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July 15th. Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus).
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Fragrant Water-lilies (Nymphaea odorata), yellow Bullhead-lily (Nuphar vareigatum), and Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata).
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Green Frog (Rana clamitans). Note the Millipede under its foot.
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Nifty eye.
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July 16th. A male White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) showing new antlers in velvet.
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A female Common Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) dragonfly...
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..and a male Common Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) dragonfly.
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Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia).
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Rather bedragled looking Indian-pipes (Monotropa uniflora), a parasitic flowering plant that lacks chlorophyll.
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An afternoon stop at Cranberry Bog. Adult Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) and their seven goslings.
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Sweet Pea (Lathyrus odoratus).
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Skipppers (Family Hesperiidae) like it.
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I won't try to identify...
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...but there appear to be two species...
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...maybe three.
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A brief stop at the pond east of River Road. An older male Common Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) dragonfly.
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Wing venation is incredibly complex. I can't imagine the genetic program that implements it in development.
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An even older male Common Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) dragonfly. Most of the pruinose dark blue is gone.
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July 17th. Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis).
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A female syrphid Flower Fly (Toxomerus sp.).
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Female fly eyes do not meet at the top of the head.
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I've been noticing these white blobs on leaf stems lately.
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I touched it and it moved a bit. Looks like a Northern Flatid Planthopper (Flatormenis proxima) nymph, covered in waxy filaments as a disguise.
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Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina) on the path toward the trail bridge over the Blackledge River.
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A Thick-headed Fly (Family Conopidae, Physocephala tibialis)...
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...in the embrace of a Goldenrod Crab Spider (Family Thomisidae,Misumena vatia).
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Sorry I couldn't get a good shot of the spider's abdomen which is typically white with pink stripes.
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American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas).
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An Ambush Bug (Family Reduviidae, Phymata sp.). Raptorial front legs to capture prey which it then stabs with its beak and sucks dry.
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) at the pond just east of River Road.
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I count seven Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) ducklings.
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Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria or L. virgatum).
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A male Ebony Jewelwing damselfly (Calopteryx maculata).
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July 18th. New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis).
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