Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) A little wren trying to chase me away. Rosinweed Sunflowers Rosinweed Sunflowers The first honey bee I've seen this year. Strange happenings...Leafhoppers Saturday afternoon and we're the only visitors in… Young geese are trying out their wings. Vine tentacles The only green grass in our area now. Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia) Ruby Meadowhawk Feeding on an insect it had just caught. A unique pair to observe. A natural setting in a local nature park. Very low water level Turtles in 'duck soup' A window to the clouds Agrimony, a member of the rose family. Willow Herb Blue Vervain at the lake shore. A Viceroy butterfly. A perfect summer day. A perfect summer day at the river. "Mississagi" on her way up river. The hungry little thief Even butterflies like the beach. Questionmark (Polygonia interrogationis) Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina) American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) Fergus begging me to play with him An old Hickory tree in our neighborhood. Maggie is out 'grazing' in the pasture... Spring Azure (Polyommatus semiargus) Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea) Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) fills the air wi… The delicate seed head of Goat's Beard. Baltimore Oriole, female Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis) Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)