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Winston - resident male trying to hide in the rain! Active since 7/17/2018

Click on Observation field - "Same specimen over time"
then click "Observations with this field and value" So cool to see his activity! :))

North American Porcupine - Erethizon dorsatum
Neighbors at the resort alerted us to an adorable porcupine snoozing behind their cabin. They said it had been there a couple of days, but it was not seen on 8 April and subsequently. It dozed while I took photos, appearing rather bored. This was only the second time I've seen this species.

Update to caption:
Cut-leaved Toothwort - Cardamine concatenata
NOT Slender Toothwort - Cardamine angustata.
With pollinating bee, Andrena species (adjacent observation).
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203852156

Dwarf Trillium (Carolina Least Trillium) - Trillium pusillum
Location: Wake County, North Carolina
References

• North Carolina Native Plants Society www.ncwildflower.org/plants/t/trillium_pusillum/trillium_...
• Radford et al., Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (UNC Press 1968), p. 292 ("rare")
• Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (UNC Herbarium, 2020), pp. 204 (key), 206 (I think this falls under Weakley's Trillium pusillum Michaux var. 4, perhaps to be split out in the future, proposed name Trillium carolinianum.)

A very late day look at a skittish Eastern Pine Elfin on Pyxidanthera barubulata. When I tried to improve my angle, the butterfly flew.

Thankful to get an ID image. My first look at a Pine Elfin in the NC Sandhills Game Land.

Eagles breed at several sites on reservoirs not too far away, and I had seen one at our neighborhood lake a few weeks ago. Today three (1 adult, 2 subadults) appeared over my street, soaring, diving, and calling--a first for my immediate yard area. Spotted while walking the dog, I ran back inside and got my camera with telephoto. I snagged a couple of shots when they came out from behind the trees. The neighborhood squirrels were having a fit, all giving alarm calls for about an hour.

I need more practice with birds in flight, but these are my first-ever photos of wild eagles, so I'm a bit ecstatic. I'm old enough that I remember when they were very rare in the lower 48, so this is a pretty big deal for me.
Calling this "juvenile" in iNaturalist, but that may not be strictly correct.

Eagles breed at several sites on reservoirs not too far away, and I had seen one at our neighborhood lake a few weeks ago. Today three (1 adult, 2 subadults) appeared over my street, soaring, diving, and calling--a first for my immediate yard area. Spotted while walking the dog, I ran back inside and got my camera with telephoto. I snagged a couple of shots when they came out from behind the trees. The neighborhood squirrels were having a fit, all giving alarm calls for about an hour.

I need more practice with birds in flight, but these are my first-ever photos of wild eagles, so I'm a bit ecstatic. I'm old enough that I remember when they were very rare in the lower 48, so this is a pretty big deal for me.