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Ronald Losure's photos
Bluff Lake
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The lotuses are so dense, it is almost impossible to paddle a kayak across the lake.
Prothonotary warbler
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Painted turtle stretching
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Snowberry clearwing moth (Hemaris diffinis) on Pon…
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These moths fly in the same way as hummingbirds. They can hover in front of a flower and extend their long curved "tongue" to reach nectar.
Day-lily
Callicarpa americana
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This bush will have berries of an amazing dark purple color in the autumn. I promised to post a photo of the berries when they appeared. Here www.ipernity.com/doc/1050739/45319380 it is. It is not the same individual bush, but the same species.
Three blue-gray gnatcatchers and one of their pare…
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I also have a video on YouTube of these birds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=umZcoOCQ-vM
Barn swallows in a tree at Bluff Lake
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There were several dozen swallows sitting in this tree. These two were cooperative photo subjects.
Anhinga
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Hummingbirds
Hibiscus syriacus flowers
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Toxic? Yes and maybe.
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I am sure the poison ivy (Toxicodendron) is toxic. I don't know about the mushroom.
Indigo bunting
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Passerina cyanea. I was lucky to see and photograph this bird before my dog Branco came running up behind me.
Hericium erinaceus (detail)
Hericium erinaceus
Orange mushroom
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A yellow mushroom
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