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 A seed for a bird Late summer landscape 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.