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Ronald Losure's photos
Tombigbee River
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Near the former mouth of the Buttahatchee River. When the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (canal) was built in the 1960s, this part of the rivers was bypassed.
Black vulture
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I think it is probably rare to see this species at the edge of the water. Many mornings, I see them on the electric poles near my house.
Tombigbee River
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Pontederia cordata with bumblebee
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Ludwigia peploides
Centrosema virginianum
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Swift long-winged skimmer
Gulf fritillary - Agraulis vanillae
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The caterpillars feed on passion flower vines (Passiflora) which makes them and the adults toxic.
American lotus flower
Whitetail deer and fawn
Whitetail fawn
Whitetail deer nursing her fawn
Bald-cypress trees covered with lichens
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Calm morning on Bluff Lake
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Prothonotary warbler
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Protonotaria citrea.
I think this bird may have been molting; its tail feathers look too short to me.
Hibiscus
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Sunflower "Velvet Queen"
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Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)
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