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Visón Americano (Neogale vison)Observ.
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Mink scat, near wetlands and stream; have seen five clumps in one km along path. Seem to be deliberately prominently deposited, perhaps for territorial purposes.
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Polilla del Guarumo (Hyalophora cecropia)Observ.
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Soggy, wet, and I think still inhabited.
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Género CepaeaObserv.
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Slowly sliding across wet paved path on a just-barely above freezing morning
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Observ.
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Very very small mite-like found alive in roasting pan in our coldroom
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Cochinilla Brillante (Oniscus asellus)Observ.
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In roasting pan in coldroom, last used to cook our Christmas turkey
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Ptinus furObserv.
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In our ‘cold storage room / ‘food cellar’ under our front stoop; several still alive in roasting pan; some dead;
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Cola de Caballo de Campo (Equisetum arvense)Observ.
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Growing in continuous troops along abandoned railway through town. Note brown teeth on nodal structures
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Abejitas Carpinteras (Género Ceratina)Observ.
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Looks somewhat like an unusually plain drab Hymenoptera on Daphne
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Daphne mezereumObserv.
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A single plant. North three km, I’ve also found this species in a similar mostly coniferous setting
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Enebro de Virginia (Juniperus virginiana)Observ.
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Showing the two types of leaf on the same plant
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Diente de León (Taraxacum officinale)Observ.
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Basal leaves quite broad, tapering to base of leaf;
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Negundo (Acer negundo)Observ.
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Flowers closer to opening in a sheltered spot
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Zopilote Aura (Cathartes aura)Observ.
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Sunning on the edge of the nursing home roof behind us. After about fifteen minutes it took off and found a weak updraft just strong enough for it to climb high enough to soar away to the west.
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Fresno Americano (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)Observ.
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Escaped Green Ash, now killed by EAB and then flooded by poor construction just to finish them off. I know from previous growing seasons that the ashes here have quite short leaflet petiolules (and are therefore not the native upland Whit Ash.
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Scilla sibericaObserv.
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This has been spreading across my lawn for more than 40 years. The recently-eclipsed Sun is here partly eclipsed by this lovely harbinger of Spring.
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Negundo (Acer negundo)Observ.
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Flowers still held in slightly open buds, #phenology
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Polilla del Guarumo (Hyalophora cecropia)Observ.
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I’ll be watching this cocoon frequently to see when the adult emerges.
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Zarzamora del Himalaya (Rubus armeniacus)Observ.
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Brutally sharp and long somewhat recurved thorns!
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This was one of the most remarkable experiences I’ve had in our natural world.
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Margaritas, Achicorias, Cardos Y Parientes (Familia Asteraceae)Observ.
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Tall many-branched plant with what looks like cup-shaped fruiting bases
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Negundo (Acer negundo)Observ.
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Acer negundo, Manitoba Maple, beginning to show stamens
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Virginia ctenucha, one of three on parallel tracks heading across paved trail
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Polilla Tigre Isabella (Pyrrharctia isabella)Observ.
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Crawling vigorously on warm pavement
