Sightings for the Week of August 26, 2013

August 30th, 2013 | Category: Sightings
Green Treefrog Photo by: Brenna Ehmen

Green Treefrog
Photo by: Brenna Ehmen

This week at Grand Bay:

26th – Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina), Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

27th – Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger), White Ibis (Eudocimus albus), Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), Atlantic Stingray (Dasyatis sabina), American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliates)

28th – Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina), White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), Southern Leopard Frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus)

29th– Box Turtle #128 (Terrapene carolina), Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea), Blazing Star blooming (Liatris sp.)

30th– Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

Southern Leopard Frog Photo by: Brenna Ehmen

Southern Leopard Frog
Photo by: Brenna Ehmen

 

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