brettjackson's Favorites
Photos / Sounds
What
New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri)Observer
ecologist_pabloDescription
Was chasing us (pictured)
Photos / Sounds
What
American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)Observer
isaacthelordDescription
Known skull found in a private Williamson County cave. Photo taken some time ago, with a ruler for scale. Likely quite old.
Photos / Sounds
Observer
kallamperoPlace
RTG Base Camp, Reserva Los Cedros, Intag, Cotacachi Canton, Imbabura Province, Ecuador (Google, OSM)Description
RLC1770
Photos / Sounds
What
Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)Observer
ichuckDescription
While skiing on Redearth Creek trail
Photos / Sounds
What
Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
marekaleDescription
A smut fungus on Sagittaria lancifolia. The cut stem oozes white due to the fungus.
Photos / Sounds
What
Bonnets (Genus Mycena)Observer
lohitytDescription
Golden-backed Frog
Mushroom grown on frog body
Photos / Sounds
What
Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)Observer
tmmckayDescription
A group of raccoons, one of whom was leucistic
Photos / Sounds
What
Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)Observer
parrott-dDescription
Far north of usual range.
Photos / Sounds
What
Moose (Alces alces)Observer
jayDescription
Heard some branches crackling near the trail which I initially thought was squirrel activity. When I turned to look I saw this individual a few feet from me. My closest encounter with a moose.
Photos / Sounds
What
Life (Life)Observer
jesspaullDescription
On the underside of a Melicope simplex leaf. First photo showing leaf under 40x magnification, second photo showing conidia (?) scraped off with a razor under 400x magnification with water.
Photos / Sounds
What
Razor-backed Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus)Observer
coleonyxconnoisseurDescription
Fell in the water but it was worth it.
Photos / Sounds
What
Mexican Black-tailed Rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus ssp. nigrescens)Observer
ricardo_ramirez
Photos / Sounds
What
Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer, and Allied Moths (Superfamily Zygaenoidea)Observer
catiafurtado
Photos / Sounds
What
Life (Life)Observer
rolandwirthDescription
Object on Common Grass Moth - Orocrambus flexuosellus eye.
Photos / Sounds
Observer
rvgalliDescription
Polystroma fernandezii
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=10897378
sur Myrtaceae (observé sur plusieurs espèces de Myrtaceae)
Photos / Sounds
What
North American Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis ssp. pardalis)Observer
spatDescription
A young Ocelot visiting water feature at Visitor Center headquarters. Tragically, the Ocelot was ill and found dead a few days later.
Photos / Sounds
What
Life (Life)Observer
abelkinserDescription
These red "spores" were found all over a small moss growing on vertical sandstone. Can't do better than life. Maybe a lichen? I don't believe it's part of the moss. Any help is appreciated.
Photos / Sounds
What
Ratel (Mellivora capensis)Observer
jinnyandnickDescription
A pair of honey badgers run into Vundu pack (African wild dog), while they rest near the den.
Photos / Sounds
What
Hammertails (Genus Efferia)Observer
greglasleyDescription
My wife took this cell phone image of a female Efferia in our yard today. Likely not identifiable past genus level.
Photos / Sounds
What
Mississippi Green Watersnake (Nerodia cyclopion)Observer
parrott-dDescription
Getting eaten by a great blue heron.
Photos / Sounds
What
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)Observer
parrott-dDescription
New babies
Photos / Sounds
What
Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)Observer
hazelcashmanDescription
Spherical mass about 1cm in diameter attached to a tree root, looked like a collection of small eggs.
Photos / Sounds
What
Northern Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)Observer
scottbuckelDescription
A few more photos from 2011.
This cottonmouth is feeding on an Orange-crowned Warbler.
Photos / Sounds
What
Warner's Hawthorn (Crataegus warneri)Observer
eric_keithDescription
Mesic sandy hardwood - pine forest.
Photos / Sounds
What
Genus EpicoccumObserver
hannah_pepperDescription
Located on silver bluestem. Black "spots" on almost every seed head on the individual
Photos / Sounds
What
Eastern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)Observer
thesnakefromthelemmaDescription
(Not injured—the “blood” on its back is a leaf, and that on mine is from a mosquito)
Photos / Sounds
What
Eastern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)Observer
thesnakefromthelemmaDescription
Bottom one—more typical ventral pattern.
Photos / Sounds
What
Genus HelicodendronObserver
ikhomDescription
Clusters of white conidia on cedar leaf in a wet spot. Aquatic species.
Conidia mass is white.
Helicoconidia (helicoid) hyaline, measured
*(28.5) 28.51 - 32.7 × 16.2 - 20 µm
Q = (1.5) 1.54 - 1.76 (1.8) ; N = 5
Me = 30.3 × 18.5 µm ; Qe = 1.6
Filament diameter (2) 2.5 - 3.2 (3.3) µm;
Number of coils 6-9;
Direction of coil counter-clockwise.
Photos / Sounds
What
Coypu (Myocastor coypus)Observer
jensanfordDescription
The coyotes failed to catch it.
Photos / Sounds
What
Saduria sibiricaObserver
prokhozhyjDescription
Из залива Цивольки на Новой Земле, 63 рейс НИС "Академик Мстислав Келдыш".
Photos / Sounds
What
Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
aldendirksDescription
I am familiar with Cryptococcus macerans as the source of the orange pigmentation, but have not observed these large white growths before.
—
Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on May 3, 2019.
Photos / Sounds
What
Red-sided Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis ssp. parietalis)Observer
kenolthuisDescription
Mating group.
Photos / Sounds
What
Texas Indigo Snake (Drymarchon melanurus ssp. erebennus)Observer
johnrosfordDescription
pulling a snake from a tree cavity. The Indigo was still pulling 20 minutes later when I left.
Photos / Sounds
What
Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)Observer
xenolithDescription
Just wanted to record here that back in 2007, I had an albino racoon in my backyard! It was one of a family of 3 young ones + mother. I only saw it a couple months.
Photos / Sounds
What
Lentinus badiusObserver
gim-siew_tanDescription
Found when hike to Gunung Datuk.
Photos / Sounds
What
Gall and Rust Mites (Family Eriophyidae)Observer
kip_laryDescription
1 - Gall variation
2 - Front side of leaf
3 - Back side of leaf
4 - Length
5 - Width
6 - Under 40X
7 - Under 40X
8, 9, 10 - Various cross sections
11 - blurry but moving mite
Photos / Sounds
What
Life (Life)Observer
graham_montgomeryDescription
Not for the mirid (I think Irbisia sp)., but for the pink "growth" on its back. I vaguely remember some mention of a fungus (or something...) that grows on the backs of mirids in California, but can't find any reference for that now...
Photos / Sounds
What
Genus OoperipatellusObserver
simongroveDescription
Egg-laying velvet-worm Ooperipatellus species. This velvet-worm was found under a log in a damp woodland gulley, during our Bush Blitz on Flinders Island in March 2014. It is almost certainly an undescribed species, and may prove to be confined to Flinders Island. Velvet-worms are in a phylum of their own and have very ancient origins that pre-date the rise of the arthropods. Tasmania is a hot-spot for them, and may eventually be shown to host hundreds of species, although they mostly look very similar from the outside.
Photos / Sounds
What
Bléieplanzen (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
knotwoodDescription
Rust on oak leaf. Guessing Q. hemisphaerica given that it seems to be a red oak based on the leaf. Added pics of spores - yellow in KOH, very spiny, 1-2 amber oil droplets. No micrometer for size but last two pics are fixed at 100x oil immersion.
Photos / Sounds
What
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)Observer
parrott-dDescription
Eating a watersnake, which is being uncooperative...
Photos / Sounds
What
New Zealand Storm-Petrel (Fregetta maoriana)Observer
oscarkokakoPlace
Missing Location
Photos / Sounds
What
Endeis spinosaObserver
fmoretzsohnDescription
A tiny pycnogonid or sea spider, possibly Endeis spinosa, was collected during an invertebrate zoology field trip on the R/V Archimedes
