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Time to play

On the first day of shotgun season 2011, it was just about dusk. I was debating whether or not to call it a day. Then a branch came crashing to the ground.

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Red-bellied Woodpecker

Hello! While out enjoying the BEAUTIFUL 70 degree fall day today, I heard what I thought might be a woodpecker near the woods behind my home. I followed

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Mystery Bird

We have seen this family of birds off and on this summer but we are not sure what kind of bird it is. Can anyone tell us what kind of bird this is please?

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Bald Eagle

I looked out the sliding glass doors and there was an Eagle eating a Catfish along the side of the pond. When the catfish jumped, the Eagle would stand

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Green Darner Migration

On September 5, 2011 I was trimming hedges when I came across a large dragonfly on the hedge. The creature was very still, so still in fact that I thought

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Technu

I work outdoors and recently got a bad case of poison ivy, my job gave me a small bottle of a product called technu extreme. It's sort of a scrub which

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not sure - viceroy or monarch or something else?

This butterfly is on a Mexican sunflower. I am wondering about the blue bands on the wings.

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Killdeer

My first capture of a Killdeer bird

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Walking the street of Dayton

I've seen others post photos of the Killdeer birds, but this is my first find. Pretty happy

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Three on one!

Not quite as many butterflies this season as there were last season, but I still see a few on my bushes and flowers

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