All of Nature

 There was a heavy frost at Springbrook this morning, with no sun to melt it away early. The last New England Aster flowers looked prett...

 This young Broadwinged Hawk was released today at Springbrook Nature Center by Amber Burnette from The Raptor Center. It's rehabili...

 At Springbrook Nature Center's bird banding program today sparrows were prominent. These birds are easy to confuse, so here are pictu...

 While hiking today I found and photographed this White-lined Sphinx caterpillar eating the leaf of an Evening Primrose plant. There were ...

 After all the weeks of very dry conditions the misty rain this morning seemed to be very welcome to the last wildflowers still holding on...

 Yellow Bellied Sapsuckers are a kind of woodpecker found in this area.  The young juveniles are out of their nests and getting ready to m...

 This is the Black Swallowtail Butterfly that the caterpillar of my post several days ago turned into.  They are beautiful, big, colorfu...