dragonfly

By neighdoctor June 25, 2014 dragonfly

The dragonfly is not only beautiful, it is helpful – mosquitos are a big part of its diet.

hidden chipping sparrow

By neighdoctor June 24, 2014 hidden chipping sparrow

While waiting for the osprey to return to the river, I found this bright little chipping sparrow watching me from the grass.

By neighdoctor June 24, 2014 resplendent crow

this bird is a resplendent crow, in spite of the obvious wear on his feathers

By neighdoctor June 23, 2014 two duck families

two duck hens and their ducklings – wood ducks on the left and mallards on the right

By neighdoctor June 23, 2014 osprey tilt

Tilting to slip past the fishermen below, the osprey seems to display his fish to my admiring eyes.

By neighdoctor June 22, 2014 eastern phoebe juvenile

I don’t think this eastern phoebe juvenile wants to share his grasshopper with me.