I love Chickadees!
I marvel at the variations there are in beetles.
These wonders of nature never cease to amaze me!
First time seeing one of these!
I was told this is a hybrid of the Red-spotted Purple and White Admiral. Yes????
I adore these little flying gems and eagerly await their return every spring.
My cats were quite entertained by this little guy on the deck door screen!
Saw this beauty while canoeing at Herrick's Cove.
Watched this dude guarding his territory around a shed that was riddled with their drilled holes.
I picked a cherry tomato from my garden in early September, not realizing there was a Monarch chrysalis attached to it. I rigged up a way to let it hang free and kept it in my house. On 9/25 it began to emerge, which I noticed probably 2 or 3 hours after it began the process. Sadly, the butterfly didn't make it. It seemed to have become stuck and could not emerge.
This doe was attacked, probably by a coyote. Her tail was a stub of exposed bone and there were abrasions to her hind end and back leg. She came through my yard for several days, making short work of 2 bushes. The first day I saw her, the wounds seemed fairly new. Over the following days, she appeared to be healing and was moving without difficulty.
These little guys are so amusing!
Stalking the squirrels at my bird feeders.
So many cool critters take up residence in the cord wood pile!
I've loved finding these guys since I was a little kid in Massachusetts!
This was seriously creepy! I knocked a mud wasp nest off the side of my house while standing on my back deck. About 30 of these spiders came cascading down from the nest, all still alive, but paralyzed.
Sadly, I hit this guy with my car. It didn't make it, but I was able to get a good pic.
Closest and best observation I've ever had of a black bear.
