On frog egg mass. Photo credit: NPS/Paul G. Johnson
In an ephemeral puddle with gray tree frog tadpoles and predaceous diving beetles.
Eastern gray squirrel with a piebald tail.
Missing scutes, with mosquitoes bleeding it.
Close-up of white head, same turtle.
DOR
It’s hard to see in the photo because I couldn’t get closer in time, but the red comes up the sides and the head is slim.
~5 snakes intertwined
Bifurcated tail mutation. To my knowledge this is the first time this mutation has ever been recorded in this species
This leucistic individual is Salamander C. This one has been photographed and observed since 2010 many times by Don Scallen and it had at least been alive two years before that, making it thirteen years old- two years older then me!
After much debate, it seems likely this is actually an aberrant A. maculatum rather than a unisexual with spotted genes.
I found this coyote pup with a plastic jar stuck on it’s head. I took it to Bruckner Nature Center where they informed me that state law prohibited them from even attempting to save its life.
Erythristic Morph
Park Place at North Orange Neighborhood
Backyard, stone fire pit bordering wooded lot.
Found in the backyard pool and released in the woods under a log.
striata? heavily bearded, light green/white spur
First warm rainy night of the year. Found this and at least 3 other species of amphibian all hanging out on the cement pad on the lower level of our house.
Viola hirsutuloides × sororia
Already all dried up before we found him, unfortunately :(
[Location: Medina County, OH]
Breeding pond with eggs
An Eurycea with a very long tail but the color pattern of a two-lined salamander...
Specimen 2/2
Observed under a log near the waters edge. The third photo shows a closeup of the posterior foot with four toes.
Second year post construction
In the field our group passed this off as a Rough-legged hawk. Indeed, the overall the impression of the bird is that of a Rough-legged Hawk, with some notable deviations that mark this bird as a hybrid. Many of the features resemble a typical Rough-legged (small bill, thick dark belly band, dark carpal patches, extensive white at the base of the tail), while the evenly spaced dark tail bands are reminiscent of a Red-tailed Hawk. The tail is also quite long, going past the primary extension. This overall mix of traits of both Rough-legged and Red-tailed Hawks has lead me to the conclusion that this bird is a hybrid.
Confirmed by Nick Kiehl, Jerry Liguori, Neil Paprocki, and others.