Evening peace. Purple Loosestrife Red. Wasps mating. Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) Horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) Adult Red-tailed hawk Two Red-tailed Hawk chicks Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) The size of a mansion. Osprey nest in lofty heights. Preparing for winter Summer frenzy The end of a heatwave. Rare: Gentiana alba*** Compass flower (Silphium laciniatum) Monarch, 3rd generation this season September morning The Water Lily The Wonders Of A Forest Midday at the park. Last September day October Eyes Great Black Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes), fem… This was 'our' female hummingbird.*** Watching Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus) Polyphemus adult moth. Polyphemus moth caterpillar. A garden for us. Tornado devestation Sandhill Cranes The new meter reader. Unusual visitors. Words fail. The grumpy old trunk. In the midst of a heat wave Summer coneflower frenzy. Mullein are in bloom everywhere. Coneflowers in bloom everywhere. Shadows on the wall. Wilderniss...