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@jby@ecoevo.social
2026-07-23 14:15:16

Tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) has realized it's being watched.
Amigo Centre, outside Sturgis, Michigan
#naturalist #wildlife #bird

A gray and white tit with buffy flanks and a little bit of a triangular crest visible, perched on a branch but leaning around acrobatically to look over its shoulder at the photographer
@jby@ecoevo.social
2026-07-21 14:15:08

American water-willow, Justicia americana, blooming on the bank of Perrin Lake outside Sturgis, Michigan
#naturalist #wildflower #photography

A bilaterally symmetrical pale lavender flower with red-purple markings on its central labellum, photographed amidst linear green leaves
@jby@ecoevo.social
2026-07-16 15:54:03

A twelve-spotted skimmer, Libellula pulchella, perched by the patio pond at Amigo Centre, outside Sturgis, Michigan
#naturalist #wildlife #insect

A dragonfly with big dark eyes, wings marked by alternating dark and light splotches over near-transparent membranes, and a sky-blue abdomen, perched on a twig
@jby@ecoevo.social
2026-07-13 19:23:40

American robin, Turdus migratorius, in nice fresh plumage at Amigo Centre, outside Sturgis, Michigan
#naturalist #bird #wildlife

A thrush with dark head, back, and wings framing a deep red-orange breast, standing on a wooden bench in three-quarters profile with its head cocked to watch the photographer
@jby@ecoevo.social
2026-07-08 13:17:05

A Western bluebird, Sialia mexicana, in the morning light at Woodley Park, Sepulveda Basin
#naturalist #wildlife #bird #photography

A small thrush with white underparts, orange-golden breast and flanks, and blue head and wings, perched on a twig with its head cocked to one side
@jby@ecoevo.social
2026-07-07 14:54:02

New Jersey tea, Ceanothus americanus — a new-to-me Ceanothus! — in the woods around Amigo Centre, outside Sturgis, Michigan
#naturalist #wildflower #photography

Green leaves with three prominent parallel veins like ribs, framing loosely spherical panicles of small white flowers
@jby@ecoevo.social
2026-07-06 18:47:39

A watchful eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus, in the woods around Amigo Centre, Sturgis, Michigan.
#naturalist #mammal #wildlife

A chipmunk perched on the end of a log, giving the camera a sideways look, viewed through out-of-focus foliage and twigs
@jby@ecoevo.social
2026-05-03 01:46:33

On the final botany class field trip for the semester, I caught chaparral whitethorn (Ceanothus leucodermis) with fresh flowers and fruits on the same twig
#naturalist #photography #fruit

A slender branch, with striking smooth pale bark, with a clutch of bright green ovate leaves, a cluster of almost spherical green-and-red fruits, and a raceme of tiny pale blue flowers