Temperature was about 73 degrees and the weather was sunny and windy. The fungi is growing on the bottom of a tree stump. It is not surrounded by any other fungi and the bottom of the stump is in front of a long, fallen tree. The trees in the surrounding area are upright with no other stumps in sight.
I was not able to determine the type of tree this was. It was @ the edge of the trail to where it was able to get a good amount of sunlight, with the day this was taking being a sunny 45 degree Fahrenheit day. This was the only tree with this kind of bud at the end of the branches.
I am not sure what the flower is. It was found along a trail by my house. There were not many like it in close proximity that I was able to see. There were a good amount of trees which blocked some of the sunlight. This photo was taken on a sunny day with a temperature @ 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
The time this photo was taken it was fairly sunny although rainy in the morning. There was a moderate amount of cloud cover with the temperature being about 60 degree Fahrenheit.
All signs point to this being part of the pine family mostly in part because of the leaves and the vast amounts of pine cones all around. There were a moderate amount of these trees within this area, but it did not appear to be the most abundant tree in the wooded area. Photo was taken on a sunny day with the temperature @ about 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
This cricket was collected during a night hike. It is wingless and humpbacked. The back is dark colored while other parts of its body seem a bit more lighter.
This walkingstick was found near the Big Muddy River. This stick bug is pretty long and green. It was collected by sweep-netting
This Spotted Cucumber Beetle was collected during a hike on Snake Road in the afternoon. It has a yellow wings with black spots.
This firefly was collected in the afternoon with a sweep-net. It has black and yellow striped body.
Found inside a building building and caught using a jar.
Ran into a classmate and collected the insect in a pop can. Caught in the Heron Pond park near Shawnee National Forest.
caught with a butterfly net along snake road near shawnee national forest
Caught while sweeping netting in the Kankakee Sands preserve.
Caught dead under a colony of carpenter bees that were burrowing into a wooden framed structure.
Caught in a sweep net along the Big Muddy River banks in Southern IL.
On my way to the library, I saw this Eastern Cottontail on the quad. This species is very common, as it can be found throughout the entire Lake Shore campus. Not only can you find this species in Chicago, but you can also find them in the surrounding suburbs. The rabbits I have seen in the suburbs are more anxious and tend to run away when approached by a human. However, the rabbits on our campus are used to students walking in and out of the quad, becoming more accustomed and relaxed with human contact. Clearly, this location is comfortable for the species, as they are constantly mass reproducing on our campus.
Temperature: 51 degrees & Condition: Partly cloudy/sunny.
I saw this interesting looking bird on a field near our campus. This bird seemed as if it was just relaxing as it continuously moved around. The bird also seemed very attentive as it kept going away as I got just a bit closer. The American robin birds are common and live in a habitat such as parks, forests, and lawns. There are many of these we see on our campus.
I found this rabbit on campus. As I tried to get closer to the rabbit it hopped further away from me. I often see rabbits on campus and many of them allow me to get close to them although this one did not seem as comfortable. I also see many of these rabbits in the suburbs. The rabbits in the suburbs do not let me get as close to them as the ones on campus do.