saw this in a tree. It was chirping loudly and it was standing there before something scared it off. This is probably the length of my forearm and is a light green color with the exception of the wings and a portion of the face.

After getting my hair cut I had noticed this millipede on the pillar. It was crawling around aimlessly. It has a black and yellow coat (pun intended if you know the reference). It would be around two-and-a-half inches long.

I was going to a hockey game in Tampa and across the interstate there were about twenty to thirty pelicans flying across the bridge. They have a five-foot wingspan and are around two and a half feet long (It is difficult to notice at this angle). They are all brown from the neck down. However, if you look at the top pelican, you notice that it’s head is white.

I thought this was any ordinary weed. So I took a picture of it. This has a bright green stem and green leaves. About nine inches long and five inches high. I picked it out an the rooting was a bit firm.

On the right of this picture we can see a squirrel. This is a gray-brown shade that appears to be perked up and on alert for something. It lives in our oak tree. It is about the length of the tip of my middle finger to my elbow. So that is about 1 1/2 feet long.