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Culebra Verde Lisa (Opheodrys vernalis)Autor
nathangrantDescripción
Dead on road
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Salix myricoidesAutor
dziomberDescripción
Relatively large thicket in sandy wet prairie on a beach ridge
The pubescent leaf undersides and the glandular petioles are unusual for this species, but everything else seems like a good match
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Viola viarumAutor
gregh2Descripción
Idk the difference between V. palmata and V. triloba or if V. triloba is now a syn for viola palmata.
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jj_mcluckieDescripción
First instance of a population that recurs yearly within a large patch of Viola
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Tlacuache Norteño (Didelphis virginiana)Autor
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Nighttime Drama Queen
Photo 1:
Playing Possum
While taking out recyclables at night, I heard something in my backyard. Got my camera, turned on the flash and discovered a small possum foraging in the leaves. I said hello as I took this shot & it promptly fell over and played dead. Complete with the mouth held open in a "death rictus"
Photo 2:
Is She Buying It?
I stayed still & quiet and soon the possum cut its eyes over at me like it was checking to see if I was buying its act.
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Cautiously Getting Up
Very slowly the possum started to get back on its feet.
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Still Showing My Teeth Just In Case
As it began to sit up, the possum kept the death grin going, just in case there was still a threat out there.
Photo 5:
And....I'm Dead Again!
I made the mistake of saying "it's ok baby, I'm not going to hurt you" & the possum promptly flopped over and froze. "Dead" once again. I was chuckling as I went back inside so the little drama queen could go about its business.
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joelmcDescripción
Robust vine. I think this is the native W. frutescens rather than W. sinensis or W. floribunda. I found a source suggesting that sinensis and floribunda have fuzzy/velvety seed pods while frutescens is smooth. Observations on iNat seem to bear out this distinction. Also, the seeds on this specimen look bean-like, while most of the photos I saw of seeds for the other two are flatter and rounder.
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birds_bugs_botanyDescripción
Small group of clumps in meadow, right beside C. stipata for comparison (in spike and sheath photos, stipata on left, alopecoidea on right)
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dziomberDescripción
Poor fen on edge of floating mat, near minerotrophic moat
The galls on the leaves are distinct and common. I have seen what are likely the same galls on the same plant species in a sandy sedge meadows in Cook County, IL.
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Magnolias, Margaritas Y Parientes (Dicotiledóneas) (Clase Magnoliopsida)Autor
dziomberDescripción
Low prairie. Potentially a higher swale
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Ardilla Voladora Sureña (Glaucomys volans)Autor
skrentnyjeffDescripción
FINALLY! Been trying to see this Cook County mammal for 3 years now. Thanks to a little help from my birding friends in high places, I was able to visit the yard that hosts this community of these little gems almost nightly.
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Ardilla Gris de Las Carolinas (Sciurus carolinensis)Autor
dankasbergerDescripción
interesting coloration...hybrid or low-bred or cross? inquiring minds - go! Be your Best!!
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skrentnyjeffLugar
Somme Prairie Nature Preserve, West Fork North Branch Chicago River, Cook County, IL, USA (Google, OSM)Descripción
on inside of empty shell of a Giant Floater Mussel
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Carex frankiiAutor
skrentnyjeffDescripción
take two... thanks for pointing out my earlier mistake guys
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Avispas Icneumónidas (Familia Ichneumonidae)Autor
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In a damp woodland edge near sand prairie and a marsh. Maybe something close to a male Spilopteron occiputale?
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martinlucasDescripción
A large and robust tiger beetle in a small sand dune blowout. ID based primarily on the uninterrupted tawny marking, but also on the robust form.
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Marmota Canadiense (Marmota monax)Autor
kennedy9094Descripción
Assuming muskrat? Not in water but on floodplain
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Pato Norteño (Anas platyrhynchos)Autor
elfaulknerDescripción
Caught in the act
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Trillium sessileAutor
elfaulknerDescripción
Not sure. Those leaves make this an overall suspect character
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Visón Americano (Neogale vison)Autor
skrentnyjeffDescripción
American Mink (Neovison vison) LaBagh Woods Chicago Cook County IL November 2015 Week #44 Jeff Skrentny IMG_8117
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Gaviota de Bonaparte (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)Autor
skrentnyjeffDescripción
@dziomber, these were your lifer Bonaparte's Gulls at Midewin
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Visón Americano (Neogale vison)Autor
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This mink was in the tree the entire time I observed it, about 15 minutes. It came out only to pee down the side of the tree, then returned inside the hole. This is the only time I've seen a mink in a tree.
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Tigrosa helluoAutor
skrentnyjeffDescripción
Wetland Giant Wolf Spider (Tigrosa helluo) LaBagh Woods Chicago Cook County IL June 2019 Week #23 Jeff Skrentny IMG_8445
Wetland Giant Wolf Spider (Tigrosa helluo) LaBagh Woods Chicago Cook County IL June 2019 Week #23 Jeff Skrentny IMG_8444
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Armiño Americano (Mustela richardsonii)Autor
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Short-tailed Weasel or Ermine (Mustela erminea) Palos Cook County IL May 2013 Jeff Skrentny FB0504 IMG_1468
