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Butterfly Kisses for Skylar

Skylar is a 12 year old Sheltie. While visiting the Butterfly House in Alliance Ohio, a Monarch butterfly landed on her nose. I was fortunate enough

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Golden Finch

My Sunflowers are attracting this Golden Finch and the Cardinals

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My Sunflower patch in my yard with a Goldfinch eating the seeds. Toledo

Goldfinches along with sparrows are eating the seeds from my Sunflower that I plant every year

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Poison Ivy?

Does anyone know if this is poison ivy

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Red Admiral on Coreopsis

So many pretty butterflies this year. I wonder if it has to do with the weather?? It amazes me how different a butterfly will look with wings open and

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Butterflies In My Garden

I like to photograph birds and butterflies. I have a bluebird box in my backyard and have had baby bluebirds two years in a row. So far, 7 babies. I

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Hawk

This beautiful bird has been visiting our yard all weekend, calling and perching in the trees. We're thinking maybe a broad-winged hawk, but not sure -

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Unknown bird

Can anyone identify this bird spotted in Hinckley, Ohio? There is a tuft of feathers on the head. It is one of a pair that have taken up residence in

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Nature's Beauty

I followed this little guy as he flitted from flower to flower

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red admiral

This butterfly was flying around our yard, landing on my daughters head

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