lentrichard

lentrichard, 18 days ago to Battlemaps

Ferns are unfurling along the Pierce Road in #Harvard #Forest.

#plants #ferns #botany #ecology #biology #biodiversity #massachusetts #CentralMA #nature #naturephotography #harvardforest #spring #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #newengland #Pteridophytes

A cluster of young ferns unfurling on a forest floor covered with dry leaves, next to a pathway. A solitary stone and pinecone can also be seen.
Fiddlehead ferns emerging from the forest floor among dry leaves, with a dirt path winding through the woods in the background.

lentrichard, 26 days ago to Flowers

Red #Maple #flowers, Pierce Road, #Harvard #Forest.

#nature #CentralMA #massachusetts #naturephotography #plants #botany #trees #biology #biodiversity #harvardforest #ecology

lentrichard, 1 month ago to Battlemaps

The Pierce Road in #Harvard #Forest is now a goddamn #winter wonderland.

#weather #spring #seasons #nature #naturephotography #harvardforest #CentralMA #massachusetts

lentrichard, 1 month ago to Battlemaps

More spring sightings: Have had Wood Frogs (Rana sylvatica) and Spring Peepers (Hyla crucifer) calling in the last few days from wet areas in the surrounding #forest.

But the Wikipedia tells me that Spring Peepers are now Pseudacris crucifer and Wood Frogs are Lithobates sylvaticus. I cannot keep up with all of this scientific name changing. I shall now just call them all "frogs."

#frogs #amphibian #amphibians #herpetology #wetlands #forests #ecology #biology #biodiversity #nature

lentrichard, 1 month ago to Battlemaps

Eft-O-Rama along the Pierce Road, #Harvard #Forest, Petersham, #Massachusetts, at various times in recent junctures along the space-time continuum.

Notophthalmus viridescens.

#salamanders #amphibian #amphibians #nature #naturephotography #biology #biodiversity #ecology #forests #harvardforest

An orange newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) standing on a brown leaf against a gravelly background.
An orange salamander (Notophthalmus viridescens) walking on a rocky and sandy ground with small twigs and debris.
An orange salamander (Notophthalmus viridescens) with black spots on a bed of dry leaves and twigs.

lentrichard, 1 month ago to Massachusetts

A robber fly eating what appears to be a species of biting fly. This act of predation is occurring on my Subaru in Framingham, #Massachusetts. The biting fly had it coming. An iPhone 5 photo taken 13 July 2013. Ish.

#insects #flies #entomology #ecology #biology #biodiversity #predation #predator #predators #nature #naturephotography

lentrichard, 2 months ago to Massachusetts

Most likely Phaeolus schweinitzii (dyer's polypore). Boxborough, #Massachusetts, 18 July 2015.

"As its common name suggests, the dyer's polypore is an excellent natural source of green, yellow, gold, or brown dye."

Fascinating, as I thought "Dyer" was a person's name. Although "schweinitzii" is from a person's name.

See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaeolus_schweinitzii

#nature #naturephotography #mushrooms #saprophytes #fungi #fungus #biology #biodiversity #ecology #mycology #forests #MushroomsOfMastodon

lentrichard, 2 months ago to Battlemaps

Turkey? Velociraptor?

Pierce Road, #Harvard #Forest, Petersham, #Massachusetts.

#nature #naturephotography #harvardforest #biology #biodiversity #ecology

lentrichard, 2 months ago to conservative

Western Conifer Seed Bugs invade home. Pandemonium ensues. What do they want from us? Please send cameleons. Or maybe geckos.

#insects #bugs #entomology #Hemiptera #ecology #biology #biodiversity #nature #naturephotography

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lentrichard, 2 months ago to Plants

I believe we have survived another #winter.

#spring #plants #flowers #gardens #nature #naturephotography #ecology #biology #biodiversity #massachusetts #seasons

lentrichard, 3 months ago to Massachusetts

Bird's nest #fungus on a rotting stick, 9 October 2021, Petersham, #Massachusetts. These are around 1/4 inch in diameter. I first encountered the Nidulariaceae (from the Latin "nidulus" for "small nest") around a year or so ago and they never cease to amaze me.

See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidulariaceae .

#nature #naturephotography #fungi #mushrooms #ecology #mycology #saprophytes #MushroomsOfMastodon #mushroomphotography #biology #biodiversity

lentrichard, 3 months ago to nature

Probably my best, and some might say only, bird picture. Cedar Waxwing, Grafton, #Vermont, 22 March 2014. Taken with a Nikon D3300 DSLR, 200mm lens. A lucky shot.

And now I read that DSLR's are obsolete:

https://expertphotography.com/are-dslrs-dead/

Oh, well. So am I.

#nature #naturephotography #birds #birdphotography #photography #cameras #newengland

lentrichard, 4 months ago to apple

Unearthed one of these in a drawer upstairs. It was like finding a fossil.

#Apple #ipod #ipod_classic #technology