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Ronald Losure's photos
Pear flowers 21 March 2022
Orange wing moth
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Melilla xanthometata.
Thanks to Richard Brown of the Mississippi State University entomology department for helping identify this moth.
Wood duck
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This drake and his mate were swimming on the pond this morning when Branco and I took our walk.
Painted turtle & Branco
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The turtle was sitting in the middle of the road. I carried it away from the road and took its photo. Branco provided a white background.
Question mark butterfly - ventral side
Question mark butterfly - dorsal side
Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly
Barred owl - Strix varia
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This big owl perched in a tree in front of my house on a foggy spring morning.
Great blue heron - 1
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Branco & I spotted this bird on our early morning walk. The heron spotted us and flew to the other side of the pond.
Great blue heron - 2
Cooper's hawk - Accipiter cooperii
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It was probably hoping to catch some bird on the bird feeder. This photo was taken through the window of my front door.
Hooded mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus)
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Hooded mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus)
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Snow on pear flowers
Mourning dove in snow
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Northern flicker
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Violets on bed of moss
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