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Lifer

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Chinese mantis eating a Ruby throated hummingbird in butterfly bush

Another photo of the same individual (previously posted).
Note:
• Brown looking wings
• white-ish rings and spots around eyes

Asking opinions if you think this is a hybrid or not.

WHCR being harassed by BNST.

Cooper's Hawk with a nest nearby gets serious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH0SQumMGJ4

Drooping, long bill and club-shaped outer primary. Confirmed by expert

Continuing

C, minimus?

I thought this was a mallard but it has green wing bands and a brown on his head.

This observation is for the prey. This smallish alligator swam up with it already captured, tried for 20 minutes to toss it back, and in the end swam away with the duck still gripped in its jaws.

2nd pic is original unaltered shot

A very gnarly tree!

First wild one I had seen in several years at this location.

Taking a bath revealed his "orange crown"

Help me identify the home invader that woke me up at 4 AM

fancy hairdo!

Had the pleasure of seeing him singing in the canopy from a tower looking down.

NOTE: ADD AUDIO

This one has to be different from Phymata fasciata

Kindly help ID this Spiny Devil Katydid.
Video:
https://youtu.be/qXvJHKWb3Q0
Panacanthus Cuspidatus?

in nest

I've always wondered if the first image is work of a woodpecker/other organism, or just the tree's natural cork? If it's simply the tree, the tree's ID will do. Thank you! 🌲