by terranovabay
A Red-bellied Woodpecker lounges half in and out of its roost cavity in an old oak tree in front of Audubon House at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Audubon House, Melanerpes carolinus, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Red-bellied Woodpecker
by terranovabay
A tinge of yellow marks the cryptic plumage of a juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in the old oak trees in front of Audubon House at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Audubon House, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Sphyrapicus varius, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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A procession of noisy hawks were flying over the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area when I arrived but by the time I could get the camera out all I had left to settle for was this Mourning Dove perched in one of the old oak trees in front of Audubon House. That is the way Mondays go sometimes.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Audubon House, hawk, Mourning Dove, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Zenaida macroura
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October brings a spooky frame of mind that has to come out in the images. A night view of one of the greenhouses at Audubon House inspired by the original 1956 classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Categories: Night Gallery • Tags: Audubon House, Greenhouse, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Pod People
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Sheltered Heron
Categories: Night Gallery • Tags: Audubon House, concrete, Heron, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Wind
by terranovabay
A Box Turtle stops a moment from walking through the breezeway at Audubon House at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. It seemed very curious about the place.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Audubon House, Box Turtle, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Terrapene carolina bauri
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A small moth adhering to the wall next to the office door at Audubon House. Resting during the day, the adventurous life of the moth takes place mostly at night.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Audubon House, Moth, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
by terranovabay
A female Pileated Woodpecker seen hard at work foraging for insects by tearing the bark off the old oak trees in front of Audubon House. Her raucous pounding and all the debris falling to the ground were hard to miss, which made her easy to find. Dryocopus pileatus about to fly away.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Audubon House, Dryocopus pileatus, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Pileated Woodpecker
by terranovabay
Zebra Longwing butterfly in the Audubon House pollinator garden at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA).
Categories: Nature • Tags: Audubon House, butterfly, Heliconius charitonia, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Zebra Longwing
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Zebra Longwing butterfly, designated the state butterfly of Florida in 1996, in the Audubon House pollinator garden at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA).
Categories: Nature • Tags: Audubon House, butterfly, Heliconius charitonia, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Zebra Longwing
