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August 20, 2024
06:06 PM UTC
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August 6, 2024
09:39 PM EDT
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June 25, 2024
10:49 AM EDT
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June 10, 2024
12:42 PM EDT
Description
I am always scanning for wildlife as I drive, in case something tries to cross the road for instance, and this bear easily caught my peripheral vision attention about 20 meters off the edge of PA State Route 22, north of Johnstown, about two hours from home. I pulled over immediately and walked back a little, to see if it was still there. I stayed about fifty meters away from it and took pictures. It seemed to want to cross the road, but turned back a couple times.
It seemed to catch scent of me, and then clearly looked right at me, sitting back on its haunches.
I have some experience with the Fish and Game Commission inspecting bear carcasses harvested by hunters, weighing and extracting a tooth for analysis etc., but this bear was noticeably bigger than any I have seen before. I would guess roughly in the 400 pound (180 kilogram) range. It was a bit scary actually to be looked at by such a huge animal. I did not see any cubs. That, along with its tremendous size suggests that this was a big male. It did not seem disturbed. It turned away from me calmly, and walked around a little for a couple minutes. It then went farther away, at one point standing up to get one more look at me (he was towering standing up), before actually laying down for ten minutes. He then got up slowly and walked away north into the woods.
Another couple that stopped when they saw me with my camera said they had been seeing a bear with two cubs in the neighborhood lately, but that this one was much bigger.
Wow. This was, for me, a very rare encounter with a literally awesome creature.
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Missing Location
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May 27, 2024
09:29 PM EDT
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April 27, 2024
11:51 AM UTC
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April 28, 2024
01:01 PM EDT
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March 5, 2024
10:47 AM EST
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January 5, 2024
04:53 PM UTC
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November 28, 2023
02:11 PM EST
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July 8, 2018
09:26 AM EDT
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November 12, 2023
09:49 PM EST
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October 3, 2023
04:16 PM EDT
Description
No idea what these are, some sort of maybe moth or ladybug eggs?
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August 18, 2023
12:38 AM UTC
Description
Found in a mountain peat fen scrub-shrub/forest wetland.
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June 26, 2023
03:19 PM UTC
Description
Red eggs on a milkweed plant
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May 1, 2023
05:29 PM UTC
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May 1, 2023
03:18 PM EDT
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May 2, 2023
04:17 PM EDT
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April 17, 2023
11:33 AM EDT
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March 19, 2023
09:05 PM UTC
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July 7, 2022
02:23 AM UTC
Description
A large community of these plants exists here and seems to be reproducing very successfully with loads of younger plants and seedlings popping up.
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April 29, 2022
07:00 PM EDT
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October 24, 2021
10:32 PM UTC
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September 30, 2021
01:10 PM EDT
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September 28, 2021
11:17 PM EDT
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September 12, 2021
02:09 PM UTC
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July 12, 2021
04:16 PM UTC
Description
Found on hardwood. Could be different life stages of the same species?
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January 23, 2019
05:22 PM EST
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May 4, 2021
02:45 AM UTC
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February 7, 2021
08:37 PM EST
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April 4, 2020
09:10 PM EDT
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July 9, 2019
10:36 PM EDT
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October 11, 2020
05:31 PM EDT
Description
Collected by sweeping grass and herbs.
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September 24, 2020
06:31 AM EDT
Description
A bird call recorded by a friend. Starts at 1 second in, and again at 17 seconds, with a Tufted Titmouse in the middle of the recording. Sounds like Northern Cardinal to me, but the beginning of the call seems a little odd to me. This bird (and/or its offspring) has been there for many years, I am told.
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September 19, 2020
04:38 PM EDT
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September 11, 2020
05:48 PM EAT
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August 30, 2020
09:14 AM EDT
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August 21, 2020
11:41 AM EDT
Description
Mink? Fisher? I originally thought it was a groundhog but the ears and tail don't seem to match. No stripes on tail or black mask like a raccoon either. It was around 1 and 1/2 - 2 feet wide. Didn't move around a lot. Was about 15-20 feet up resting in a tree, just sitting there. Didn't make sounds. Near marsh and flowing water.
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August 6, 2020
01:12 PM EDT
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August 6, 2020
06:56 AM UTC
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August 2, 2020
09:54 PM EDT
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July 23, 2020
08:28 AM EDT
Description
This is a tenacious pink biofilm that has colonized my dishwasher.
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July 16, 2020
09:11 PM EDT
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June 29, 2020
08:29 PM EDT
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Missing Date
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Missing Location
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June 22, 2020
12:03 PM HST
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June 23, 2020
12:00 PM UTC
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June 18, 2020
08:31 PM EDT
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June 16, 2018
06:29 PM EDT
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June 10, 2020
09:01 PM EDT
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June 1, 2020
05:17 PM EDT
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May 30, 2020
09:03 AM EDT
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May 28, 2020
03:52 PM UTC
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May 14, 2020
10:49 PM UTC
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May 15, 2020
07:59 AM CDT
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May 13, 2020
06:28 PM EDT
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May 14, 2020
12:51 AM UTC
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May 5, 2020
01:02 PM EDT
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April 27, 2020
08:59 PM EDT
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May 1, 2020
06:49 AM EDT
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April 27, 2020
07:33 PM UTC
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May 1, 2020
06:49 AM EDT
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April 27, 2020
09:46 PM EDT
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April 27, 2020
06:41 AM HST
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April 28, 2020
06:11 PM EDT
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April 6, 2020
03:48 PM EDT
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Missing Date
Place
Missing Location
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July 31, 2019
10:18 PM EDT
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July 25, 2019
10:52 PM EDT
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July 24, 2019
11:24 PM UTC
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September 19, 2018
08:27 PM UTC
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July 19, 2019
06:47 AM EDT
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July 19, 2019
06:46 AM EDT
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July 17, 2019
10:24 PM EDT
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January 21, 2015
11:22 PM EST
Description
Algae found in moss on ground.
Microscope: 40x Objective
Illumination: Bright Field
Date Added
June 19, 2019
10:48 AM EDT
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May 28, 2019
01:12 PM EDT
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May 24, 2019
07:49 PM EDT
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May 10, 2019
08:36 PM EDT
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May 8, 2019
01:30 PM EDT
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April 28, 2019
11:09 PM UTC
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April 29, 2019
03:33 AM UTC
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May 4, 2019
05:16 PM EDT
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May 5, 2019
11:18 AM UTC
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April 30, 2019
12:10 AM UTC
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May 9, 2018
05:52 PM EDT
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May 2, 2019
11:07 AM EDT
Description
Woodland native, early spring; distinctively shaped leaf, we used to call this 'lion's foot'
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May 1, 2019
12:02 PM EDT
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April 24, 2019
02:44 PM EDT
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July 25, 2017
09:39 PM UTC
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March 27, 2019
12:18 PM EDT
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March 17, 2019
09:11 PM EDT
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March 15, 2019
06:26 PM EDT
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January 25, 2019
09:48 AM EST
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November 6, 2017
10:49 AM EST
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December 3, 2018
10:12 AM EST
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November 30, 2018
07:38 AM EST
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Missing Date
Place
Missing Location
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October 30, 2018
03:37 PM EDT
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October 26, 2018
03:08 PM EDT
Description
I forget what this is, but it’s scary how it’s spreading.
What
Gray Fox
(Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
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October 23, 2018
07:56 PM EDT
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October 4, 2018
05:09 PM EDT
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October 9, 2018
07:04 AM EDT