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dandelion

@dandelion@dresden.network

IT Professional by day, biologist at heart. Staff to cats.

Interested in interactions and patterns wherever they are found. Will stop for flowers at the roadside. Also love speculative fiction.

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A patch of Meadow Anemone (Anemonastrum canadense) in our floodplain forest.
#FloweringFriday #Wetlands

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I used to think it was a strange kind of cicada or grasshopper - but it turned out the relatively high-pitched and steady trills we hear in late spring are the mating calls of American Toads (Anaxyrus americanus).
#Toads #Amphibians #Herps

The same two roads after I disturbed them. The larger one on the left is facing the camera. Its face is lighter brown than the rest of its body, and the throat white and spotless. The right toad shows its warty, dark upper side

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The Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) is a butterfly magnet in spring. It was introduced from Asia to North America and used to prevent soil erosion but unfortunately turned into an invasive species.
#InvasivePlants #GreatPlains

Small cream or pale yellow flowers hanging in dense clusters from a branch like tiny witches hats with four-pointed brims.
Closeup of the just opening flowers of an Autumn Olive branch.

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This wood duck seems pretty annoyed by the constant nattering and honking of the geese (which, admittedly, could be heard from a quarter mile away).

#Honk

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A rare moment: Tree Swallow at rest.
#Swallows #Birds

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A lone goose is holding out hope... The water should be 2-3 feet deep where it is sitting. But we're facing a third year of extreme drought, and this oxbow lake will remain a dustbowl 😔

#Drought #ClimateCrisis

Closeup of the Canada Goose from the previous photo. It is sitting amongst dead plants - those grew last year, when the drying up lake exposed some shallows as islands

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#SilentSunday #Vultures

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Violet time!

A cluster of yellow violets with dark green leaves on the dry ground of a prairie that was bunt last fall (and therefore isn't covered in the remains of dense vegetation) Smooth Yellow Violet (Viola eriocarpa)
A darker variation of the Common Blue Violet with deeper blue flowers on the forest floor.

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Woodsy Thyme Moss
#Mosstodon

Different view across the same patch. The Gametophytes stand thinner here so sing of the leafy green gametophytes can be seen in the gaps.

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Moss hedgehog
#mosstodon

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When the light falls just so, it's easy to see where Painted Turtles got their name...
#Turtles #Herps #Wetlands #GreatPlains

A Painted Turtle on a log, showing off intricate red and yellow patterns along its sides and the typical low profile of the shell.

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I had the privilege yesterday of handling various snakes, including a ground boa (shown below) and slug-eating snake. This was after #filming several spitting #cobra species from around Indonesia, which were being sunbathed (and were very unhappy about it).

I should have the footage up soon, but am still deciding if I should go back and get more before publishing.

Close-up of a spitting cobra, facing slightly to the right of the camera.
Screenshot of a spitting cobra in the process of spraying venom at a shoe. It's a close-up and we see the back of the hood.

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@jaybaeta I grew up in an area with only one species venomous snake, and even where I live now there are only a few, easy to recognize species you'd have to go searching for to meet them. It's so much easier not to grow up afraid of snakes under those circumstances. In your situation the danger is much more real - respect!

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Wild turkey mating season is here...

The same tom in profile taking a short break from the peak of his display - his feathers still puffed up and spread out but his shape still resembles a bird more than a giant sphere.

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Little stalked puffballs auditioning for a cameo in a Studio Ghibli movie

#FungiFriday

The same puffball from a lower angle, a second one in the background.

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Sunset at the Platte River.

Dusk at the Platte River. The left two thirds of the sky are covered with dense, darkening orange clouds, the remainder remains rosy and blue with only a few light clouds. The scene is reflected in the river. A dark, irregular band of shoreline and vegetarian is separating sky and water
The same scene a bit later, with the night's shadow creeping over the clouds from the East, the afterglow of sunset still lighting up the horizon.

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#SilentSunday #MarchMadness

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The first native herald of spring - Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica).

Another cluster of buds and one small white open flower against a dark first floor

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More Sandhill Cranes...

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Where there's marsh, there's turtles! #MarshMadness

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Where there's marsh, there's more turtles!
#MarshMadness

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