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Monday, May 31, 2010

Tales of the traveling phlox



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Pearly Crescent

Pearly Crescent
So very tiny they are easily overlooked.

Tiger Swallowtail on phlox

Tiger Swallowtail on phlox

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Monarch Butterfly on red clover

Monarch Butterfly on red clover

Monarch Butterfly

Monarch Butterfly

Pearly Crescent

Pearly Crescent

Red-spotted purple

Red-spotted purple

Goldfinch Female

Goldfinch Female

Gold Finch Male

Gold Finch Male
Waiting a turn at the thistle feeder

Indigo Bunting and female Rose Breasted Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting and female Rose Breasted Grosbeak

Cardinal male

Cardinal male

Cardinal female

Cardinal female
Eating a sunflower seed

House wren

House wren

Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmouse

Downy woodpecker female

Downy woodpecker female

Downy Woodpecker male

Downy Woodpecker male
Searching for suet

Red Headed Woodpecker

Red Headed Woodpecker

Catbird

Catbird
Singing his heart out

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Eating safflower seeds

Red-bellied woodpecker male

Red-bellied woodpecker male
At the woodpecker table

Indigo Bunting

Indigo Bunting
Stopping for a snack on his long trip north

Chickadee

Chickadee
Deciding which feeder to visit next

Mourning Dove

Mourning Dove
Enjoying a sunny perch

Tiny junco

Tiny junco
waiting for millet

White-breasted Nuthatch female

White-breasted Nuthatch female
Searching for suet

House wren

House wren
Serenading his mate

Yellow bellied sapsucker male

Yellow bellied sapsucker male

Yellow-bellied sapsucker female

Yellow-bellied sapsucker female
Drilling holes in my maple tree

Blue Jay

Blue Jay
Loves peanuts

Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey

Mallard pair

Mallard pair
Enjoying a puddle after a hard rain

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Mama and twins White Tailed deer

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Gray Squirrel
Looking for peanut butter

Squirrel and Jay

Squirrel and Jay
Who can carry off and hide the most seed

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