Brown Bear Cubs: SE Alaska (Baranof Island)

Chinsegut Nature Preserve: 10-26-18

Red Saddlebags Dragonfly

Male Pileated Woodpecker (they drum on dead trees like this with their bill to claim territory)

Tiger Moth Caterpillar

IO Moth Caterpillar

IO Moth, one of the most recognizable moths (Not my photo)

Stick bug

There are over 3,000 stick bugs all over the world in various climates.

Female Golden Silk Orbweaver Spider

Turkey Tail Mushrooms and Lichens

Birds of Alaska and British Columbia: 9-18

 Black Oystercatchers

Immature Bald Eagle

Great Blue Heron (aka “Big Blue” as my dear dad used to call them) on kelp

Common Murres still in breeding plumage

Common Murres in winter, non-breeding plumage

Red-necked Phalaropes in winter, non-breeding plumage

Juvenile Red-necked Phalarope

Rhinoceros Auklets tend to be nocturnal.  They are the largest auklet and are actually a puffin and have a genus all their own.

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel: These guys nest in colonies in underground burrows.

Surfbirds: Though these birds tend to be coastal most of the year, they nest in the mountains.  Go figure.

How boring life would be without newspapers.

Deck shots: 10-27-18

Eastern Gray Squirrel on Screechie’s nest box

Next-door-neighbor with part of the herd

Three visiting pups

Pied-billed Grebes

Our first wintering American White Pelicans

Don’t you just love newspaper headlines?!

Chinsegut Nature Preserve: 10-26-18

Black Vultures, Mother Nature’s Cleanup Crew

Florida Chicken Turtle, laying eggs in the middle of a trail

Long-tailed Skipper

Tree Frog

Green Anole, brown phase

Green Anole, both phases

Well-camouflaged Eastern Fence Lizard

Love newspaper headlines