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Ronald Losure's photos
Pontederia cordata
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Most of my Pontederia have white flowers, but I have a few of these purple ones.
Yellow-breasted chat - bad mood
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Yellow-breasted chat - good mood
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Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
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These have become rather rare in recent years. This is the first one I've seen this year.
Familiar bluet (Enallagma civile)
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Partial total lunar eclipse
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Further west the eclipse was total. I'm glad I woke up a little early so I could see this.
Calico pennant (Celithemis elisa)
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Red-headed woodpecker
Ruby-throated hummingbird
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This hummingbird was filling up on sugar syrup. She is feeding her babies in their nest a few hundred feet away.
Red-headed woodpecker
Lilies
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Lily "Easy Dancer"
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Pontederia cordata
Hooded merganser (female)
Green tree-frog (Hyla cinerea)
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Three-toed eastern box turtle
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Terrapene carolina triunguis. I have photographed this individual before; it has a split on the front of its carapace (not seen here).
Cooper's hawks (Accipiter cooperii)
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It was a very dark, rainy morning. Three Cooper's hawks, presumably and adult and two juveniles, were making lots of noise, flying between trees and electrical poles.
Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
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It was a very dark, rainy morning. Three Cooper's hawks, presumably and adult and two juveniles, were making lots of noise, flying between trees and electrical poles.
