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January 2025

Punta Rassa, Lee County, FL 1/31/25

Yellow-crowned Night Heron Common Starling Another Common Starling in nest in dead palm tree Same Common Starling Osprey

 
Sanibel Causeway Osprey      

   
Boat-tailed Grackles Fig tree Boat with crane    

Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel, Lee County, FL 1/30/25

     
White Pelicans, adults and juvies White Pelicans      

White Ibis Another White Ibis White Ibises and a Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Same Snowy Egret

Roseate Spoonbill Another Roseate Spoonbill Reddish Egret    

 
Reddish Egret   Osprey Mullets  

Green Heron Same Green Heron Fig Tree branch (trunk?) Fig Tree trunk and branch Double-crested Cormorants

       
Maturing Double-crested Cormorant        

Punta Rassa, Lee County, FL 1/30/25

Yellow-rumped Warbler        

Yellow-crowned Night Heron       Willet

Underwing (Catocala genus) Sunset Seaweed More seaweed Sea Hibiscus (H. tiliaceus)

Male Red-bellied Woodpecker Osprey Same Osprey Male Northern Cardinal Bottlebrush

Durham, NC 1/27/25

     
American Robin China Paper Bush      

Durham, NC 1/25/25

Gall midge Same gall midge Song Sparrow Tufted Titmouse Same Tufted Titmouse

   
Yellow-rumped Warbler Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco    

Durham, NC 1/23/25

 
Carolina Wren Killdeers      

Killdeers        

American Robin Killdeer Carolina Wren Same Carolina Wren Local snowman

     
Golden-crowned Kinglet Same Golden-crowned Kinglet      

Durham, NC 1/22/25

Snow More snow Juvie American Goldfinch Same juvie American goldfinch, newly landed in Sycamore Same juvie American goldfinch

   
Same juvie American goldfinch, with a piece from Sycamore Same juvie American goldfinch, taking a bite Same juvie American goldfinch, just looking    

Durham, NC 1/19/25

Antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) Springtail (Tomocerus genus) Dwarf spider Gall midge Barklouse

     
Jumping spider (Hentzia genus) Running crab spider      

Durham, NC 1/18/25

Seed shrimp Another seed shrimp Yet another seed shrimp Globular springtail Same globular springtail

 
Springtail (Onychiuridae family) Elongate springtail (Isotoma arctica)   Maybe salamander eggs  

Durham, NC 1/17/25

 
White-throated Sparrow          

   
Tufted Titmouse   Scat of a large herbivore, most likely a White-tailed Deer    

Durham, NC 1/16/25

     
Sunset (actually 1/14/25) Moonset      

Durham, NC 1/13/25

Tufted Titmouse        

 
Same Tufted Titmouse        

 
White-throated Sparrow     Ruby-crowned Kinglet  

 
Same ruby-crowned Kinglet   Hermit Thrush    

 

   
American Goldfinch Female Eastern Bluebird Graffiti in our neighborhood    

Durham, NC 1/11/25

Our window, after rare snow White-tailed Deer Another White-tailed Deer Song Sparrow Another Song Sparrow

Eastern Phoebe Eastern Phoebe Eastern Phoebe Eastern Phoebe Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Phoebe Eastern Phoebe Eastern Phoebe Eastern Phoebe Eastern Phoebe

   
Killdeer Male Northern Cardinal Male Northern Cardinal    

Durham, NC 1/8/25

White-throated Sparrow White-breasted Nuthatch Red-bellied Woodpecker Killdeer Another Killdeer

Killdeer, perhaps with horsehair worm Another Killdeer Same Killdeer Ice More ice

 
Ice, close up Carolina Wren Same Carolina Wren Same Carolina Wren  

Durham, NC 1/7/24

Male Eastern Bluebird Another male Eastern Bluebird Song Sparrow Turkey Vulture Moon

     
Duckweed Dark-eyed Juncos      

Durham, NC 1/1/25

Arabesque Orb Weaver Jumping spider (Hentzia genus) Dwarf spider Mourning Dove Song Sparrow

 

 
Song Sparrow Mourning Dove Common Dandelion Persian Speedwell  

 

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