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Rodents (Order Rodentia)Observer
abbifungiDescription
Some sorts of voles and/or shrews in an owl pellet
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Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)Observer
threepogoniasDescription
A third-acre stand of pure sassafras, with a few ancient individuals. Possibly/probably a single very old clone
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Domestic Greylag Goose (Anser anser var. domesticus)Observer
cantfindphoebeDescription
Longtime colony of ferals.
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Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla)Observer
alowemasDescription
Known rarity, private location
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Chestnut Casebearer Moth (Coleophora leucochrysella)Observer
ceisemanDescription
On Castanea dentata.
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Northern Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus ssp. porphyriticus)Observer
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Eastern Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)Observer
radbackedsalamanderDescription
Under leaf litter in a wet seep.
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Changeable Mantleslug (Megapallifera mutabilis)Observer
moleDescription
Dorsal view of native Phylomycid slug Megapallifera mutabilis. Found feeding on lichens on broken branch under an oak tree. Determination by M. Paustian
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Northern Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus ssp. porphyriticus)Observer
kuedaDescription
Was quite pleased to find a Spring Salamander at all, extra pleased to find one eating another salamander, and interested to find it so far from the stream. Maybe they were driven upland by the storm runoff.
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Forked Fungus Beetle (Bolitotherus cornutus)Observer
randompaleonerdDescription
Collected outdoors on decomposing polypores, brought indoors for photos
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Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)Observer
almhydeDescription
Found in shrubbery under south-facing library solarium/dining commons.
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Riverbank Grape (Vitis riparia)Observer
hkozikowskiDescription
Already added to form
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10/28/2022 Riparia
Lat: 42.396 Long: -72.521 Acc: 32
Roots: 5-15cm
Soil Core: 20 cm and 20 cm
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no more than two successive tendrils
orchard hill parking lot, in vegetation
sandy soil
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Domestic Cat (Felis catus)Observer
gori88llaDescription
Deer shot with copper ammo. I was hoping first mammal this winter would be a Mustalid sp.
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Red Hickory (Carya ovalis)Observer
threepogoniasDescription
This species isn’t typically recognized from New England where it is subsumed under Carya glabra, but given the strange habitat (sandy outwash with perched water table over silt-clay glaciolacustrine sediment) and the fact that I’ve never seen a pignut like this, I’m going to throw out the C. ovalis ID, which is recognized in Weakley’s flora of the Southeast (and lists MA as the northern extent).
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Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum)Observer
vernal3Description
64* F ambient Small woodland vernal pool rich with fauna. Wood frogs egg cases have just released tiny larvae. Fairy shrimp, and more.
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Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)Observer
madeleine121Description
Feathers on a bush, what happened here?
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Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)Observer
radbackedsalamanderDescription
Every morning at roughly sunrise my bus passes by a field which always has Canadian Geese but today it had 2 or 3 white geese with orange beaks and black-tipped wings.
If they are still there tommorow I'll try to get a photo.
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Common Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)Observer
threepogoniasDescription
One of very few tree-sized individuals I’ve seen in Massachusetts
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)Observer
agarrity2640Description
First few photos are of the pair mating (female's head kind of looks like a middle branch)
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Lacewings and Allies (Suborder Hemerobiiformia)Observer
landfrogDescription
Fungus on oak tree?
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Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)Observer
tfrenchDate
Missing DateDescription
This is an adult male Southern Flying Squirrel compared to 2 of the last specimens of Northern Flying Squirrel preserved from MA. The most recent preserved specimen was from Belchertown, Hampshire Co. on May 24, 1968. The species may still exist in MA, but if so, its range has contracted and numbers have significantly declined.
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Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)Observer
tfrenchDescription
This is about the 6th melanistic Eastern Chipmunk I have heard of in MA. It was in very good condition, so it was donated to a state mammal research collection.
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Squirrel Treefrog (Hyla squirella)Observer
mushroomprideDescription
Who knows tropical frogs ?? This dude hitchhiker on nursery stock from Florida
He is so cute. About an inch long and changes colors. I don't think it's a Cuban because I've seen several of those before and it doesn't really have the same color or size .
