Mute Swans

for Donald...

In remembrance of my cousin Donald who passed on to spirit this morning. His pain and suffering is over. He is free!

Preying Mantis on Pine Needles

Milkweed Bug with Nymphs

Salute to Summer!

Cosmos giving a salute to the final day of summer 2011.

Stormy Night

Bumper Crop!

I live in an area surrounded by the most aromatic bumper crop of grapes in all of western New York State.  They smell lucious!

Last Week of Summer

Don't forget to stop and smell the roses!

Neighborhood Watch

This Red-tailed Hawk watches from the telephone poles in our neighborhood on a daily basis.

Evening on Lake Erie

Viceroy Butterfly

Very similar to the Monarch butterfly but is much smaller and sports a black stripe across the lower wings.

Reflection

Shy Swan

...on Cassadaga Lake

Mine!

Squirrel hanging on to her treasures with one paw.

Rain over Lake Erie at Sunset

Photo taken on the previous evening  (September 9, 2011)

Eastern Tailed Blue

This beautiful little butterfly is less than one inch in size.

Oriole Migration

I thought the Orioles were gone for the season but I spotted a group of males passing through and was able to catch a shot of one of them.

Wild Sunflowers

Wild sunflowers turned towards the sunset.