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Honorary Professor, Dilettantory Studies, Tooter U (Intertubes extension campus)... Amateur photography. Photos are my own 'cept boosts. he/him/his #EndTheStigma #gardenvicariously #ClearCreekTrail :nyancat_rainbow:

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Went out to feed the birds this a.m. & saw something "mounted" to a back porch support beam. Closer inspection revealed it was a very large #moth. My ID app suggests Polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus) with an average wingspan of 6". It was just chilling during the a.m. storms. I hoped it would open up but it just stayed motionless. It was quite dark so the pics aren't the best. Antennae are very cool!
(05/02/24)

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Closeup photograph of a large moth's antennae and tufted head. An ID app suggests it is Antheraea polyphemus or the Polyphemus moth) with an average wingspan of 6 inches. The moth has large, tear-drop shaped, brownw antennae and a large body and legs covered by long brown hairs. Its wings are patterned and scalloped with grey and brown and it has a large brown "eye" on its outer wing that is surrounded by a narrow circle of light tan.
Photograph of a large moth clinging to a vertical beam that is painted brown. An ID app suggests it is Antheraea polyphemus or the Polyphemus moth) with an average wingspan of 6 inches. The moth has large, tear-drop shaped, brownw antennae and a large body and legs covered by long brown hairs. Its wings are patterned and scalloped with grey and brown and it has a large brown "eye" on its outer wing that is surrounded by a narrow circle of light tan.
Closeup photograph of a large moth's antennae and tufted head. An ID app suggests it is Antheraea polyphemus or the Polyphemus moth) with an average wingspan of 6 inches. The moth has large, tear-drop shaped, brownw antennae and a large body and legs covered by long brown hairs. Its wings are patterned and scalloped with grey and brown and it has a large brown "eye" on its outer wing that is surrounded by a narrow circle of light tan.

Photograph of a large moth clinging to a vertical beam that is painted brown. An ID app suggests it is Antheraea polyphemus or the Polyphemus moth) with an average wingspan of 6 inches. The moth has large, tear-drop shaped, brownw antennae and a large body and legs covered by long brown hairs. Its wings are patterned and scalloped with grey and brown and it has a large brown "eye" on its outer wing that is surrounded by a narrow circle of light tan.
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    Messy eater.
    (08/02/22)

    #chipmunk #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #MastoArt #photography #AltText

    Photograph of a chipmunk (Likely an Eastern chipmunk) sitting upright on smooth pavement. The scene is in shadow with a few patches on sunlight. The chipmunk is holding some sort of seed in its hands close to its mouth indicating it is feeding. At the chipmunk's feed are bit of the seed it has discarded. This species of chipmunk has a grey back and brown sides that are separated by stripes that start at the shoulder and extend down to the tail. There are three stripes and the stripe pattern is black on top of cream on top of black. This species has a grey-brown tail, a white belly, chest, and neck, large ears, large, dark eyes, round ears, a grey cap, and a typical rodent muzzle. This species also also has a striped mask that starts in front of the eyes and extends to the ears. The stripe pattern is cream on top of dark brown on top of cream with the eye located in the brown stripe.
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    Finally got out to photograph some flowering trees the other day before they faded completely. Still some gorgeous ones left in the neighborhood like this (likely) crab apple. More pics to come.
    (04/22/24)

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    Robin getting ready to rumble.
    (04/22/24)

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    Photograph of an American robin perched on a tree branch that is lying on the ground with out of focus short grasses in the foreground and background. The robin is facing directly at the camera with its belly feathers expanded and its wings partially raised behind it. American robins have orange chest and belly feathers with white under-tail feathers, grey back feathers, dark grey-black wing and tail feathers, black head feathers with white and black mottled chin feathers, dark eyes surrounded by white eyeliner, orange-yellow beaks, and brown legs and feet.
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    King of the gravel hill.
    (04/22/24)

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    Photograph of a killdeer standing on a large rock atop a pile of gravel with out of focus greys and browns in the background. The killdeer is facing left leaving one eye visible. Killdeer have long, brown, slender legs, white belly, under tail, and breast feathers, brown back, wing, and tail feathers, black chest and neck rings, a white neck ring between the two black rings, black and white masks, black beaks, and dark eyes surrounded by bright orange fleshy skin.
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    Wee bloodroot shooting for the stars 💫.
    (04/08/24)

    #wildflowers #nativeplants #BloomScrolling #flowers #FlowerPhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #macro #MacroPhotography #MastoArt #photography #AltText

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    Some of the first spring beauty (Claytonia virginica seems likely) and a passerby on #ClearCreekTrail.
    (04/12/24)

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    Photograph of a spring beauty (Claytonia virginica seems likely) flower with an out of focus stem, foliage, and brown leaves in the background. There is a bee (possibly a leafcutter species) flying by and above the flower. Spring beauties are small plants with slender stems. Their flowers have five white petals with bumble-gum pink veining, five white stamens with pink anthers, and a greenish pistil with a pink stigma.
    Closeup photograph of a spring beauty (Claytonia virginica seems likely) plant with a cluster of flower buds. One of the flower buds has just begun opening having split the sepal. The remaining flower buds are still tightly bound by the two protective sepals. Spring beauties are small plants that have slender stems. Their flowers have five white petals with bumble-gum pink veining, five white stamens with pink anthers, and a greenish pistil with a pink stigma.

    Closeup photograph of a spring beauty (Claytonia virginica seems likely) flower with an out of focus stem and indistinct browns in the background. Spring beauties are small plants that have slender stems. Their flowers have five white petals with bumble-gum pink veining, five white stamens with pink anthers, and a greenish pistil with a pink stigma.
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    Got the hummingbird feeder up other day for early arrivals. This is my 3rd yr w/ one.

    Not positive but I'm assuming this is a female ruby-throated. Not sure if it's the same bird but I've had the same type of female visit for the past 2 yrs.

    Was very busy w/ the garden last yr & wasn't able to get a any good pics the few times I had the camera in hand. So we just enjoyed each other's company.

    This is from 2022.
    (08/16/22)

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    Photograph of a hummingbird in flight with out of focus greys and blues in the background. I believe this is a female ruby-throated hummingbird but I'm not certain. This species has a grey to white abdomen, chest and neck, a white undertail, green feathers on the tail and back, a green cap that extends from the beak to the back, large, dark eyes, and a long, beak with an even longer tongue that is used to extract the nectar from the center of a flower.
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    Sexy time among the moss along #ClearCreekTrail. I noticed one of the capsules looks like a gulper eel (#2 is a closer crop on #1). I'm not very familiar with mosses. Is that what the capsule typically looks like before/after it releases its spores?
    (04/08/24)

    #moss #Mosstodon #MossMonday #nature #NaturePhotography #macro #MacroPhotography #MastoArt #photography #AltText

    Closeup image of moss reproductive stalks extending from the leaf-like moss below it. Each stalk has a long, slender brown stem that ends in an oblong, green capsule which contains the moss spores.
    Closeup image of moss reproductive stalks extending from the leaf-like moss below it. Each stalk has a long, slender brown stem that ends in an oblong, green capsule which contains the moss spores.
    Closeup image of moss reproductive stalks extending from the leaf-like moss below it. Each stalk has a long, slender brown stem that ends in an oblong, green capsule which contains the moss spores.

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    My ground phlox (possibly Phlox subulata/moss phlox) has achieved blanket status.

    I'm a sucker for mass blooms. A friend of mine has large swaths of this phlox & was kind enough to borrow me a cup 2 yrs ago. A cup that was 1.5' x 2' chunk that I then plopped down in a 1.5' x 2' space.

    Easy peasy phlox carpet squee-sy.
    (04/12/24)

    #garden #gardening #BloomScrolling #flowers #FlowerPhotography #FlowerMastodon #nature #NaturePhotography #macro #MacroPhotography #MastoArt #photography #AltText

    Photograph of a mass bloom of purple ground phlox (moss phlox seems likely). This variety of phlox is low to the ground and slowly "creeps" along the ground. The plant has moss-like foliage. The flowers have five, heart-shaped, pale purple feathers that radiate from a narrow central cone. Each petal has two, small, purple dots where the bloom meets the central cone. Two orange anthers are visible in the center of the cone while the other reproductive organs are interior to the cone.
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    The first wildflower I've come across on #ClearCreekTrail. It's the same species an the one I found first about this time last year, liverwort (Hepatica americana or Anemone hepatica seems likely). I don't know if it has opened yet or not but I'm gonna head back today to take a look.
    (04/06/24)

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    Closeup photograph of a row of three liverwort flowers (Hepatica americana or Anemone hepatica seems likely). The flower in the center is in focus while the flowers in the foreground and the background are out of focus. The species of Anemone has brown-purple, lobed leaves on long stem. Its flowers top long, purple stems and are composed of purple-green sepals that support six pale, purple-pink petals radiating from a center with stamens and pistil. This plants is likely still in the process of blooming with the petals still mostly closed.
    Closeup photograph of a row of three liverwort flowers (Hepatica americana or Anemone hepatica seems likely). The flower in the center is in focus while the flowers in the foreground and the background are out of focus. The species of Anemone has brown-purple, lobed leaves on long stem. Its flowers top long, purple stems and are composed of purple-green sepals that support six pale, purple-pink petals radiating from a center with stamens and pistil. This plants is likely still in the process of blooming with the petals still mostly closed.

    Photograph of a liverwort plant (Hepatica americana or Anemone hepatica seems likely) sitting in an open space in a stone wall. The wall is mostly out of focus and covered by other plants and mosses. The species of Anemone has brown-purple, lobed leaves on long stem. Its flowers top long, purple stems and are composed of purple-green sepals that support six pale, purple-pink petals radiating from a center with stamens and pistil. This plants is likely still in the process of blooming with the petals still mostly closed.
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    Pied-billed grebe in ST Morrison Park in Coralville, Iowa.

    Haven't seen a non-mallard/Canada goose waterbird in the pond B4 but I'm sure there's probably been some. Luckily I encountered one once & when this one dived I was like, "That ain't no duck". Stalked it the next day for an hour or so & was finally able to sneak up on it while it dove.

    No others. It just hung out w/ the geese/ducks. Such a cutie!
    (04/01/24)

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    Photograph of a pied-billed grebe swimming in blue-green water reflecting a grey, overcast sky above. The grebe is facing right leaving one eye visible and has just plucked a feather from its back. Pied-billed grebes have brown to grey body feathers, a black mask above and below the beak, dark eyes surrounded by a pale grey eyeliner, a silvery-grey, pointed beak that is designed for grabbing fish underwater, a vertical black stripe about halfway down the beak, and instead of webbed feet they have large lobed toes for perambulation.
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    The wonderful thing about birding is that you're constantly learning new info about different species. For example, I didn't realize that female red-bellied woodpeckers don't have red on the top of their heads. As far as I know this may be the first photograph I've taken of a female. Before I looked it up, I assumed it was a molting male or perhaps an unfortunate sufferer of male pattern baldness 😉.
    (03/23/24)

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    Image of a female red-bellied woodpecker perched on a large tree branch with out of focus branches and blue sky in the background. The woodpecker is facing right leaving one eye visible. Female red-bellied woodpeckers have off-white belly, chest, and neck feathers with a slight red blush on the lower belly, black and white back, wing, and tail feathers with a checkerboard pattern on the wings, a red feathers on the back of its head, an off-white cheek, chin and top of head, black beaks, and dark grey legs and feet that are designed to grasp the sides of trees.
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    Dr. Junco Livingston exploring the dense, snow covered jungles of #ClearCreekTrail, I presume.
    (03/23/24)

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    Photograph of a dark-eyed junco standing on fresh snow next to a large fallen branch and surrounded by brown twigs, thin brown stems, and other detritus. There is fresh snow and a few newly sprouted green grasses in the foreground and out of focus snow and branch in the background. The junco is facing right leaving one eye visible. Dark-eyed juncos white belly and under-tail feathers, light grey to dark grey body feathers, grey wing feathers with dark markings, dark eyes, a silvery pink beak, and brown legs and feet.
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    ...like a blue thumb.
    (03/23/24)

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    Image of a male eastern bluebird perched on a grey tree branch with out of focus branches and tree trunks in the background. The bluebird is facing left leaving one eye visible. Male eastern bluebirds have white bellies surrounded by orange along with an orange chest and neck, blue wings with black markings, blue backs and heads, dark eyes, black beaks, and dark brown legs and feet.
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