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Grey Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)Observer
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kit; eating black raspberries
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Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis ssp. sirtalis)Observer
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Green Salamander (Aneides aeneus)Observer
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Hard to see in the picture but 5 freshly hatched.
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Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus)Observer
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Rappahannock River Drainage
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Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)Observer
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Mating pair
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Unisexual Mole Salamander (Ambystoma unisexual)Observer
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Now, you might be wondering why there's a bucket of state-endangered salamanders. This is from a research project associated with the University of Illinois tagging and assessing these salamanders, and they had 278 scattered across multiple buckets. They graciously let me watch them do their research for a bit. I, an individual with no permits, did not handle the salamanders.
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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)Observer
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Crestline
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Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)Observer
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After successful hunt!
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Midland Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon ssp. pleuralis)Observer
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Banded water snake this evening at Mermet Lake
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Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)Observer
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Hatched in Russia in 1995, making it over 21 years old at the time of this observation!
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Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)Observer
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The lizard is this Zone-tailed Hawks lunch it can be seen in its talons.
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Western Mudsnake (Farancia abacura ssp. reinwardtii)Observer
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This guy was sticking up from submerged riprap like he was pretending to be a banded water snake. This was a first for me- seeing a mud snake in such a manner
