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8-2-13: The Red Squirrel Saga Our local, not so friendly, red squirrel decided it was going to take up residence in the barn. Spousal unit found the first nest and cleaned it out. Yesterday, he found another nest on the other side of the barn, and cleaned that one out, also. As he was...

8-2-13: Moss can be such an interesting subject, and it doesn't care how often you photograph it. :)

8-1-13: Rain almost all day long made me look for indoor photos. I went to the barn, which I affectionately refer to as Gary's Playhouse. Gary has his power toys, I have my techno gizmos. :) Here are a few views of his man cave. Grind & Drill Tractor Haven The Idea Corner A Study in...

7-31-13: This is the last day of vulture stalking... until the next dead animal in the woods. I snapped this one in the morning when I was walking the dog. There were two remaining vultures. I think they were getting tired of me taking their pictures for 3 days. You're Nobody Till You've...

7-30-13: Afternoon Photos Back to vulture stalking. Spousal unit said he went up into the woods and saw vultures roosting all over the place. When they flew off, he said there was a whole squadron of them. I thought he was exaggerating. I went into the woods to take a look. They were...

7-30-13: Morning Photos As I walked out to go to work, there were about 6 blue jays hanging out on the ground below the bird feeder: both parents and 4 fledglings. As soon as they saw me, the flew off into the tree. By the time I put my stuff in the car, one of the fledglings decided to...

This is what you get when a turkey vulture flies off through the woods when you're not ready for it. :)

7-29-13: Vulture Stalking :) After I came back from my walk, I went up into the woods. I flushed out one turkey vulture but didn't get a good image of it. After that, I walked over to my neighbor's pond and another turkey vulture came flying out of the woods near the edge of the pond. I am...

7-29-13: It was such a beautiful afternoon I had to go for a walk. On that walk, I came across a swallowtail butterfly, then a very noisy catbird. That was before I went into the woods behind our house and "stalked" the vultures. :) This black swallowtail butterfly kept landing on the...

7-28-13: Turkey Vultures I thought these photos would be better suited to their own post, so here they are. We have a dead yearling deer in the woods. Yeah, yucky, stinky. The turkey vultures didn't take very long to find it. I was walking towards the woods and these guys flew off before...

7-28-13: Birds and Butterfly For some reason, we have a lot of catbirds this year. There was one on a wire screaming at me this morning when I was out with the dog. Here are a few of this very vocal bird. Okay, Now What? Yo! While walking through the woods this afternoon, I came across...

We all take photos of animals of all types that do not show all the critter, or show the critter in a less than expected view. The photographer will know what it is, but when other people look at it, they may not guess it immediately. I posted such a photo recently to my project 365 thread (I...

7-27-13: It's bug day! Or at least it seemed that way. :) I have no idea what species of creepy crawly this insect is, but they seemed to be on all the goldenrod and Queen Ann's lace today. Just Looking At It Makes Me Sneeze Would Queen Ann have Approved? Both were taken with my D3000...

7-26-13: Here are a few quick shots I took late this afternoon. Back to the ripening nightshade: Shades of Ripening I had better luck with bumblebee photos today than previously. Flight of the Bumblebee Holding on for Nectar

7-25-13: After all the heat and humidity, today was one of those wonderful, sunny summer days. I think I was stalking this blue jay and he wasn't happy about it. This is My Better Side Purple Button Berry Branch Ripe or Not, They Are Green

Sometimes bumblebees just don't pose properly. :) ​

7-24-13: I spotted this one on the way home from work. The deer around here are getting more and more accustomed to humans and completely ignore people and cars. Pesky Deer Flies Although they may be rather slow movers in flying insect terms, bumblebees are not always as easy to...

7-23-13: We must have a very popular bird feeder that attracts more than just birds. I looked out the window this morning and saw this doe sniffing the feeder, then starting to eat the seed that had fallen on the ground. By the time I got my camera and walked out side, she stopped eating but...

7-22-13: Thunderstorms made me resort to the opportunistic feline photo. Creature was looking rather bored. :) Looking for Something

7-21-13: Not a lot new happening at the bird feeder but I did get both flora and fauna today. First the flora: The deer have been eating the flower buds of my day lilies before they even open. The flower below is only one of two that have been tenacious enough to bloom. Orange and Green...