Slightly obscured by several sticks, I just really liked the colors in this photo.

It's that time again...

They just seem to be done with social distancing...

This doe seems to have eyelashes from central casting.

This guy was nice enough to pose for a portrait. Looks like his antlers may have been at a crime scene.

There were no animals in the woods today, so I had to bring my own...

A leaf I saw at Tom Sawyer State Park

A Pandora Sphinx caterpillar. The moth that results from this caterpillar, is not much better looking...

A pair of August butterflies at Bernheim Forest, Clermont, KY

Why would you live anywhere else..?

Thanks deer..

Today was a day when everyone was hunkering down to conserve heat.

Always tough getting a good shot when they land right above you. A female Pileated Woodpecker making her way under the tree bark.

Two of the butterflies I saw this past weekend in Tom Sawyer Park

This first one, which is one of the varieties of Black Swallowtail, had huge wings. They were larger than any of the other Black Swallowtails I had previously seen. 

This Monarch butterfly was nice enough to stay in a dark area where the light could still shine through its wings. 

Lots of energy in the sky today, over the Big Prairie..