on a hardwood log at the edge of a vernal pool. distant lanceolate leaves with fine tips
Found under a log. I believe this was a mother guarding her eggs.
This moss was covering a branch that was submerged under water in a vernal pool. Strands of tiny orange eggs were attached to the moss.
https://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/learning/species-finder/leptodictyum-riparium/
For the eggs see
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204272265
Some sort of orange eggs in elongated clusters, attached to moss (Leptodictyum riparium) on a branch that was completely submerged under water, in a vernal pool. There was a sizable slimy mass containing eggs (photos 1-3), but many of the egg strands were attached to moss leaves without too much of the slime.
I found similar eggs on Carex leaves:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203265051
For the moss see:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204272429
Male. Long antennal appendages that curve inwards and curled up proboscis can be seen in photos 4-6. Deciduous woods, in a vernal pool.
This tiny spider was about 2.5-3 mm in length. He/she was hiding under an American hazelnut leaf, alongside a Hibana species spider.
Male catkins
Tawny tufts of hair above leaf scars
????
The cause of these yellow bands. On a Pinus sp.twig found on the ground.
This spider was under water in a vernal pool in deciduous woods. I assume he was hunting ?
Teliospores on the leaves of naturalized bamboo in a wild forest. Found by @sus_scrofa
rust fungus on many of the leaves, across multiple stems, of a stand of arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica), growing naturalized in the park.
microscopy performed by Zihao Wang, in his observation of the same specimen here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203798780
A brown and white striped larva. Found under a log submerged under water in a vernal pool, in deciduous woods.
Stamens merged into a cup, unlik Mishchenko Squill that has separate stamens.
Growing along a limb crotch scar of a fallen American beech. The spore bearing capsules are like tiny little gold acorns that glisten in the sun.
I first found this plant a couple of years back. I came out today hoping that it would be flowering, and sure enough, it was!
Three leaves at base of plant. Blue anthers.
Pink millipede under a log near a vernal pool
Looks like a flower bud and a leaf bud side by side
I was studying a fallen American beech and noticed that the branchlets at the very top of the canopy bore beige fuzzy hairs. This is something that I never knew, as I don't think I had ever studied the upper canopy branches of a beech tree.
Towhee imitating a Blue jay throughout the recording.
An Eastern Towhee imitating a Blue jay!
The call at the very beginning is a real Blue jay I think, but the softer calls, starting at second 6, are the Eastern towhee.
A large trees
The wood that has been stained red can be seen in the first two photos.
Male cones. They are not easily noticed, as they are hidden on the underside of the leafy branches. These cones will release pollen allowing the trees to be wind pollinated.
https://botsocscot.wordpress.com/2020/11/29/plant-of-the-week-30th-november-yew-taxus-baccata/
Small clusters of black, erumpent stromata on a Japanese zelkova branch (Zelkova serrata)
Blackened spots on the bark of the lower trunk of an American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis). Under magnification, it becomes apparent that these black areas are covered with tiny, black stromata.
Tiny black spots on dead Box elder twigs, which turn white and lightweight.
In deciduous woods . Toothed obovate, elongated leaves. Hairy petioles. I thought this might be in the Aster family.
Will be checking on these
appears about an inch wide. New to invert tracking, perhaps the long wispsys and space between sets of tracks are indicative of a tiger beetle or spider...
Chew marks. I'm guessing these marks were made by an Eastern gray squirrel or perhaps a Southern Flying Squirrel. Normally I find gray squirrel territorial marks on the bark of trees - these marks were on the decorticated part of a red oak snag.
Covered with ivy, which is probably why I've missed this elm over the last four years that I've been going here.
Bright orange eggs on a sedge leaf, submerged under water in a vernal pool .
I found similar eggs on a submerged moss, Leptodictyum riparium:
By a vernal pool . Looks a bit like Plagiomnium cuspidatum.
Probably the only one I've seen this year; most I used to find resembled hortensis, I think this is something else so I'll take photos
I think it was an immature Blue jay making these sounds in the bamboo patch
One bird was in a Yew bush, so I was able to get a nice recording by standing next to the bush.
In deciduous woods, on the edge of a path. Forest green, leaves curled up and twisted
An interesting pale insect with a tuft of white hairs coming out of the posterior. Found under a rock in deciduous woods.
Old fern rachises growing in hummocks / mounds in the swampy wetland . Deeply grooved dried stems.
The pastel colors of the fairy shrimp are best seen when they're swimming and the sun is shining on them (first photo).
Iron oxidizing bacteria causing orange slime to build up in the streams of this swamp
About 5-10 rusties in a swampy habitat (see photo of habitat)
Two small turtles, sunning, one on top of another.
On the edge of a recreational grass field
The large winged ant was connected to a smaller black insect. They were floating in the stream. I rescued them.
A grass like plant growing in boggy habitat. I'm thinking this some sort of Sparganium, but I'm not sure.
In a fresh water stream, in swampy habitat
Aquatic plant
Queen. On a snag jutting out of a kettle pond.
March 12, 2024
found under bark of a hardwood log
Beautiful Turkey tails showing blue near the point of attachment. On Gray birch.