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July 22nd. Short walk east of Route 207. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius).
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Pretty sure this is a Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus).
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Mostly Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)...
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...but at least one Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) at the left.
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Hedge Bindweed (Convolvulus sepium). Note the head and antennae.
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Ah, a Sweat Bee (Family Halictidae, probably a Coppery-green Metallic Sweat Bee - Augochlorella aurata).
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Button stage of a mushroom; probably Amanita sp.
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This one further along but still not distinctive enough for an ID. Bill Yule suggests possibly Amanita canescens which isn't in my mushroom book.
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July 24th. Three or four species of mushroom on horse dung.
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Bill Yule narrows this ID down to the "Coprinid group", so family Coprinaceae.
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Lousy pictures in low light and far away, of a Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus).
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Spotted Joe-Pye-weed (Eupatorium maculatum).
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A single flower of New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) up close.
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Second Growth (after mowing) Common Evening-Primrose (Oenothera biennis).
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Possibly Jellied False Coral (Tremellodendron pallidium).
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The "stems" are stiff but flexible, not snapping off when bent. Gives some weight to the tentative ID.
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A brief stop at the pond east of River Road. Five young Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa) out there but none of my pictures were any good.
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Lots of Fragrant Waterlilies (Nymphaea odorata).
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Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) against the sky.
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Oleander Aphids (Aphis nerii), very common on Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca).
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July 25th. A walk east from Route 207. More Hedge Bindweed (Convolvulus sepium) flowers.
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Small Funnel-veil Amanita (Amanita multisquamosa).
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Thanks again to Bill Yule for the ID. The veil on this one is ripped.
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Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis).
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Field Milkwort (Polygala sanguinea).
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July 26th. American Dagger Moth (Acronicta amercana). Hairs and be urticating on sensitive skin. Rash unlikely on tough finger skin.
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