First fawn of the year, May 14, 2018.
This turkey was picking up loose seed under the bird feeder when the territorial gray squirrel (lower right) attacked it.
Leave me alone, squirrel!
Yes, turkeys do fly.
Looking for Love
Sandhill Crane at Flint Creek Savanah calling for its mate
Sandhill Crane
Flint Creek Savanah
Hiding in Plain Sight
Sandhill Crane at Flint Creek Savanah
Blending In
Great Horned Owl at Flint Creek Savannah
Great Horned Owl
At Flint Creek Savannah
In the Nest
Great Horned Owls using an abandoned Red Tailed Hawk nest at Flint Creek Savannah
Four weeks later, haven't seen them on the nest for 3 weeks, but the pair is still hanging around in the oak grove at Flint Creek Savannah.
Still haven't seen any chicks in the nest.
Bald Eagle
Nesting at Fox River Marina and Preserve
Coming in for a Landing
Bald Eagle, Fox River Marina and Preserve
Tending the Eggs
Bald Eagle at Fox River Marina and Preserve
Eight Point Buck
Eastern Screech Owl, gray phase
Swing and a miss. Red-tailed Hawk grabs at a squirrel on the bird feeder pole.
The squirrel made it up inside the baffle in the nick of time.
The hawk only grabbed the squirrel's tail and the pole at the same time, but couldn't pull the squirrel out of the baffle.
The hawk had no choice but to let go and fly away.
Note the tuft of tail fur on the ground at the right of the base of the pole.
This Red-tailed Hawk didn't miss. Poor gray squirrel.
Didn't miss this one
Take out dinner.
That's a lot of weight to get airborne.
Looking for a quieter spot for dinner.
Coopers Hawk bathing in the pool
Lifeguard
Breast stroke
Coopers Hawk bathing in the pool.
Cleaning the undercarriage
Rest period
Black and Yellow Argiope
Blood moon lunar eclipse
Defending his territory.
That awkward comb-over-revealing wind gust.
Let me sing you the song of my people.
Betty Davis Eyes
Jumping Spider, only 1/3 inch long.
Only a day or two old.
