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Grasses (Family Poaceae)Observer
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Grass with unusual seed head.
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Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)Observer
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nest 100' from house about 60' up a hickory - hatched mid-April
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Virginia Hedge-Hyssop (Gratiola virginiana)Observer
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my best guess until someone says different
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Beaked Cornsalad (Valerianella radiata)Observer
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weedy but cool, fades fast
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Pitted Stripeseed (Piriqueta cistoides)Observer
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took forever to ID - I always like to be sorta close before uploading.
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Woodland Pinkroot (Spigelia marilandica)Observer
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unusual light red to pink form - several has come up from original plant.
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Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)Observer
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they sure love the late afternoon sun
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American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)Observer
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Caterpillar on Pseudognaphalium
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Eastern Earthsnake (Virginia valeriae ssp. valeriae)Observer
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guessing it's a Ratsnake as they are common. Killed by one of the neighbors' half-feral cats
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Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)Observer
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in Hickory about 100' from house, been on nest over 3 weeks,
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)Observer
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not seeing the red cap or yellow belly but it's been around a few weeks. Got a recording of the meow.
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Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)Observer
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on Flatwoods plum
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Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)Observer
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continuous recording with song variations but time intervals between have been shortened.
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Swamp Star Grass (Hypoxis curtissii)Observer
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8 petals instead of 6!! Don’t know why.
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Boar (Sus scrofa)Observer
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5 of them and they did not care I was out of truck and only 20’ away. Perfect size to harvest.
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Bristle Thistle (Cirsium horridulum)Observer
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Maybe horridulum - been waiting 2 years for flowers, 3’ wide at base, over knee high.