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Baby ducks just hatched from their blue eggs in a nest along the Susquehanna River.

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Mining bees, or digger bees, (familys Andrenidae & Anthophoridae) nest in burrows in the ground. Unlike the honey bee, mining bees are “solitary” bees. They do not form long-lived colonies, nor do they live inside a single, well-defended nest controlled by one queen bee. Instead, each mining bee female usually digs her own individual burrow to rear her own young. Large numbers of these bees may nest near one another if soil conditions are suitable.

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I see this blue heron at the Susquehanna River all the time. Here it is flying through the sky in silhouette. A different sort of photo from me!

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Orange sludge found while walking the river’s edge not more than a mile into the woods near the park. The photos are close up shots of pipe flow into the Susquehanna River. The rest of the soil looks fine but there is a trail of orange sludge coming out of a pipe from farmland and into the river. Not sure I want to know what it is. Guesses?

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Here is the soil in spring when the water level is rising and falling a lot. The cracked earth is so pretty and the small flowers make a nice addition.

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Here are some plants found at the waters edge of the Susquehanna River. Also one white furry fungus!

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Here is a vine from the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. It was very long and I could only see about 9 feet of it. I tried to follow it but the rest of the brush was too thick. The flower was almost the size of my hand.

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A sampling of plant and insect species found at the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. Notice the insect that blends in perfectly in the fourth shot down. It is a messy picture but the bug just blends perfectly so I had to post it.

The little beetle at the bottom is a Spotted Cucumber Beetle. The plant the beetle is on is called a rose mallow seedpod. lots of those in the gallery.

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River plants exposed when water level changes. Dragonfly. Lichen. Moth. Camouflage spider.

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