A little garter snake trying to hide.
A late bloomer. This cicada was out and about during the first week of October!!
This locust was nicely backlit by a setting sun.
4 bearded birds showed up while I was in my stand(one was left out of the pic). They came within ten yards of me while I sat in my stand. I guess the camo works pretty good. It appears as though my stand, with the nice horizontal platform had been used for roosting on many occasions. There was a build up of turkey droppings.
The beauty of fall. Red leaves and a crossbow.
[/This curious fellow watched me for a few minutes.
Did you know raccoons snore??? These ones were snoring, otherwise I wouldn't have known they were there.. You can just make out the ear of a second coon.
Grasshopper!
Grasshopper #2!!
Brightly coloured milkweed beetles warning potential predators of their toxic taste.
Frosty morning sunrise.
The next three are pics of the hawk I found this past spring. I just got it back from the taxidermist. They did a fantastic job!! I did the iron work. The mount has 3 pivot points so the hawk can be displayed from different angles without having to move it.
