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Two-spotted Lady Beetle (Adalia bipunctata) on Packera aurea, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, NYC, April 2024

Color/pattern variation. Saw many more of the nominal form in this and other Northern Catalpas here today. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/170518031

In a wetland along the Chickering Bog Trail (outside the boundary of the natural area)

Boreal calcareous cliffs at Smuggler's Notch (coordinates not specific for each observation)

4-5 individuals on the summit of ball crag

First time seeing this one, very cool!

Awesome!

Amazing encounter with a group that swam past us right along the shoreline of the bay.

A large pod of I would think many more than 100

Such a cool plant

Two orange-collared adults and four non-collared youngsters from this summer

Lizard Tail Swamp

Laying eggs on Wild Indigo, Baptisia tinctoria

Continuing rarity. Very tough weather! I managed to get a shot of the little gull in a mix flock from smallest to largest: little gull, Bonaparte's, ring billed, herring and great black back.

Antelope Valley--70 St W and Avenue B, Los Angeles County, California

Terrible photo, but a long-staying (three weeks so far) bird along the Hsinchu coast. Distinct spatulate bill and foraging style. Dozens of observers - quite a party.