Thursday, May 19, 2016

Odds and ends....

I feel I need to post something so you all know I am still here.  So I will just choose an assortment of photos that I have taken this spring in no particular order.
 I love this turtle and his reflection
 Another one of the many turtles at the wetlands.  The water has been high with all the rain we have so they don't have a lot of logs to sit on right now.
 Probably why we have this pile-up :-)
A Red Admiral posing for me 
 One family of Canada geese with 8 babies.

 A big flat soft-shelled turtle
 Little snake in the water. 
 In the shot below I couldn't decide if it has something in its mouth or if it is just crossing over something.

"I see you, too, but I forgot my camera"
Back at home....the Mockingbird at the feeder 

 Red-bellied woodpecker
An upside down Chickadee. Today I saw a baby chickadee in the front yard with the parent but haven't downloaded those photos.  I don't think I got any good shots of the baby anyway, but I was sure glad to see it. 
Pair of Mourning Doves 
One of the springtime visitors....the Rose-breasted Grosbeak male.  I've had one pair of them hanging around. 
 Another Red-bellied Woodpecker high up in the maple tree.
A swallow at the local park
 We went up north for a couple of days to Turkey Run State Park and the area around it.  There are many covered bridges in the area and we hunted up 4-5.
 Some more baby geese
 Some beautiful wildflowers.  Keep meaning to look up the name of the red ones.
 There are Amish in this area, too, so I caught a few shots of the farmers plowing their fields with the horses.

A nice old Martin house 
Another covered bridge 
 Skink

 Chipmunk at the nature center
A trip to Henderson found a few waders and another goose family