3 Canadian Goslings - May 4, 2008

These 3 goslings are by the roadway at camp. Their parents leave as I approach in my car and then realize the goslings aren’t with them and they come back honking and hissing the whole away.

Redbud Tree - April 23 2008

Redbuds are bursting out. These buds are edible. Some people put them on salads.

Marsh Marigolds by Bog Jog - April 23 2008

Morel Mushroom Outside the Nature Center- April 23, 2008

It’s mushroom season!!

Green Darner Dragonfly - April 23, 2008

As I’m walking back to work from lunch, I spy these green darner dragonflies mating. They are strikingly beautiful! They are quite fierce in their aquatic stage nymph stage.

Mayfly and May Apples - April 21, 2008

It’s only april but the mayflies and the may apples are out and about.

Beetle - April 14 2008

I see some miner bees hovering over the ground and I notice something just a bit larger. This beetle is what I find. I don’t know what kind it is but its antenae look like something from Dr. Suess.

Northern Watersnake - April 14, 2008

As I’m coming back from lunch, I spot this Northern watersnake on the edge of the fen sunning itself. It doesn’t like how close I get so it takes a swim to escape.

It returns to the shore and I’m still to close so it takes off again.

It’s a gorgeous snake.

Miner Bee Cleaning Itself on White Pine - April 11 2008

This tree is on the edge of the upper flat near the Sycamore lodge.

Here is another flying insect on the same white pine tree.

Walnut Remains from Flying Squirrel #2 - April 11 2008

Here in the old stump a flying squirrel left the shell of a black walnut. These squirrels eat 4 small holes in the walnut.