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COLLAGE: Boston Wildlife
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IMAGE 1 of 14: Harbor Seal
DESCRIPTION: The Harbor Seal is a round, elongated sphere bodied mammal. The seal has two flippers towards the front of the body that can be compared to arms and a pointed trail, allowing it to swim in the ocean. It's coloration is white with brown spots. The seal is sitting with it's upper and lower half of it's body off the ground.
CAPTION: Harbor Seal
CREDIT: Ken Canning/StockPhoto
IMAGE 2 of 14: Double crested cormorant
DESCRIPTION: The Double Crested Cormorant is a medium to large black bird that is perched on a post of sorts. The cormorant has longer tail feathers that are more grey than black. The feathers on it's back resembles scales on a fish. This bird has an orange beak and is covering part of it's face with a wing. Surrounding the top of the eyes are white feathers that stick straight up.
CAPTION: Double crested cormorant
CREDIT: Len Blumin
IMAGE 3 of 14: Glasswort
DESCRIPTION: The glasswort is a bright green fleshy succulent plant. The plant branches off from the center stem and then separates again off of those stems. Each branch is made up of multiple segments. The image has multiple glassworts growing next to each other but not touching.
CAPTION: Glasswort
CREDIT: Hans Reinhard/Photoshot
IMAGE 4 of 14: American oystercatcher
DESCRIPTION: The American oystercatcher is a relatively small bird. The stomach is white, the back is brown, and the head is black with orange eyes and beak. This bird has skinny, narrow orange legs with three toes on each foot. The American oystercatcher is holding an open oyster in it's mouth.
CAPTION: American oystercatcher
CREDIT: Marie Read
IMAGE 5 of 14: Monarch Butterfly
DESCRIPTION: The Monarch Butterfly is depicted in mid-flight. This butterfly is orange and black. Monarch's have a set of four wings with polka dots towards the ends of the upper two wings and stripes throughout the remainder of the wings.
CAPTION: Monarch Butterfly
CREDIT: Stephen Ausmus, USDA/ARS
IMAGE 6 of 14: Black-crowned night-heron
DESCRIPTION: The Black-crowned night-heron is a small to medium sized bird. The night-heron is standing on a rock. This bird has a white stomach and neck. The side of the bird is grey with the back and head being black. The bird has a red eye with an off-white beak that is slightly larger than it's head.
CAPTION: Black-crowned night-heron
CREDIT: T. Beth Kinsey
IMAGE 7 of 14: Red-winged black bird
DESCRIPTION: The red-winged black bird is a medium size black bird. This bird has red on the top of the wing where it's shoulder would be. The black bird is perched on a stick facing the left. It has black eyes and a black beak that is half the size of it's head.
CAPTION: Red-winged black bird
CREDIT: Marie Read
IMAGE 8 of 14: Cattails
DESCRIPTION: The cattail is a tall skinny plant that resembles a green needle. At the top of the needle has a thicker brown part that can be compared to a sponge. The image has six cattails all clustered together.
CAPTION: Cattails
CREDIT: Bet Zimmerman
IMAGE 9 of 14: Broad-winged skipper
DESCRIPTION: The Broad-winged skipper is a yellowish-orange month. It sits on a purple flower with two petals. The skipper has a long, thick body that is visible below the wings.
CAPTION: Broad-winged skipper
CREDIT: Randy Emmit
IMAGE 10 of 14: Glossy ibis
DESCRIPTION: The Glossy Ibis is a large bird with skinny long legs. The bird itself is purplish-black on the back half and maroon on the front half. The ibis's head is skinny with a long pointy beak and curves downwards.
CAPTION: Glossy ibis
CREDIT: Steve Baranoff
IMAGE 11 of 14: Snowy egret
DESCRIPTION: The Snowy Egret is a large white bird that stands much higher than the glossy ibis. The egret has long white feather that stick up on it's head. Around the eye is yellow with a long black beak.
CAPTION: Snowy egret
CREDIT: David Madden
IMAGE 12 of 14: Muskrat
DESCRIPTION: The muskrat is a large brown rodent. It has a small nose and ears with long whiskers. The muskrat has wet fur, some hairs sticking straight up and others laying flat.
CAPTION: Muskrat
CREDIT: Scott Nielsen
IMAGE 13 of 14: Staghorn sumac
DESCRIPTION: The Staghorn sumac is a plant that is made up of multiple stems with leaves that grow out opposite one another. Some of the stems have sets of eight leaves and others have sets of twelve leaves. In the enter of the plant there is a red upside down cone line flower.
CAPTION: Staghorn sumac
CREDIT: Jiri Bohdal/Naturfoto
IMAGE 14 of 14: Eastern cottontail
DESCRIPTION: The Eastern Cottontail is a brown rabbit with a white fluffy tail. The rabbit has two rounded big ears. The Eastern Cottontail is sitting on it's back legs with its front half in the air.
CAPTION: Eastern cottontail
CREDIT: John White
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