Fluidr / Cheryl Dunlop Molin's "creatures of 2023" set

first spider of 2023

N 5 B 137 C 5 E Jan 2, 2023 F Jan 3, 2023

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To my surprise I found three spiders. I shouldn't have been surprised; it didn't feel at all like January.

second spider of 2023

N 5 B 151 C 2 E Jan 2, 2023 F Jan 3, 2023

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And the thorns on this tree are rather scary. Lovely, but scary all the same.

dark-eyed junco

N 3 B 91 C 0 E Jan 6, 2023 F Jan 7, 2023

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This one doesn't look like the right markings for the usual variety that winters in Indiana, the slate-colored group. It looks like the Oregon group variety to me, though I've only seen them in photos. Monroe County.

brown on brown

N 3 B 38 C 0 E Jan 6, 2023 F Jan 7, 2023

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Sparrow in winter scene. Field sparrow, I think.

pigeon

N 2 B 18 C 0 E Jan 7, 2023 F Feb 1, 2023

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