A bright day
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Arkansas Yucca seedpod (Yucca arkansana).
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Vine twists up the Hackberry tree.
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Crustose fungus doing its job!
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Close up.
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Bedstraw (Galium aparine) has started to pop out. It is an annual. I have read that it was used in bedding. The plant will cling to you with its hairs. I have found several species of caterpillars on it in the spring.
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Meadowlark breast feather next to a tiny yellow foliose lichen.
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Another Arkansas yucca seedpod that was missing two-thirds of its pod. I like the pattern inside the pod.
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Female Purple Finch.
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Dark-eyed Junco.
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At the feeder station.
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She came in too.
Keep looking!
A good day!
Juncos are so delicately beautiful.