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Small Snail-eating Ground Beetle (Sphaeroderus stenostomus)Observer
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39* F sunny. ~ 1” deep in garden while prepping. Two together. Sombelenent till disturbed.
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American Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)Observer
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61* F sunny. Mixed woodlands; 800’ altitude.
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Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)Observer
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Rained all day yesterday, often heavily. Temps started rising after sunset but no amphibian crossings 7:30 - 8:00 pm @ 41* F in the wetland rich route I survey. These seasonal crossing’s are occurring much earlier compared to previous years. Morning-after survey, this was only observation made & looks like someone nibbled at it already.
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American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)Observer
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Single individual. A pair have been in immediate area recently.
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Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)Observer
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Began appearing a couple weeks ago.
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Chinese Mantis (Tenodera sinensis)Observer
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41* F sunny. Ootheca. One of 2 easily found on small shrubs in large meadow.
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Chinese Mantis (Tenodera sinensis)Observer
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41* F sunny. Ootheca. One of 2 easily found on small shrubs in large meadow.
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Chinese Mantis (Tenodera sinensis)Observer
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41* F sunny. Ootheca. On shrub in large, open meadow.
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Hairy-tailed Mole (Parascalops breweri)Observer
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51* F off/on rain all day. Found run over while doing amphibian migration survey. 1st photo in situ, remaining photos after recovering it next day.
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Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)Observer
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Walking (loping) in section of trail. Mixed woodland with upslope large rock outcrops.
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Half-wing Moth (Phigalia titea)Observer
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51* F off/on rain 24 hours. Attracted to deck light left on while searching for amphibian migrants.
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Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)Observer
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51* F off/on rain 24 hours. Warm enough so they jumped away before could get photo. Unusually early.
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Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)Observer
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51* F off/on drizzle, rain day. Only one observed 2 mi circuit. Usually seen in April.
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FisherObserver
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TENTATIVE (best fit) ID. Walking (loping) in section of trail. Mixed woodland with upslope large rock outcrops.
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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)Observer
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50* F sunny. At least a couple hundred. Heard them way before I got to them. Mixed woodland, south edge of Holyoke Range.
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Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)Observer
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Beginning to pair off from winter flocking behavior.
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Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)Observer
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Heard first vocalization 2/12/24 - a full month before its usual arrival date. So far (2/26) only the one. Usually come as a pair or 3.
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Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)Observer
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Juvenile (M4 erupting). Lower jaw with desiccated flesh + fractured portion of occipital area (dorsal view). Only bone fragments observed.
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American Beaver (Castor canadensis)Observer
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Lower left jaw. Forested hill between swamp and outlet stream. Weathered, with rodent gnaw marks (Ca).
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Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)Observer
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29* F sunny. Just as it found something in pecked hole, gray squirrel chased it off.
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White-marked Spider-Beetle (Ptinus fur)Observer
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46* F off/on rain. Unusually high temperatures today. Climbing slider door.
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Observer
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30* F. On soon-to-be-used-for-first-time-this-season snow shovel in barn.
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Beech Leaf Disease (Litylenchus crenatae)Observer
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43* F. Only a few affected leaves observed in sapling group.
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Pinweeds (Genus Lechea)Observer
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44* F. After much rain. Gravel quarry bed. Several small clumps.
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Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)Observer
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43* F. Scat. Globular with patch of guano very similar to chicken, but larger. Area is turkey-rich. (And I was chicken farmer many years so very familiar.)
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Stag's-horn Clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum)Observer
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43* F. Mowed trail through moist, mixed woodland.
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Dicots [Paraphyletic] (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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43* F. Single plant in unused gravel quarry.
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Fan Clubmoss (Diphasiastrum digitatum)Observer
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44* F. Found spottily in moist broadleaf woodland.
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Downy Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens)Observer
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44* F. Is each leaf pattern unique, like a fingerprint? Just a thought . . . Many in a section of south facing slope, moist broadleaf woodland.
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Pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata)Observer
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44* F. Just saw this one plant in 2 miles of trail.