Friday, July 30, 2010

Birds and stuff

This juvenile Wood Duck was just sitting around waiting for us.
The pair of Green Heron were only 2 of the 6 I saw today. That is very unusual I typically only see 1 at a time.
The little bunny sat until he saw Grenville, then disappeared as fast his legs would take him.
It seems like this guy should just slide down the reed.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Down by the beaver pond ...

I heard something splash to the left, but saw Grenville to the right. "What the heck was that" I says to myself. I think it was a very big Snapping Turtle. Grenville saw it too and was in hot pursuit. I calmly took pictures and franticly screamed for Grenville to stop. This guy could have taken his foot off or even dragged him under and drown him. All ended well but I have got to slap some common sense into that boy.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Heron vs Jay

I don't know the backstory, but this Green Heron and the Blue Jay were at odds. The Jay never directly attach the heron but he was very threatening as you can see the heron try to ward him off.
The Green Heron when the Jay was on a tree farther away.
The butterfly was jamming his probosis into the thistle flower so hard he pulled them off the flower head.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Photo session of Rochesters buildings etc.

The Fireman on the fire house in Rochester. We took a photo tour of Rochester.
High Falls in the middle of Rochester, NY. How cool is this! a 90 foot water fall in the middle of your city.

The Platte St bridge, now known as the Pont De Renne . The tall building at the end is the Rochester Button Co. once the largest button company in the world.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

On the trail ...

The fly in the flower
A Spicebush Swallowtail has a bit of breakfast.
Grenville scatters a covey of Canada Geese helter skelter. This was strange because these geese have been going beyond the farthest point down the trail you can see in the picture as we are getting out of the car. Today they just waited for us.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Old friends

Grenville found this 4" Snapping Turtle hiding in the grass on the trail. The piece of wood in his mouth is from the stick I used to move the turtle to get a better picture. I think Grenville rattled his cage a little causing him to be irritable.
A herd of Turkeys
Butterfly and Thistle
Vicroy
This Deer will never make it to Christmas. She just stood watching us as we drove by with Grenville barking and and going crazy in the back of the Jeep.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Fungi

After weeks of hot, humid days the mushys have started to show up in the woods.


I don't know what any of these are so no name dropping. This guy is about 8-9" in diam.