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Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)Observer
mjpapayDescription
This is the famous Davie Poplar, approximately 350 years of age.
At dusk, hundreds and hundreds of Chimney Swifts swirl in vortex above, before darting into the hollow trunk to spend the night. An Eastern Gray Squirrel, however, awaits their arrival, fulfilling its classification as an omnivore. [see 3rd photo].
30 years ago, Dr. Jerome Jackson had amongst the slide set for his students of Ornithology, a photo that elicited primal gasps of horror and shock. The photo showed in gruesome detail an Eastern Gray Squirrel holding a male Northern Cardinal like an ice cream cone. The head of the cardinal had been devoured.
The memory of that photo sprang to mind when I espied the Eastern Gray Squirrel lingering around the hollow into which the Chimney Swifts would descend. And then it quietly slipped in to greet them upon their arrival.
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Physarum albumObserver
mjpapayDescription
On the surface of
- male cone of Loblolly Pine, Pinus taeda
- dead leaves of Loblolly Pine, Pinus taeda
- Parmotrema simulans that was presumably growing on the bark of a/the Loblolly Pine, Pinus taeda
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Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)Observer
mjpapayPlace
North Carolina Botanical Garden, 100 Old Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA (Google, OSM)
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Genus MaroneaObserver
mjpapayDescription
On Sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua, twig.
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Genus MegalopygeObserver
mjpapayDescription
On the base/trunk of a Loblolly Pine, Pinus taeda.
The structure was not more than an inch long.
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Frosty Saucer (Ochrolechia africana)Observer
mjpapayDescription
1st photo - desiccated condition
2nd photo - hydrated condition
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Eastern Black Trumpet (Craterellus fallax)Observer
mjpapayDescription
A vast swath of trumpets adorned the mossy woodland floor.
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Freeloader Flies (Family Milichiidae)Observer
mduranDescription
I can't see them well enough to say for sure, but the behavior is right
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Margined Calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus)Observer
sambiologyDescription
After a really great meeting with some folks with the City of Irving on some bioswales at Running Bear Park, I stopped by Kirby Creek Park -- a really cool place!
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Ruffled Jellyskin (Leptogium chloromelum)Observer
mjpapayDescription
On the base of a White Oak.
