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I’m a little late to hogtober but glad to have found my lifer eastern hognose! Been searching all week! This guy was dramatic even for a hognose. thanks to @thrashedout for tips!

6-7 Eastern garters seen in close proximity to one another

Found in shallows with withered/missing caudal fin.

Lifer and target species!

Aggregation of roughly six individuals, apparently of both sexes, in a mowed meadow.

Lifer and first herp of Dubai!

Northern Dusky. Found dead in a rocky stream, Area around the stream was mossy. Northwestern RI

6/25/23

I believe this to be a Dusky. Belly was a white/cream color. Found in a rocky stream, Area around the stream was mossy. Snow on the ground. Water was ice cold. Northwestern RI

Male Northern Cardinal is feeding cowbird that was raised as its own due to cowbird brood parasite

https://ecommons.udayton.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3472&context=graduate_theses

Found in a salad box in a supermarket. Coming from France.

sampled

A Say's Black-fingered Mud Crab from Potter Pond.

Great find by botanist and rare plant magnet @mcharpentier of this rare violet. This is a county record. A "stemless blue" violet with a long spur, glabrous petals, pubescent upper leaf surface.

I was not super confident with this identification. Let me know your thoughts plz

Out of the hundreds of these I've seen, this was the reddest individual I've ever seen.

Clintonia borealis (yellow blue-bead lily), Nipmuc River Trail, Burrillville, RI. Special Concern.

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), West Greenwich, RI

Definitely one of my favorites!

strange 6-armed variety

While surveying a population of Atelopus epikeisthos, we managed to find 3 small juveniles. Unfortunately, no adults were seen.

Found amongst some seaweed growing in the high intertidal zone

Rare vagrant to Rhode Island. Well documented on eBird.

About 25 mm long. Matthew, I have emailed you re these.

A rare vagrant Townsend's Warbler at Swan Point. First reported here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S155172706

Neonato!

A continuing rare vagrant Western Flycatcher at Burlingame SP Campground. It may be a state first. First reported the day before: https://ebird.org/checklist/S154845502

Found at the base of roadside cliff in Bongará province near Pedro Ruiz, Amazonas Perú. This is the male of the species.

Found sleeping at night and then again observed during the day, Pacaya Samiria National Park, Perú

Coordinates from Research Station (photographs of animals found on trails around the station).

Kinda surprised to find this practically in Florida Bay. I thought they were a strictly freshwater species.

A Yellow-throated Warbler at Blackstone Park by York Pond.

3banded?

Lauren saw a vulture! Can’t see his head well, is there another way to distinguish black/ turkey? Turkey probably much more likely!

@rinaturalist Maybe this photo might help with the better look at the various rays. Same location as last time in September. Thank you.

Found beneath a flower pot. Around 2 inches snout to vent.

Adult greater siren captured in a crayfish trap. This individual measured ~ 20 inches in length.

Habitat was a seasonal wetland dominated by Juncus effus in an improved pasture on a cattle ranch.

Late-autumn bloom, with no leaves, orange style, and 3 white anthers.