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 Sassafras tree The Autumn Lake Autumn leaves Blue Water Bridge, Pt. Huron, Michigan ??? Were attached to Poplars Rainy day colors From my phone. A miniscule piece of natural land, Crawford Road, Dryden, Michigan The last autumn colors The size of a mansion. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Two Red-tailed Hawk chicks Adult Red-tailed hawk Horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) Wasps mating. Red. Purple Loosestrife Evening peace. 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