frogs and flowers

I found this frog and its sibling on my bedroom window

screen a few nights ago.  I thought this surprisingly odd since

my room happens to be on the second level of the house.

Autumn creeping in with a bit of cooler weather.

This weeks bloomers....

This is my favorite plant in the flower bed.

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hummingbird silhouette

close up view

full view

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Evening photo shot through a window two nights ago.
This hummer sat perched on the feeder for a good hour,
which was highly unusual.  Not sure if something
was wrong with it or not but I haven't seen it since.

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raccoon family

a raccoon visits

and brings her little ones

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tree critter and the suns rays

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 I call the tree below the Charlie Brown tree because

I've never seen it with leaves and I think it would look

cool with Christmas decorations.  The birds seem to

love perching in it.  A couple days ago I noticed a bird

that seem to look a bit odd so I grabbed the camera.

Why it wasn't a bird at all.  It was a chipmunk.

If you look closely you can see it is nibbling on 

some of the feed that I had put out on the ground.

It was very foggy this morning.  The corn field next door

and the field out back had extremely low visiblity.  When I

went out to fill the feeders I noticed the rising sun was trying

to filter through the fog and it appeared to be pushing the fog

through the openings...I thought it looked pretty cool.

Here's a slightly different view that shows how foggy

the back field was at the time the photos were taken.

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turkey visitor

 a turkey has decided to start visiting the feeding area of the yard

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tree frog

Little tree frog captured in one of the flower beds.
Although it seemed a bit scared it move just
enough for me to capture its back view.

After a long hiatus from blogging I'm glad
I was able to contribute a frog post for
"Save the frogs day".

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black-capped chickadee

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This black-capped chickadee ran into the basement
window a couple weeks ago. At first it was very
stunned. My brother set it down on a sunflower
and it eventually regained its senses and flew off.

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turtles waiting for treats

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A couple of my nephews turtles waiting for a treat.

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red-bellied woodpecker

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Taken a couple weeks ago.

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tree climbing mouse

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Not sure if you'll really be able to make out the mouse but it is there.

A couple weeks ago my brothers dog sniffed out a mouse.
It was quite amazing to watch it run up this tree in survival mode.

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ladybugs

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Captured last Sunday in Manchester, MI.

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green larvae

this larvae put on a little show for us

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Captured about a month ago in Manchester, MI.

Possibly a diamond-back moth caterpillar
but I was unable to positively identify.

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another rabbit

This rabbit caught me off guard as I came around our fence.

As you can see I took advantage of it freezing instead of running.

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hickory tussock moth caterpillar

I'm pretty sure this is a Hickory Tussock Moth caterpillar.
(Lophocampa caryae)

Not sure if this is its cocoon or another caterpillars.
Manchester, MI - 1 week ago

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