b_gonzalez's Favorites
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Παρατηρητής
alexsalcedoΠεριγραφή
One of the many raptors hunting bats at the UF bat houses in Gainsville.
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Παρατηρητής
alexsalcedoΠεριγραφή
One of the several raptors hunting bats at the UF bat houses in Gainsville
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Παρατηρητής
alexsalcedoΠεριγραφή
Kite with a bat prey at the UF bat houses in Gainesville.
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Τι
Μεξικάνικος Νυχτονόμος (Tadarida brasiliensis)Παρατηρητής
alexsalcedoΠεριγραφή
This bat narrowly escaped a raptor attack but slammed on the ground in the process. Then it proceeded to climb a Southern Live Oak.
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Παρατηρητής
alyssacrittersΠεριγραφή
Not sure what was going on here, the one anole dragged the other dead one off into the bushes :(
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Παρατηρητής
lgarrigaΠεριγραφή
Just a guess based on other observations. It looks like there is a population in Key West which contains all observations of them in Florida. I guess this might be a newly documented area for these exotics farther north (assuming ID is even correct)
Doesn't look like their range extends this far north here either, though map might just be slightly inaccurate: https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=3806
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Παρατηρητής
alexsalcedoΠεριγραφή
Likely N. fabricii or N. abbotii. See discussion here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149496741 This photo was originally posted as the first photo in the linked observation.”
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Τι
Ταυροκαρχαρίας (Carcharhinus leucas)Παρατηρητής
alexsalcedoΠεριγραφή
Observed a few years ago during a shark tagging expedition with UM
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Παρατηρητής
alexsalcedoΠεριγραφή
ID: Pantherophis quadrivittatus
Feeding on a Knight Anole (Anolis equestris)
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Παρατηρητής
alexsalcedoΠεριγραφή
Second individual of this species observed at the site.
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Παρατηρητής
alexsalcedoΠεριγραφή
Observed while doing some bird watching at the Cutler Bay Wetlands
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Παρατηρητής
alexsalcedoΠεριγραφή
Please forgive the really blurry photo. My eyes saw the bunting clearly but my camera had lots of trouble focusing
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Παρατηρητής
alexsalcedoΠεριγραφή
I saw this caterpillar on a blade of grass, literally on top of what seems to be eggs (?). Within the same area (2 square feet), I saw another caterpillar of the same species doing basically the same thing (2nd photo) Is it a coincidence or something else?
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Τι
Κόκκινος Καρδινάλιος (Cardinalis cardinalis)Παρατηρητής
billprantyΠεριγραφή
With Valeri Ponzo; a successful visit to see "Sunny," the celebrated xanthochroic male Northern Cardinal.
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Παρατηρητής
alexsalcedoΠεριγραφή
This damselfly was shipped "accidentally" from North Carolina to Miami, Florida as a larva with some aquatic plants
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Παρατηρητής
ron284Περιγραφή
Found at the Carillon business center on a freshwater pond. It was heard calling first and then responded to playback of King Rail and was eventually seen by many local birders.
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Παρατηρητής
alexsalcedoΠεριγραφή
Found this Palm Flatid Planthopper (Ormenaria rufifascia) on a Saw Palmetto frond that had succumbed to this fungus (Possible Hirsutella sp. If so, then most likely H. citriformis). There were other live and healthy (?) hoppers on the same frond. Not certain how pathogenic this fungus is, so not certain if they are infected. Thank you @b_gonzalez for your sleuth work, and for bringing this observation hopefully one step closer to being fully identified.
Φωτογραφίες / ήχοι
Τι
Χρυσωπίνοι (Φυλή Chrysopini)Παρατηρητής
alexsalcedoΠεριγραφή
This tiny lacewing larva bit my skin with its mandibles when I held it (photo #2). It left the area itchy as it possibly injected saliva containing digestive enzymes, through a groove on its mandibles. Thank you @b_gonzalez for the info and for allowing this tiny creature to bite you while I took photos 3 and 4
