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Subgenus PyrobombusObserver
shadojDescription
T1-2 yellow, dark wings, black spot thorax, yellow/mixed hair top of head, black hair on face. Maybe B. vagans? On Creeping Charlie.
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Sky Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense)Observer
shadojDescription
Maybe an aster? Hirsute small leaves in sandy soil on E side / bank of Trout Brook.
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Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)Observer
shadojDescription
Sandy soil, all along E side Trout Brook. Need to return to see flowers!
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Mustard Family (Family Brassicaceae)Observer
shadojDescription
Basal rosette. Sandy bank, E side Trout Brook.
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Bristly Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus)Observer
shadojDescription
E side Trout Brook.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
shadojDescription
E side Trout Brook. Opposite leaves, squarish stems. No minty smell when crushed.
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Serviceberries (Genus Amelanchier)Observer
shadojDescription
E side of Trout Brook.
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House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)Observer
shadojDescription
Searching for tasty morsels on the ground.
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Missouri Gooseberry (Ribes missouriense)Observer
shadojDescription
Gooseberry bush with thorns, in flower.
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Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)Observer
shadojDescription
Juvenile sparrows up in pine tree.
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Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)Observer
shadojDescription
Orange & black bird up in ash tree.
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Buttercup Family (Family Ranunculaceae)Observer
shadojDescription
Young columbine at woodland edge, on east side of stream
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True and False Solomon's Seals (Tribe Polygonateae)Observer
shadojDescription
Young (false?) Solomon's seal, forest floor, east side of stream
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Spotted Geranium (Geranium maculatum)Observer
shadojDescription
Forest floor, east side of stream
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True Sedges (Genus Carex)Observer
shadojDescription
fairly narrow bladed sedge, not in thick clumps. flowering now.
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Common Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)Observer
shadojDescription
Distinct opposite leaves. On forest floor not too far from bank on east side of stream
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Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)Observer
shadojDescription
Tree seedling on forest floor.
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Plums, Cherries, and Allies (Genus Prunus)Observer
shadojDescription
Open understory young tree, not too far from bank on east side of stream.
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Virginia Creepers (Genus Parthenocissus)Observer
shadojDescription
Vine just starting to leaf out. Virginia creeper?
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Elms (Genus Ulmus)Observer
shadojDescription
Young open understory trees, on east side of stream bank
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Birch Family (Family Betulaceae)Observer
shadojDescription
Small, young trees in understory. Slightly zig-zagged stems.
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Strawberries (Genus Fragaria)Observer
shadojDescription
Wild strawberry, flowering. With small fly pollinator.
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Metallic Sweat Bees (Subgenus Dialictus)Observer
shadojDescription
Feeding on a dandelion for several minutes.
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Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)Observer
shadojDescription
Perched in tree next to stream / open area under power lines. Very swallow-shaped in flight.
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Bitter Wintercress (Barbarea vulgaris)Observer
shadojDescription
4 part yellow flowers
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Observer
shadojDescription
Another Ceratina -- metallic blue-green -- in stiff goldenrod stem.
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Red-berried Elder (Sambucus racemosa)Observer
shadojDescription
bird-planted volunteer under the spruce tree, finally flowering