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It's almost baby snake season (mander.xyz)
 

A lot of baby or small snakes can be confusing if you're not sure what you're looking for. Fortunately, in the US, they're all relatively easy to ID with photos of decent enough quality.

In the eastern US, Dekay's brownsnakes are super common, both juveniles and adults. Their range largely overlaps with the eastern copperhead and only slightly overlaps with the cottonmouth. Both the copperhead and cottonmouth will have yellow tail tips as juveniles, and even when young, they are considerably larger than juvenile (and some adult) Dekay's brownsnakes. This brownsnake also usually has a pale neckband as a juvenile in addition to a spotted or chain-link pattern on its backside.

what's a reasonable sort for lemmy? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] cadamanteus@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

There is not yet enough content for your sort selection to really matter. I sort by new because at least I'll see more content as stuff is posted throughout the day.

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Guatemalan neckband snake (Scaphiodontophis annulatus) is such a boring name for such a neat animal (mander.xyz)
 

Honduras, June 2022

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he do a flip (mander.xyz)
 

Sometimes I don't even know what I'm photographing. This is a male blue-black grassquit doing a "I'm sexy" dance as he calls.

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Classic red-winged blackbird on snow (mander.xyz)
 

Ohio, February 2023

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I missed photographing male scarlet tanagers this year, so here's one from last year (mander.xyz)
 

Ohio, May 2022

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Lenca emerald spiny lizard, Sceloporus esperanzae, endemic to Honduras (mander.xyz)
 

Abundant in the right habitat/locality and handsome as adults, we found quite a few of these. Definitely saw more juveniles/females than adult males, though.

June 2022

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Anadenobolus monilicornis marching along, Honduras, June 2023 (mander.xyz)
 

This was the biggest millipede I've ever seen. It was at least 6 inches long.

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Red-winged blackbird telling off a snail kite (mander.xyz)
 

Any large bird is a threat.

Florida, May 2020

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Shorebird ID (madisonaudubon.org)
 

Anyone else getting out and looking for shorebirds? I got a lifer yesterday after-the-fact--a stilt sandpiper. It blended in well with the short-billed dowitchers.

Here is a link that helps me with shorebird ID!

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[US] Western rattlesnake ID (mander.xyz)
 

A lot of rattlesnake species (Crotalus sp.) in the western US look quite similar, but there are a few characteristics you can look at to help you identify them. The body pattern, facial pattern, tail pattern, and head scalation can all help lead you to the correct ID. While identification is not critical for envenomation treatment, it's fun to know what you're looking at (kind of the point of this community).

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Young fighters (mander.xyz)
 

A couple of immature red-tailed hawks duke it out for some reason. This was at a hawk watch in central Pennsylvania, October 2022.

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Black-headed trogon in Honduras, June 2023 (mander.xyz)
 

Trogons are incredibly fun to find and photograph. This is the only individual black-headed trogon I came across this year.

Brought some of my plants outside to enjoy the sunshine in c/houseplants@mander.xyz
[–] cadamanteus@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

My plants are (mostly) loving the sunshine! Plant lights can only do so much.

Caring for plants is hard in c/houseplants@mander.xyz
[–] cadamanteus@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

I feel you. My monstera is working on coming back from the dead. I agree with the other comment that this leaf looks pretty useless. Unless you rapidly moved your plant between lighting regimes like I did, it's probably a normal thing!

I've been having a hard time with my plants lately, but I think it's paying off. in c/houseplants@mander.xyz
[–] cadamanteus@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I will! I only give up when the plant really gives up (or ants invade and it's not worth it--RIP spider plant).

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