hunting from nearby tree, about 10:30am, looking intently down at snow, then landed and mantled for a couple of minutes, burying its head into the snow several times before flying off in the opposite direction

in the absence of a trunk or stone to lean on, a capybara may be an option;
I have observed these two individuals do this twice;

see also
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/nelson_wisnik/21258-the-friendly-capybara

Dia 82, un individuo.

Day 82, one individual.

Relacionado con // Related to:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2667158
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2667199
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2667420

A green chiton attached to a half crab. We observed this alien looking commensal beast while undertaking an intertidal survey on the reefs off Hawera. It made us jump when we first turned over the rock.

Drama. These guys all normally get along pretty well, but here a squirrel decided to start something and nearly got kicked in the head as reward. Moments later they were back to munching sunflower seeds side-by-side again.

Photo is an actual photo of live insect taken by me at the time listed 2023-10-01 16:43:29 at OAK airport arrival terminal for southwest flight (SWA3845) from Baltimore. It was found alive on a passenger inside the airplane while landing, captured, and euthanized in the airport terminal. All details (ie coordinates, time of photo) are exact. No other individuals were seen but a detailed search of fuselage was not performed by poster.

There is a small population at Dana point harbor of these strange all white squirrels. Are they albino or leucistic? What species are they? Why are there so many of them at this one site? They hang out in the rocks at the end of the point, over the bridge and down to the left.

We reported this sea otter to the Marine Science Center in Charleston Harbor when we first sighted it Feb 28, 2004 and had it verified by Jan Hodder. Note one of the photos shows the sea otter dragging around a harbor seal pup. After several minutes it released the pup

New one to me! This crazy nudibranch was not teeny -- about 1" long. Cream body with brown speckling and cool yellow lines. Large foot. Rows of gills like Dendronotus? Oral tentacles flicked up and down like a cockatoo's crest. BUT THE WEIRDEST THING were these crazy long flowing 'streamers' coming from the top of each rhinophore sheath - kind of looked like worms, though clearly attached and marked like the rest of the body (cream with brown specks). Found on Tubularia. Invasive? Video: https://www.flickr.com/photos/30314434@N06/25521619833/in/dateposted/

Calling out the big guns for help: @tgosliner @mcduck @rebeccafay @sluglust @kestrel @kueda

UPDATE 5/16/2016: Here's the very nice video that the California Academy of Sciences created about this guy: https://www.facebook.com/calacademy/videos/10154157032862311/

This bird is called a seagull. It was not scared of anyone. I got an arms length away from it and it did not fly away. It was strange because it looked right into my eyes. It was a quiet seagull with no chirping. I didn't smell anything but fish because it was near the ocean. I did not want to touch the seagull because it was it looked like it was going to bite my hand if I touched it. I walked away before it flew into my face.

An ancient beetle lineage
Identified as Omma stanleyi on Bowerbird by Matthew Connors: "This family is considered one of the oldest beetle families alive today and consists of just two genera, one from Australia and the other from South America. This genus is incredibly old and was once much more widespread, with a fossilised representative extremely similar to this one (O. daxishanense) known from the Late Jurassic of China around 160 million years ago! An exciting find to say the least"

My Eugryllacris comotti (Griffini, 1908) preying on a Uvarovites inflatus (Uvarov, 1924).
This individual is from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China, it would need to go through two more molt to reach adulthood.
Posted this because there is currently no observation of this genus on iNat, the one before is a mis-identified Ocellarnaca furcifera.

These are my nature journal notes and drawings. I’ve tagged them to the Nature Drawing and Journal project. Not sure how to share with only that page to avoid identification challenges.

The Trumpeter swan's black connection between mandible and eye, and vocalization was unmistakable. I sketched this using binoculars and direct observation in-situ. And yes it was snowing while observing! This one was an interloper visiting a mated pair who was setting up a nesting area on a nearby pond.

Bottom illustration is Spring Peeper.

These are my nature journal notes and drawings. I’ve tagged them to the Nature Drawing and Journal project. Not sure how to share with only that page to avoid identification challenges

Found under a log, and it was dark, so I broke out the UV light. After that I kept on searching with the light and realized they were everywhere on the surface of the leaf litter. Probably saw 20, at least.