@RBCM Fish caught and cataloged (16084) in Royal BC Museum ichthyology collection. Images of live fish from CBC news article detailing the fish capture:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-s-snakehead-caught-after-burnaby-pond-drained-1.1242793
In Canadian Museum of Nature. Collected by G. Wilkinson. Now extinct in Canada, last recorded in 1941 in Niagara Gorge.
According to a USFWS biologist, this female was born at the Akron Zoo in 2021 and then 2 weeks later she was fostered into the den of a wild Red Wolf at Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, NC. Last winter she was captured and placed in an acclimation pen on the refuge with a captive-born male. In mid-April 2023 she had a litter of pups and the family group was released into the wild in late May.
Could a professional in the field validate this observation, because I can’t believe it! / Est-ce qu'un professionnel dans le domaine pourrait valider cette observation, car je n'en reviens pas!
On June 30, 2017, a leatherback sea turtle washed up dead along the Bay Ridge waterfront. It had been chopped clean in half by the propeller of a large container ship in New York Harbor.
Its skull is now on display at the Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park, Brooklyn.
dropped by Great Blue Heron along road near swampy area.
Observed at J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge
Whatever this is it only does it in the evenings and for about an hour, pretty much non stop. Habitat is marshy pond right next to Lake Ontario
Heavier jaw and head than regular coyotes. Rounded ears.
I have no clue what this is, was on the side of the road, couldn’t find any other pieces
Looks to be leucistic!
DOR. Possibly hitched a ride in a vehicle, but definitely good habitat potential in the area. May remain a mystery…
Likely a native (non-introduced) Western Painted Turtle near Manyberries, AB.
Located and photographed by Fred buck. I was given permission to upload the observation.
My dad (whose middle name was Hermann), relayed the story of finding a dead tortoise in the summer of 1960, in a “wooded area in the Adirondacks of New York” (where we used to go camping with the mosquitoes). He placed it on an ant hill and returned a week later to collect the empty shell. I’ve had it with me for 60+ years, and I would love to know what kind of tortoise shell it might be. I know there are a lot of turtles in this region, but tortoises?
Tortoises (Family Testudinidae)
Shell measures: 9cm long x 7cm wide x 5cm tall. Color is yellowish tan with dark brown markings.
Mediterranean Tortoises (Genus Testudo) Introduced/non-native tortoise
Hermann's Tortoise (Testudo hermanni ssp. hermanni) Conservation status: Endangered.
A.k.a. Western Hermann's Tortoise or Italian Tortoise. T. h. hermanni are located in southern France on the island of Corsica, the Balearic Islands, eastern Spain, Sicily, Sardinia, central Italy, and southern Italy.
Visual matching observation in Italy https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2912946
Found in the stomach of a stocked brown trout. Submitting on behalf of someone else. Only 5 salamander species range in the area mudpuppies, spotted salamander, eastern red backed salamander, central newt, and blue spotted salamanders. The lack of apparent gills leads me to central newts. Let me know if you think otherwise
All are non-native, released from pet shops, but living now free in a pond
Orca had been in the area for weeks; observation made "Day's Catch" with Captain Peter Wilcox and Sea Watch Tours out of Seal Cove, G.M.I.
den site; Arctic Fox seen nearby
1, neonate, on algae mat at edge of cattails bordering sand beach; image scanned from 35 mm slide.
Corner Marsh, Ajax, Ontario, Canada
I found this snake back in 2008. If I only knew then how awesome this find was. My memory of location was foggy but I think I have it narrowed down pretty good. I am 100% certain of location within 15 miles or so and 75% to location within a mile or so.
I think this is a Cuban False Chameleon... Not native to FL but I don't think they've established here either. Could be an escaped pet... Very calm.
West Cambridge way, Hammersmith Subdivision.
Turtle was crossing street near active clearing of trees for new subdivision.
2012-07-31 Tramea onusta THUN Town of Marathon, Peninsula Harbour M.T.O. Butler specimen 1 m netted at edge of pond 48.73231 -86.38441 GPS shallow (2 m max) beaver pond near L. Superior MTB-2012-034 M.T.O. Butler
Plains Emerald...? -> ! At Nashville Conservation Reserve, Kleinberg ON. Habitat was a long-grass type area interspersed with rows of younger planted pines. Short appendages, yellow face, pattern and colour match. Basal plate match.
Came aboard Viking Octantis cruise ship while offshore sw of Point Pelee. Many Blue Dashers present. Third photo (head on) is copyright my Norwegian colleague Martin.
LEAVES:
-7 to 9 leaflets
BARK:
-tight bark
FRUIT:
-nuts with thick husk that splits completely to the base (husk much thicker than bitternut, similar to thickness or slightly thinner than on typical shagbarks)
-smooth, un-ribbed nut with sharp point and thin, brittle shell
-nut meat is sweet-tasting with pleasant flavour
TWIGS & BUDS:
-thick twigs (thicker than what is typical for either of the parent species)
-large, naked buds covered in velvety hairs
NOTE:
The 6th picture shows the twig of this putative Carya x laneyi in between each of the parent species. A pure C. ovata twig is placed on the left, and a pure C. cordiformis twig is placed on the right.
Wondering if this is A. hemiophrys but not sure what I'm looking for to distinguish between it and americanus- yes- it's wild. west side of the northern Sable Island on Lake of the Woods (this time of year there are thousands of toads (mostly babies) there so this one caught my eye for being different)
Three or four eels in the shallow murky water. The one on shore looked like it had only recently died. The ones in the water kept poking their heads above the surface like a periscope to look around. Very Slippery and approx 2 feet long.
specific day may be off a little, but year and month accurate.
I believe this to be a I.bubalus, however, hybridization common with I.niger so can not be 100% sure. Can't be confident of exact date, but sure it was summer 2004.
Washed up on the shore. I initially thought smelt but others suggested shortjaw cisco or pygmy whitefish.
Dates approximate within month. Taken from old slides.