Wikipedia: "The plant is rich in calcium and phosphorus and as such makes up the bulk of the diet of white-tailed deer in the northeastern United States in the spring."
More spring sightings: Have had Wood Frogs (Rana sylvatica) and Spring Peepers (Hyla crucifer) calling in the last few days from wet areas in the surrounding #forest.
But the Wikipedia tells me that Spring Peepers are now Pseudacris crucifer and Wood Frogs are Lithobates sylvaticus. I cannot keep up with all of this scientific name changing. I shall now just call them all "frogs."
A robber fly eating what appears to be a species of biting fly. This act of predation is occurring on my Subaru in Framingham, #Massachusetts. The biting fly had it coming. An iPhone 5 photo taken 13 July 2013. Ish.
@lentrichard I think it’s the other way round - when surnames started to be used Dyer was applied to people practising that trade. They were probably using this fungus for centuries before!
Bird's nest #fungus on a rotting stick, 9 October 2021, Petersham, #Massachusetts. These are around 1/4 inch in diameter. I first encountered the Nidulariaceae (from the Latin "nidulus" for "small nest") around a year or so ago and they never cease to amaze me.