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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)Observer
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Seen while completing plant monitoring with Steve Woodmansee in the Hole-in-the-Donut, Restoration Area 2014 in Everglades National Park.
Video showing one of the monitoring plots in Eleocharis marsh: https://youtube.com/shorts/QgdRVJqydPk?feature=share
I worked in the Hole-in-the-Donut on the 27th and 28th and decided to stay in the park overnight so I could blacklight and explore LPK a bit before our second workday.
Link to several videos showing aquatic critters in puddles along the 2014 dirt road: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLInAZAr-W42VejrJuYtpRDS74o8nIJKVH
My blacklighting observations from HID 2014:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-01-27&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&user_id=joemdo
All of my observations from both days, including HID work, LPK walk and blacklighting and nightwalk in HID 2014:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2024-01-27&d2=2024-01-28&order=asc&place_id=any&preferred_place_id=127553&user_id=joemdo
More info about the Hole-in-the Donut restoration area:
https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/hidprogram.htm
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Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)Observer
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Catoctin Mountain Park with Sammy
My other observations from this area today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=39.80059898323791&nelng=-77.39913904309586&on=2023-07-18&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&swlat=39.599133125264&swlng=-77.60267579198197&user_id=joemdo
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American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)Observer
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Entering in for fun. All details entered into eBird.
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Florida Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina ssp. bauri)Observer
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Sum. Key one of two from today.
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Graceful Fern (Niphidium crassifolium)Observer
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Guilarte State Forest
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Brown Wasp Mantidfly (Climaciella brunnea)Observer
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Spotted by Steve W
Seen while completing plant monitoring with Steve W in the Hole-in-the-Donut, Restoration Area 2019, in Everglades National Park
More info about this amazing area here: https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/hidprogram.htm
Project that includes most of the restoration areas: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/everglades-national-park-hole-in-the-donut-restoration
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Hunnegbei (Apis mellifera)Observer
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Came out to try to get some macro video but it was way too shaky. I did take some photos too and the highlight was seeing a honeybee taken by an ambush bug with tons of freeloader flies on it. All of my observations from this spot from about an hour of looking around: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2022-10-06&place_id=any&user_id=joemdo&verifiable=any
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Jagged Ambush Bugs (Genus Phymata)Observer
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Relatively new garden area focused on pine rockland native plants! It is constantly being expanded by the hardworking and nature-conscious folks at Kendall Indian Hammocks! I met Jorge Rodriguez, PROS Stewardship Area Manager, and he told me about the amazing work being done at this fantastic park. Nice meeting you, Jorge!
There was a lot of insect activity here, including dozens of dragonflies nabbing winged ants overhead (didn't get any pics of the dragonflies but there were several species including darners and skimmers). I spent a lot of time looking at the pineland croton flowers, beautyberry, and all of the other plants, trying to get a good snapshot of all the bugs. The milkweed assassin bugs were having a field day eating all kinds of insects. Lots of weevils around along with some tiny wasps that were common on the pineland croton.
All of my observations from this area today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.693150636744853&nelng=-80.36635107197614&on=2022-08-16&place_id=any&swlat=25.692485955505987&swlng=-80.36890319385381&user_id=joemdo
