How To Plate Carpenter Bees

How To Plate Carpenter Bees

Loud hammering sounds one morning…”Hmm, wonder what’s being built over at the park?” It turned out to be just this…

Heronning

Heronning

Great Blue Heron These two pictures are from different days. In this particular instance, the bird dipped the fish back…

Charging up

Charging up

Never knew this: Dragonflies are cold-blooded. To fly, they need a proper temperature. This one (a Blue Dasher, I think)…

Land Snail

Land Snail

Land Snails would be a good name for a minor league ball club.

How To Bee Fly

How To Bee Fly

As scary as they look, tiger bee flies are just scoping out carpenter bee tunnels.

Annual

Annual

“Hi! I’m a regular! Not one o’ them recluse cicadas that only drops by every 17 years or whatever. …Ok,…

Hood ornament?

Hood ornament?

I don’t recall seeing these goofy birds (double-crested cormorants) until within the last couple of years. The rookery seems to…

GB&U

GB&U

Rehearsing the final scene from “The Good, The Bad, And The Bugly”. These two were working out the blocking. The…