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As the scientific name implies, gray tree frogs are variable in color owing to their ability to camouflage themselves from gray to green, depending on the substrate where they are sitting. The degree of mottling varies.[3] They can change from nearly black to nearly white. They change color at a slower rate than a chameleon. Dead gray tree frogs and ones in unnatural surroundings are predominantly gray. The female does not croak and has a white throat; however, the male does croak and has a black/gray throat. The female is usually larger than the male.
They are relatively small compared to other North American frog species, typically attaining no more than 1.5 to 2 in (3.8 to 5.1 cm). Their skin has a lumpy texture to it, giving them a warty appearance. They are virtually indistinguishable from the Cope's gray tree frog, H. chrysoscelis, the only readily noticeable difference being their calls. Cope's gray tree frog has a shorter, faster call.[4] The gray tree frog also has an extra set of chromosomes (4N), or 48 in total, and is called tetraploid gray tree frog in scientific circles. The Cope's gray tree frog, or diploid gray tree frog, retained its 2N (24) original chromosome set. Hybridization between these species results in early mortality of many larvae, but some individuals survive to adulthood though they have reduced fertility.[5]
Both H. chrysoscelis and H. versicolor have bright-yellow patches on their hind legs, which distinguishes them from other tree frogs, such as H. avivoca.[6] The bright patches are normally only visible while the frog is jumping. Both species of gray tree frogs are slightly sexually dimorphic. Males have black or gray throats, while the throats of the females are lighter.[7]
Tadpoles have rounded bodies (as opposed to the more elongated bodies of stream species) with high, wide tails that can be colored red if predators are in the system. Metamorphosis can occur as quickly as two months with optimal conditions. At metamorphosis, the new froglets will almost always turn green for a day or two before changing to the more common gray. Young frogs will also sometimes maintain a light green color and turn gray or darker green after reaching adulthood.
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FIELD MARKS- dark gray overall black cap long,black tail, often cocked undertail coverts chestnut short, dark bill
I only went out whale watching twice earlier this year for the winter season. I saw this gray whale and another on this trip.
On the other trip I saw the CA-51 transient killer whales. I didn’t really get good pictures of them because it was in the evening, but I did get some video footage of them that is okay if you want to see how that went:
“All Night, All Day, We Will Fight for Freddie Gray!”: Justice for Freddie Gray: Baltimore Rallies for Justice in the Death of Freddie Gray, Baltimore, Maryland, Saturday, April 25, 2015.
The Gray Area Festival
April 21-24, 2016
A conference, performances, workshops, and an exhibition surveying culture through the lens of art and technology.
Festival Participants: Aaron Koblin, Alexander Randon, Benjamin Bratton, Casey McGonagle, Ceci Moss, Chelley Sherman, Container, David McConville, Deru, Effixx, Ekene Ijeoma, Eric Parron, Erik Nemeth, Erin LeDell, FredTurner, Gabriel Dunne, Geeta Dayal, Gene Youngblood, Georgina Voss, Harvey Moon, Heather Kelley, Jonathan Dinu, Jonathon Keats, Jono Brandel, Joreg, Joris Strijbos, Joshua Noble, Justin Anastasi, KIamal Sinclair, KOKOROMI, Lara Grant, Mark Hellar, Marpi, Megan Prelinger, Morehshin Allahyari, Nicky Assmann, Pablo Garcia, Pharmakon, Ray McClure, Ryan Alexander, Sarah Brin, Sherri Wasserman, Sophie Lamparter, Sougwen Chung, Telefon Tel Aviv, Tiffany Shlain.
Images by Claudia Miranda
grayareafestival.ioGray Area Festival April 21 - 24 2016. Images by Claudia Miranda
Gray's lily (Lilium grayi) is found in elevations above 4000 feet (1220 meters) in the southern Appalachian Mountains, mostly around where North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia converge... and nowhere else. It's not just a beauty, it's a rare one, enough so to be federally listed as endangered.
The balds and meadows of the Roan Highlands are famous for its open stands of brilliant Catawba rhododendron that usually bloom from late May to early June, but it's also a good place to find the Gray's lily. Like many of the photographers of this region, I have the locations of many of them mapped out in my head. They're not prolific like a hillside of poppies as you might find in California... to find them can be somewhat like an Easter egg hunt.
The flowers can be as big as 2.5 inches (6.35 cm), though often they're smaller. The plants can have multiple buds (the most I've seen are 8 from one stalk, as in this image, although I've heard of as many as 10), though most seem to produce no more than 1. Their color can range from bright orange to deep red, which you would think would be easy to spot as contrastive as it should be against green grass. However, there are oceans of tall grass on these balds, and Gray's lily can be difficult to spot amongst them... and that may be a good thing.
I've seen folks walk right by these flowers without having seen them, even while they're within only a few feet of the Appalachian Trail. Those who do see them are quite delighted by their splendor, yet there are those who carry that a bit too far. I found a pile of flowers laying on the ground along the trail as I was making my way down Jane Bald... many of the flowers I'd taken pictures of earlier in that morning had been trampled and picked by some young women who should have known better.
Those women weren't belligerent, but they were ignorant, and not just of the fact that these flowers are endangered. Why would anyone do that to any beautiful thing that's there for all to enjoy? Selfishness leads to such action, not love... these folks were quite apathetic, until someone pointed out that it was unlawful to pick them. It's striking to me, how some folks, in the pursuit to find relevance in so beautiful a place, find that beauty to be irrelevant. Ecclesiastes 3:11 states, “He has also set eternity in the hearts of men”... the eternal aspect of God Himself likely helps us resolve the deep love that is necessary to determine beauty, even for those who do not believe in God. How else can we all see beauty in such a way that we all recognize it. Until we understand that kind of love, we will never understand why it can’t be programmed... but it can be passed on. There's plenty of beauty in your part of the world, too... I know, I've seen your pictures. Encourage others to take away only pictures and memories of that beauty and leave just footprints!
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Solo Point, Fort Lewis, Washington
While birding today a Gray Whale slowly swam by followed by a Sea Lion.
Gray Line #87 Denning Gold Phoenix High Deck, Denning Manufacturing seen in Kings Domain at St Kilda Road on a Charter
The grey wolf or gray wolf, Canis lupus, often known simply as wolf, is the largest wild member of the Canidae family. It is an ice age survivor originating during the Late Pleistocene around 300,000 years ago. DNA sequencing and genetic drift studies reaffirm that the gray wolf shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris). Although certain aspects of this conclusion have been questioned, including recently, the main body of evidence confirms it. A number of other gray wolf subspecies have been identified, though the actual number of subspecies is still open to discussion. Gray wolves are typically apex predators in the ecosystems they occupy. Though not as adaptable as more generalist canid species, wolves have thrived in temperate forests, deserts, mountains, tundra, taiga, grasslands, and even urban areas.
Though once abundant over much of Eurasia and North America, the gray wolf inhabits a very small portion of its former range because of widespread destruction of its territory, human encroachment, and the resulting human-wolf encounters that sparked broad extirpation. Even so, the gray wolf is regarded as being of least concern for extinction according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, when the entire gray wolf population is considered as a whole. Today, wolves are protected in some areas, hunted for sport in others, or may be subject to extermination as perceived threats to livestock and pets.
Went shooting again with www.raymondbarlow.com/
The gray hawk (Buteo plagiatus) or Mexican goshawk[2] is a smallish raptor found in open country and forest edges. It is sometimes placed in the genus Asturina as Asturina plagiata. The species was recently split by the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) from the gray-lined hawk. The gray hawk is found from Costa Rica north into the southwestern United States...The grey hawk is 46–61 cm (18–24 in) in length and weighs 475 g (16.8 oz) on average. The adult has a pale gray body, the tail is black with three white bands and the legs are orange. It is a solid, unpatterned gray on the upper parts...Immature birds have dark brown upperparts, a pale-banded brown tail, brown-spotted white underparts and a brown streaked buff head and neck. This species is quite short-winged, and has a fast agile flight for a Buteo. The call is a shrill whistled kleee-ooo...Gray hawks feed mainly on lizards and snakes, but will also take small mammals, birds and frogs. It usually sits on an open high perch from which it swoops on its prey, but will also hunt from a low glide. The nest is of sticks and built high in a tree. The usual clutch is one to three, usually two white to pale blue eggs.[3] The young take about 6 weeks to fledging.
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Pribilof Island race) - 07 Jun 2012 - Zapadni Rookery Blind, St. Paul Island, AK
Gray Design Xhibitionist
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Oregon State University researchers are studying gray whales along the Oregon Coast. Images and data collected under NOAA/NMFS permit #21678.
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Built about 1910. It opened as the Gray Moss Inn on Thanksgiving Day of 1925. Photo from the Helen Eck Sparkman Collection. (e117)