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The Great American Toad Migration…..
When I got to the pools at Pawling Farm I noticed the toads immediately. Everywhere I walked little tiny toads were underfoot. Thousands and thousands and thousands of them. Just a fingernail in length and with so much energy and determination. I knew I had to get a good picture. But they were so…
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The Shy Damselfly – Today in Valley Forge
It was a very chilly morning today. I found this little damselfly asleep on a leaf. He got a rather rude awakening with my camera, but it was just too cold for him to fly away. It was loads of fun – at least for me. (Click on him for the full effect.)
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Oh Spring and the Insects!! And We’ve Only Just Begun.
Nymph Katydid on a Buttercup Really Smart Damselflies The Crabby Crab Spider
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The Marvelous Marsh Fly and His Smiley Face
I found this wonderful fly in Valley Forge called a Marsh Fly. After posting him somebody told me that he had a smiley face on the back of his wings. I went back and looked at other shots I had taken of him, and lo and behold he does have a smily face on…
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Spring is Here!!
Today was truly spring. The birds were many. And there was a groundhog who emerged and grabbed a nearby branch. Deer and best of all the first warbler of the season – a pine warbler. The Tufted Titmouse Northern Flicker Kissing Black Capped Chicadees Ground Hog with Branch White Tailed Deer Bluebird between the…
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Pileated Take-Off – Valley Forge
There were two of these beauties playing in the woods on Monday. I tried to get them both in the same frame, but they would not cooperate.
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“Praise the Lord on High”
The bluebirds are everywhere in Valley Forge. This one today was so happy. Can’t you just hear him praising the Lord!
