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Serra-Paus (Família Cerambycidae)Observador
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A long horned beetle wandering around at night
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Tartaruga-de-Orelhas-Vermelhas (Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans)Observador
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8 Red Eared Sliders poking their heads up to see us on the shore. There were a lot more than this.
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Borboleta-Monarca (Danaus plexippus)Observador
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A monarch butterfly visiting crimson clover. I have only counted 6 monarchs all year. I have yet to find any larva on indigenous milkweeds, even though the drought is broken in this area, and it's been a good growing season for milkweed.
Normally we would see larva by now.
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Género HylaObservador
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Grey Treefroglet
We have had an incredibly wet year, especially in light of the last 3 years of drought. The frog and toad population seems determined to make the best of it.
Fotos / Sons
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Búteo-de-Cauda-Vermelha (Buteo jamaicensis)Observador
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A red tailed hawk being mobbed by two American Crows.
When I first came upon this scene, the hawk was perched on a utility pole and one crow was swooping down dangerously close. Eventually the hawk took flight and the game was on. Another crow joined in.
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Búteo-de-Cauda-Vermelha (Buteo jamaicensis)Observador
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Some kind of Raptor, it appeared quite large to me.
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Subgénero LasiusObservador
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An unusual ant found in loose dirt, I think it had been hibernating but was disturbed accidentally by something. It is so large, and because it appears to be overwintering I assume it's female.
At first glance I wondered if it were some kind of velvet ant because of it's size and strange coloration. It had a chatoyancy like a piece of tiger's eye.
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Corvo-Americano (Corvus brachyrhynchos)Observador
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A Crow calling from the treetops, stops as it warily watches us walk under it's tree, obviously in it's territory.
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Graúna-d'Asa-Vermelha (Agelaius phoeniceus)Observador
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A flock of Red-winged Blackbirds in the treetops. Both genders.
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Galeirão-Americano (Fulica americana)Observador
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Black water birds--some sort of duck perhaps, with a white bill and red or orange eyes. I have no idea what they are called.
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Vespas-de-Darwin (Família Ichneumonidae)Observador
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It landed on my arm, under an elm tree that was in bloom. That's very early for this area.
Subfamily Pimplinae?
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Percevejo-de-Ombro-Vermelho (Jadera haematoloma)Observador
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Box Elder Bugs feeding on Soap Berries
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Género PsaphidaObservador
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An unknown moth in the early morning sun. I thought perhaps it's some sort of owlet moth, but my guide book isn't giving me any images that sink up to these markings.
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Búteo-de-Cauda-Vermelha (Buteo jamaicensis)Observador
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A red Tailed Hawk on a power line.
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Tordo-Americano (Turdus migratorius)Observador
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At lake Arcadia, hanging on the fringes of a flock of Cedar Waxwings.
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Picoteiro-Americano (Bombycilla cedrorum)Observador
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A flock of Cedar Waxwings on the South side of Lake Arcadia
Fotos / Sons
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Coruja-Barrada (Strix varia)Observador
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I have no photograph of it, but we could hear it's calls from the wooded area near the shoreline.
I do have recordings of the call though, but no way to post them here.
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Tordo-Americano (Turdus migratorius)Observador
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2 American Robins drinking at the shore line
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Peixes Com Nadadeiras Raiadas (Classe Actinopterygii)Observador
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You cannot see the fish, but you can see the wave action they created in the water as they schooled. This lasted for about 10 minutes before subsiding and then appearing in other areas of the lake. I assume the fish were feeding on something in the water. Perhaps some kind of shad?
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Perna-Amarela-Grande (Tringa melanoleuca)Observador
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A bird wading in a lake.
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Colias eurythemeObservador
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Dead, Sulphur butterfly on the shores of a dried up lake.
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Família IctaluridaeObservador
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A very large dead catfish found on the shores of a lake that is drying up. The fish was approx 14 inches long. The shore line was dried up so that one could walk a good 30 yards into the lake bottom.
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Rola-Turca (Streptopelia decaocto)Observador
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The dove was just about to fly away, so it's a bit blurry.
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Pombo-Doméstico (Columba livia var. domestica)Observador
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Feral rock pigeons in OKC
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Corvo-Marinho-d'Orelhas (Nannopterum auritum)Observador
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Birds nesting in Oklahoma County near ponds. Hundreds of them in some cases.
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Gambá-da-Virgínia (Didelphis virginiana)Observador
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An opossum gets caught raiding a garbage can. We released it in a wooded area near a stream.
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Bela-dama-americana, Vanessa-Americana (Vanessa virginiensis)Observador
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A Painted Lady Butterfly visiting a bee yard in December.
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Libytheana carinentaObservador
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Common American Snout Butterflies visiting Bee Yard in December.
This is another butterfly that migrates, but I have yet to witness such a phenomenon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Snout_Butterfly