As predicted, dragonflies have been steadily emerging from the deep. I’ve seen numerous Common Whitetails and Common Baskettails, fresh out of their nymphal skins, fly off to a safe place to further dry and harden before starting their life cycles anew; feeding, mating, and ovipositing in the Wetlands. Hatchling Yellow-bellied Sliders continue to be seen [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Spring Posts
Just a nice picture
March 27th, 2012The water snake above was first seen in the willow on Wednesday (3/21). It was still there at closing on Saturday (3/24). Read the rest of this entry »
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Two insects
March 26th, 2012A dragonfly. Although I saw what I think was a Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura) last week, and definitely saw one on Friday (3/23), Common Green Darners are still the dragonfly you’re most likely to see cruising over the Wetlands at this time. A wasp. The above wasp was spotted as it was dragging the cricket [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Pollen, Pollen, Everywhere Pollen
March 24th, 2012Over the past week, you may have noticed pollen on your car, sidewalk, outdoor furniture, even inside your house! But have you noticed the pollen on… I’m not sure if our wildlife friends are bothered with allergies but in the case of the damselfly above it may cause a bit of a weight problem. Thankfully [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Water Snakes and the Snake Wrangler
March 22nd, 2012Yesterday (3/21/12) brought out the first water snakes of the season here at the Museum, three of them! If the snake above doesn’t look familiar to you perhaps this will refresh your memory. And lastly, garter snakes have been active all winter, as discussed in a previous post, so it’s no surprise that one was [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Answer to Who am I?
March 21st, 2012The question was… Look below ———————————————– —————————————— ————————————- ——————————– ————————– ——————— —————– ———– Read the rest of this entry »
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Who am I?
March 19th, 2012The answer will be revealed on Wednesday (3/21) so get your “educated” guesses in before then! Read the rest of this entry »
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Snakes and Skinks
March 17th, 2012Not the first of the season but the first photographed were a Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi) and Ground Skink (Scinella lateralis) on Friday, the 16th day of March. March is when we start seeing these gentle little snakes (this one’s about 9 inches long). I’d seen at least two in the weeks prior to this [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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