Equus ferus caballus a case where removing color didn’t make for a better picture. Why is an annoying person a horse’s ass?
lepidoptera there are seventy three different types of caterpillars that feed on the pin oak. Need help figuring out which group these belong to.
Terrapene carolina carolina Box turtles are slow crawlers, extremely long lived, slow to mature, and have relatively few offspring per year. These characteristics, along with a propensity to get hit by cars and agricultural machinery, make all box turtle species particularly susceptible to anthropogenic, or human-induced, mortality.In the wild, box turtles are known to live over 100 years, but in captivity, often live much shorter lives.–Wikipedia
rescue A rare chance to be the divine agent. This fledgling faltered into an inescapable dark place. No possibility for self effected escape. Then, lo! A hand, a huge featherless being, transport, the outdoors. Another day!
Datana contracta while I was picking these critters out of my q. phellos I saw two wheel bugs hunting Japanese beetles.
urohidrosis Like all New World vultures, the black vulture often defecates on its own legs, using the evaporation of the water in the feces and/or urine to cool itself, a process known as urohidrosis. It cools the blood vessels in the unfeathered tarsi and feet, and causes white uric acid to streak the legs.Wikipedia
four days late- Chelydra serpentina Chelydra serpentina, four days late to the party, world turtle day, May 23. Organizers were not surprised. “Timeliness is not a concern, we are an association of Turtles.”
Coragyps atratus The black vulture (Coragyps atratus) also known as the American black vulture, is a bird in the New World vulture family whose range extends from the southeastern United States to Central Chile and Uruguay in South America.–Wikipedia Humans like to anthropomorphize animals. In that vein, the vultures are very mannerly. They wait their turn at the table. Density (check) City services (check) Food options (check) Walkability (not really a concern) Sustainability (check) Connectivity (check) Mixed use and diversity (check) Traditional neighborhood structure (check) Smart transportation (check) Quality architecture and urban design (?)
Quiscalus quiscula The grackle can also mimic the sounds of other birds or even humans, though not as precisely as the mockingbird, which is known to share its habitat in the Southeastern United States.–Wikipedia Opportunistic omnivors. Like us.