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my cat is norris posted:dude that black and gold mollusc in your deep sea thread is just GORGEOUS Link to the thread?
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A Sometimes Food posted:Link to the thread? https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3975412
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I wish I could have snagged video of it, but I saw two crane flies having sex and it was as awkward and frantic looking as you'd expect.
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May 12, 2022 02:31
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McGavin posted:Good news! The common newt, Lissotriton vulgaris, was introduced to Australia near Melbourne in 2011, so in a few years you'll probably be overrun with them. Ahh. I assume it will turn out to be extravagantly toxic to all native animals or cause koalas to spontaneously combust, or something. How do newts escape exactly!?
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May 12, 2022 02:42
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May 12, 2022 06:02
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I don't have any photos because it was very far away and all's I got is a phone, but last week a Marsh sandpiper showed up in Ontario for the first time ever recorded and Mom and I went to see it.
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May 12, 2022 06:22
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Hi. I need help IDing a little friend my husband found this morning on the way to work: About 8 cm tall, spotted in Meriden, CT.
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May 12, 2022 13:29
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Cute borb! Looks like a wood thrush to me https://identify.whatbird.com/obj/683/overview/Wood_Thrush.aspx
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May 12, 2022 13:45
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Oh! What a cutie. Thank you for the ID. I have never seen one of those before, and we have a wide variety of backyard birds! I will keep an eye out for them in the future. 
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May 12, 2022 13:54
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Probably hit a window  One of the prettiest songs in North America so maybe you can find some woodland nearby to listen to them. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wood_Thrush/sounds
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May 12, 2022 16:13
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There is woodland all around where I live. I think I have heard them before! Just never saw one. I'll have to keep a closer eye out. Also, husband says if the little guy did hit a window, he didn't seem injured. Just a bit dazed. He nudged it gently with his finger, and it woke up and flew into some bushes.
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May 12, 2022 17:22
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Someone wanted to join me in the shower this morning. I put them outside which seemed like a better outcome for both of us. Nice camouflage against the kitchen counter! I found a dead squirrel the other day and its upper jaw structure was interesting.
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May 12, 2022 19:27
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This feels like an omen. Also found a pretty rove beetle the other day, with his abdomen raised to intidimate (Staphylinus caesareus).  And the recently introduced species of silverfish Ctenolepisma longicaudata, showed up in my kitchen. 
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May 12, 2022 20:28
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I just found a sick(?) gray catbird on our lunch walk: He let me get right up close to him and even touch him, so something's not right with him. I think he might be overheated. It is very warm and humid today (central Connecticut).I picked him up gently and brought him to our porch where we have some house plants, for some shade. I got a dish of water, dipped my finger in it, and dribbled it over his beak. I saw him swallow it. Internet says they eat bugs and berries, so we got a bag of frozen blueberries out and left some for him. I'm not sure what else to do.
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May 13, 2022 17:52
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He probably just hit his head, and is concussed. If that's the case, he should recover in about a day. In addition to the water, you can try feeding him something like jam or jelly, which will give him an energy boost, since it has a lot of sugar in it.
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May 13, 2022 17:59
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^^^ e;fbSilver Falcon posted:I just found a sick(?) gray catbird on our lunch walk: You're doing exactly what you should! If you have any fruit jam/preserves or some honey, you can also offer that for a big sugar energy kick. Adding honey to the water may also help, but don't go crazy, it should still be mostly water!
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https://imgur.com/a/xo4p57K Any guesses? Snake is in central MS. I looked at various ribbon, rat, and garter snakes. Sushi The Kid fucked around with this message at 18:13 on May 13, 2022 |
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May 13, 2022 18:10
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Sushi The Kid posted:
looks very gartery to me but the spots are throwing me off
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You could also look into local wildlife rescues if the condition doesn't improve. Quite a hare-y situation on my run this morning. I haven't seen a group that large before, and it looks like one of them is behind on seasonal fashion trends.
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my cat is norris posted:looks very gartery to me but the spots are throwing me off Right! I can't find a single image of a garter with the spots. The ribbon snakes in this region look similar but no spots. This sucker was about 5 feet long too. (allegedly I didn't get to see it)
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I always love finding this thread again and getting caught up! I'm envious of all the newts/salamanders everyone seems to find. It would be amazing to find one in the wild.  Anyway, I finally have a contribution for this year's thread. We got a new house and started ripping up the awful St. Augustine in the front yard to plant a pollinator garden. Planted some dill in and got a couple black swallowtails!  21 days later...  I planted a lot of larval host plants too, looking forward to sharing more fat caterpillar friends when they finally arrive.
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Sushi The Kid posted:https://imgur.com/a/xo4p57K I'm getting a rat snake vibe from this. I'm not sure what local species you have but my old Conant and Collins has an "intergrade" yellow rat snake that has the stripes, and I'd bet there are a lot of other variants too.
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May 13, 2022 19:08
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Thanks for the help, everyone. Sadly, the poor little guy did not make it. I tried my best, and it's good to know that I didn't make anything worse for him, quite the opposite.
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May 13, 2022 19:16
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Snake ID, it looks like a garter but I'm also getting Gulf Saltmarsh Watersnake (Nerodia clarkii clarkii) vibes, seems to be a fair bit of variation and sometimes spots on these snakes. e.g.   
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May 13, 2022 19:20
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Silver Falcon posted:Thanks for the help, everyone. Sadly, the poor little guy did not make it. You did your best. Birds are very fragile and difficult to rehab even under expert care.
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May 13, 2022 21:22
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Silver Falcon posted:Thanks for the help, everyone. Sadly, the poor little guy did not make it. You tried, that's all that counts! Good work, even though he didn't make it. Not all of them do. Don't let it stop you from trying again next time the situation arises.
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May 13, 2022 21:37
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Alpenglow posted:
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May 13, 2022 23:33
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actually, that's a treehog, obviously
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Sushi The Kid posted:https://imgur.com/a/xo4p57K Square head, white lip says pantherophis to me. In your area I think that makes it P. spiloides Ed: the pattern is weird but that genus is known for exhibiting lots of pattern variation, their cousins the corn snakes are bred for it even.
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poverty goat posted:actually, that's a treehog, obviously The missing link between the treehog and the groundhog is obviously the hedgehog, it all makes sense
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Leperflesh posted:The missing link between the treehog and the groundhog is obviously the hedgehog, it all makes sense  I only know of groundhogs through groundhog day media and the movie, so they don't seem like real creatures that actually exist but have some kind of quasi-mythical status in my brain
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Enfys posted:
groundhogs are magic and you do not want to know what finding one in a tree on friday the 13 signifies.
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My in-laws dogs cornered a groundhog and in the process of getting it safely out of the yard I understand why they're also called "whistle pigs." I thought they were tormenting a baby bird at first.
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Hiked Mcafee Knob today. Met three newts and a very green snake.    
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I've beeen doing a bunch of herping in upstate New York with my biology class. Today we went out at night looking for tree frogs and I found this bold lil guy: https://youtube.com/watch?v=T9_NOxuRyAI
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I had to brake really hard today to not run over a groundhog and her two little babies crossing the street. The babies have fluffy tails 
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Leperflesh posted:The missing link between the treehog and the groundhog is obviously the hedgehog, it all makes sense 
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Regy Rusty posted:I've beeen doing a bunch of herping in upstate New York with my biology class. Today we went out at night looking for tree frogs and I found this bold lil guy: I moved to Oregon from Massachusetts and one of the things I miss the most is the Spring Peepers. I did gain barn swallows though, which live at my apartment building and recently returned, they fly like bats and are not afraid of you so they will sail all around you like you're not even there. There is a starling that bothers them though, and I wish I could deter it in some fashion.
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I know nutria are invasive but yesterday I saw 3 baby nutria at the same park I posted the goslings from a week or so ago and they were so painfully cute I couldn't hate them. They were way too little and at way too much distance to try getting pics or video with my phone, but they were adorable.
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