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Maggie Whitson commented on "Image of Cyanocitta stelleri":
I've heard that birds sun this way to warm up their feathers and get rid of things like mites.
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Maggie Whitson commented on "Image of Quercus macrocarpa":
Considering the relatively small acorn on what appears to be an inch long stalk, I'd tend to ID this as Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak). Quercus macrocarpa tends to have larger acorns that are sessile (sit directly on the twig without much of a stalk).
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Maggie Whitson commented on "File:Corvus corone mit einer Walnuss 02.JPG":
Why should squirrels have all the fun?
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Maggie Whitson commented on "Juglans nigra (Juglandaceae) - twig - unspecified":
Walnut twigs have a distinctive chambered pith that looks rather like the rungs of a ladder.
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Maggie Whitson commented on "Image of Juglans nigra":
A nice example of the distinctive chambered pith characteristic of black walnut twigs.
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Maggie Whitson commented on "PIC_RAH9935":
Nice example of the chambered pith which makes black walnut twigs so recognizable.
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Maggie Whitson commented on "File:Epipactis palustris Pollinien auf Fliege 2012-07-05 001.jpg":
This fly has obviously been visiting orchid flowers, because it has gotten an orchid pollinium stuck to its back.
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Maggie Whitson commented on "PIC_rah06687":
Metrosideros excelsa/tomentosa has long, showy red stamens instead of showy petals. This plant has short stamens and showy petals, so is probably not Metrosideros excelsa.
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Maggie Whitson commented on "File:Tinajo - Montaña Colorada - Rumex lunaria 01 ies.jpg":
Great habitat shot.
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Maggie Whitson commented on "Acetosela; Azeda-dos-noivos // Sheep Sorrel (Rumex acetosella)":
While both Rumex and Oxalis sepcies are commonly called "sorrel," this photo should come out with the genus Rumex, and not under the genus Oxalis. Despite the same common name, they are very different plants.
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Maggie Whitson commented on "File:Helichrysum italicum (corsica).jpg":
This may be misidentified as H. italicum. I haven't seen any other examples that have ray flowers ("petals") like this, or that have pinnately lobed leaves, such as can be seen behind the lower cluster of flowers.
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Maggie Whitson commented on "File:Nelumbo nucifera Oga01.jpg":
This photo of Nelumbo should not be showing up under the Sapindaceae (wrong family).
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Maggie Whitson commented on "Image of Claytonia caroliniana":
The pink and white flower is the Claytonis. I think the white one is Sanguinaria.
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Maggie Whitson commented on "Image of Erythronium":
E. americanum should have yellow flowers. This may be E. albidum
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