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poverty goat posted:I've reported it to cornell and to the state agencies, but no, I've heard/found zero messaging about it in my area and heard nothing back from them yet. I'm near back bay wildlife refuge so maybe I'll call them tomorrow and see if they know anything. That reminds me of what I saw around here in like 2003 or so - I'd see crows that looked like partially-plucked chickens. I want to say West Nile was present at the time, but my memory is vague. Edit: You're back East, right? I found this article referencing a mystery bird disease this year which seems relevant: https://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/birding-basics/wild-bird-diseases/ CaptainSarcastic fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Sep 20, 2021 |
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Don't really encounter many interesting creatures since I WFH in a city all the time but here's one from a recent trip
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Nictitating! Less terrifying:  Dia de Pikachutos fucked around with this message at 11:20 on Sep 20, 2021 |
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Sep 20, 2021 11:09
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 A Mourning Cloak, Nymphalis antiopa, that has seen better days landed in my yard. It's missing a leg on this side.
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Sep 20, 2021 19:30
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CaptainSarcastic posted:That reminds me of what I saw around here in like 2003 or so - I'd see crows that looked like partially-plucked chickens. I want to say West Nile was present at the time, but my memory is vague. Yeah, that's the disease I was referencing. It does sound pretty similar to what Poverty Goat has run into locally, but I don't believe it's exactly the same since these crusty eyes don't come paired with severe feather loss.
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my cat is norris posted:Yeah, that's the disease I was referencing. It does sound pretty similar to what Poverty Goat has run into locally, but I don't believe it's exactly the same since these crusty eyes don't come paired with severe feather loss. Yeah, I agree. The early stages of what I'm seeing do resemble some kind of discharge around the eye but otherwise it's very different. In other news, I think I found one of those psychedelic cicadas in my driveway today flopping around upside down in some leaves where I could get a good look, complete with the big white fruit out its rear end, but it managed to fly away before I got a picture.
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Spotted some great birds on a Saturday wander:   Well, actually they're more or less the usual birds but they're still great. They were just more numerous than usual this time.
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Sep 21, 2021 15:14
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Mantid friend hanging out with my buddy.
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Sep 23, 2021 06:57
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  Hmm the little video gif I recorded doesn't seem to translate very well. It's a terrible picture and recording, but we don't get gulls very often in Kentucky (rare according to Merlin) and two ring-necked gulls were just hanging out the other morning when I went to work. Took off before I could get a better angle and sassed me from the air. I kinda miss gulls, so I got real excited. They either stopped during migration or recent severe ocean storms will apparently drive them this far inland.
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There's no such thing as a ring-necked gull. I'm pretty sure those are killdeers.
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Synnr posted:Hmm the little video gif I recorded doesn't seem to translate very well. Fixed it for you 
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Sep 23, 2021 16:57
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I love killdeer, they're so pretty!
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Sep 23, 2021 17:22
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This bugfriend spent two days hanging out between the screen door and glass door of my patio, before bugging off. I don't think she caught anything. 
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McGavin posted:There's no such thing as a ring-necked gull. I'm pretty sure those are killdeers. Sorry, ring billed? I misremembered. It's the only thing that comes in this area that really fit the guys I saw. Definitely had that squeaky gull call. I was just happy to see and hear gulls, I'm from the coast. Killdeer don't sqawk like gulls and have grey plumage. These guys were grey and white. E; like so. 
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Sep 23, 2021 23:15
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Gulls don't have the dark parts of their plumage extending onto their breast like the birds in your picture. I'm 100% sure it's a plover of some kind.
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poverty goat posted:I've reported it to cornell and to the state agencies, but no, I've heard/found zero messaging about it in my area and heard nothing back from them yet. I'm near back bay wildlife refuge so maybe I'll call them tomorrow and see if they know anything. oh, hey friend. I'm only about 20 miles away. I don't get many little birds, but so far my crows seem to be holding strong, and not looking too bad. they'll come around as long as my neighbors aren't outside making a ruckus (which is too often, but now I'm probably that old man) maybe a good sign it hasn't spread this far out, just yet? I get pretty much only crows, starlings, and a couple blue jays. but you're also a lot better at identifying those signs, than I am. I went to elementary school here before I moved, and we always went to back bay. Nice place.
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Ring necked doves are a thing!
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Sep 24, 2021 01:25
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Got another first-timer at my feeders today, a White-breasted Nuthatch.
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Managed to get some video of the Vaux's swifts coming in to roost in a chimney tonight. They do this twice a year - once when they migrate north in the spring, once when they migrate south in the fall. Lasts for a few days or a week, if memory serves. I forget to check them out some years, but actually got some footage this evening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTF_W_yxg7E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89FwaHkbcsc
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I clicked expecting a mated pair, but that's a whole flock! Wow!
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Managed to get some video of the Vaux's swifts coming in to roost in a chimney tonight. They do this twice a year - once when they migrate north in the spring, once when they migrate south in the fall. Lasts for a few days or a week, if memory serves. I forget to check them out some years, but actually got some footage this evening: That's incredible!
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Watching Vaux's Swifts roost in the Chapman School chimney is a thing in Portland, apparently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHgEAIK8P18
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Green Lynx Spider moments prior to jumping on me: Yellow Garden Spider with bonus snack: 
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McGavin posted:Watching Vaux's Swifts roost in the Chapman School chimney is a thing in Portland, apparently. Yeah, these would be the same birds farther south - Agate Hall at the Univeristy of Oregon in Eugene.
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Some recent critters: I found this poor guy in my store missing his tail  When I touched him he'd wiggle around trying to escape, but then he'd stay still  I caught him in a styrofoam cup to take outside  Right before I released him, he decided to wiggle around and flip over to play dead. But he still had an eye on me  ----- I found what I think is a bee eating nectar from these flowers  It was hard to get a picture because it kept moving around, but it really liked this flower  Is this a real bee? Or is it just half a bee? Caught in a flower, or loved semi-carnally?  ----- The first orb weaver has appeared outside my back door!  I didn't notice she was eating until I looked at the pics  I want more orb weavers around my house to eat bugs like these yellow ladybugs  If I capture orb weavers from commercial signs and release them at home will they stick around? (central Arkansas USA; plz identify if you can) vortmax fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Sep 27, 2021 |
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Sep 27, 2021 03:57
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The lizard's a Mediterranean House Gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus. It's an invasive species in Arkansas.
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Just googled it, didn't know Arkansas had geckos but apparently you do, invasive Mediterranean geckos. They seem nice.
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vortmax posted:The first orb weaver has appeared outside my back door! I don't know about the spider, but I think that might be a cucumber beetle of some sort, not a ladybug. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabrotica
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Went to a birdwatching tower yesterday and saw also an otter swimming around probably fishing or finding frogs.
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Sorbus posted:Went to a birdwatching tower yesterday and saw also an otter swimming around probably fishing or finding frogs. Nice shot. I have very rarely spotted otters around here - most of the time if I see a mammal in the water it's a nutria. I've seen a mink or a marten here like once, and outside of town you can find beavers here and there.
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McGavin posted:The lizard's a Mediterranean House Gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus. It's an invasive species in Arkansas. CaptainSarcastic posted:I don't know about the spider, but I think that might be a cucumber beetle of some sort, not a ladybug.
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 No shame at all.
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I love this thread. I'm an arachnophobe who is oddly comforted by all the spider pics. All these pretty spiders, and they're nowhere near me, so I can just sort of "practice" looking at them. 
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YeahTubaMike posted:I love this thread. I'm an arachnophobe who is oddly comforted by all the spider pics. All these pretty spiders, and they're nowhere near me, so I can just sort of "practice" looking at them. Pretty much, at least. A big old wolf spider will still give me the heebie-jeebies.
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 I've never seen a fly like this before. It was pure matte black. That's a standard size screw next to it for size comparison. Any ideas on what it is? I'm in the Des Moines IA area.
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Sep 27, 2021 20:25
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That is a black horse fly. Real inventive name. Tabanus atratus
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 Some kind of stinkhorn growing in my garden. Really lives up to its name.
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