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Eastern Towhee

This little guy was standing on the top of the fence post singing his lungs out. He was watching me as I approached, but didn't d…
Happy Birthday

Neither COVID-19 nor rain deterred celebration of Stan Lettas' 90th.
Bee at Work

The flowers, including this clover bloom, have brought on the bees.
Cope's Gray Tree Frog

Here is the Cope's Gray Tree Frog where it belongs, in a tree instead of on our balcony rail or in a balcony flower pot. This guy…
Rose

One of the flowers in the Rose Garden the Galloway inner courtyard.
Eastern Towhee

Yet one more Towhee. They seem abundant on the Galloway Grounds this year.
Seed Pods

going to even try to identify this plant, although I suspect it is in the Aster family. I especially liked the feathery nature of…
Galloway Ridge's Tobacco Barn

A focal point along the forest trails on the west side of the Galloway Ridge property is the reamians of an old tiler-brick constr…
Lantana

The planters and some of the beds at the Main Entrance of Galloway have been planed with arrangements including Lantana. They are…
Another Unknown Yellow Flower
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) Tentative ID

This may be a Red Clover. These flowers are abundant in mid-May around the detention ponds on the south side. Red clover was broug…
Eastern Bluebird

Likely a younger bird. Interested in what I was doing.
Dogbane Beetle (Chrysochus auratus)

I am reasonably confident in the identification here. The Dogbane Beetles mate and lay eggs through the summer. Eggs are laid leav…
Dogbane Beetle

Another view of the shiny, iredescent elytra (wing casing) and thorax.
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

This female bird was calmly walking through the field of the horse farm south of, and adjacent to, Galloway Ridge as she pecked at…
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Downy Woodpeckers have an interesting and somewhat complicated taxonomic history. According to Wikipedia,the Downy Woodpecker was…
Daisy and a Wasp

A tentatively identified Eastern Yellow Jacket (Vespula maculifrons), feeding on a daisy. These yellow jackets, and bees, are abu…
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle (Alaus oculatus)

Those are NOT big eyes, but rather markings on the wing covers, or elytra on this beetle. These large spots look very much like la…
Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta) Tentative

Starting in late May, there appeared an abundance and some diversity of Odonata - dragonflies, skimmers, darners, and dashers arou…
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) - Tentative

I am going to call this one a Blue Dasher. The terminal segments are black and there is dusky coloration at the terminal half of t…
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) - Tentative

And this is probably either a female or a juvenile Blue Dasher.