From my walk this morning, Brown-Eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta. While taking the first photo I noticed a little flower crab spider, the Misumena vatia, commonly called the goldenrod crab spider.

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It's been awhile since I shared any photos. Here are a couple of an adorable little jumping spider that dropped onto the keyboard of my laptop while I was working on the porch recently. Platycryptus undatas, the tan jumping spider

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Amid a rise in bee die-offs in the U.S., Beewise’s hives can provide constant insights on colony health using artificial intelligence, as well as treatment should it start to falter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/06/24/wildlife/robotic-hives-ai-bee-colony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #wildlife #bees #ai #startups

Found a little pop of colour, matching my shirt 😊 :
a Midland Painted Turtle hatchling, far away from any water. She slept in my hands while I carried her 2 km to the nearest pond.
Who knows how she got on that dusty logging road.
Good luck, little one.

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Looks like I’ll be buying hedgehog food too!

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And bend and stretch ...
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Just a couple of photos this evening, both from my garden about 30 mins ago.

This is the second, 1 of 20 odd Starlings that regularly pop in to hoover up the mealworm for their chicks

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The baby #coots are growing nicely, always fun watching them get fed by the adults. #Pondlife #birds #wildlife