August 2017
A Confusing Bumble Bee (Bombus perplexis) and yes that's the real name!
Japanese Beetles (Popillia japonica) trying to huddle out of the rain
A Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) checking out whats going on
A Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) just about to open up
Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina) just catching the light
The light shining through a Red Oak leaf (Quercus rubra)
A young Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) sifting through some washed up vegetation for a meal
A Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida) blowing in the wind
The sun shining down through some Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota)
A Bee (Bombus sp.) visiting a Himalayan Balsam flower (Impatiens glandulifera)
A young Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in Little Lake
A Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) heading towards a Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
Some Fleabane (Erigeron sp.) in the garden
A young House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), you can tell it is an immature bird by the yellow at the base of the bill which young birds have so that they can open their mouths far enough to be fed by parents
Some Vetch (Securigera sp.) dripping in the rain
A Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) among the wood chips
A Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) in the marshes
A small Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) hanging out in the leaves
A Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) feeding in a pool
Spanish Moss hanging from all the branches
A Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) flying by
Spanish Moss covering a tree
A view of the New River Gorge in West Virginia
A Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa) feeding on another Praying Mantis
An alert little Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
A male Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in eclipse plumage, you can still see some flecks of green along the side of his head
A Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) on Little Lake
Some Black-eyed Susan's (Rudbeckia hirta) swaying in the wind
The sun shining through a Wild Grape (Vitis riparia) leaf
Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum) in the forest
Water beading on a Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)