Preening goose

A Canada goose at Midlothian Mines Park in spring 2014 wiping her head all over her body.

Giant tadpole

A tadpole by the floating docks at Dodd Park in early spring 2015. Can you see it, right in the middle there?

It was big, at least walnut-sized.

Red Velvet Mite (Trombidiidae)

The first thing you now associate with the phrase "red velvet."

These are the same individual, at Rockwood Park in May 2015.

Vertical Frog

A frog clinging above a leafy pool next to Reedy Creek at Forest Hill Park in fall 2014. My best guess at an ID would be Acris crepitans, the Eastern Cricket Frog.

Bee Mimic Hummingbird Moth

notice the spiral proboscis in one of these pics. Only moths and butterflies have them.

Great Close-up of a Damsel Fly

possibly a Cricket Nymph

Another butterfly

Cool Black and White Wasp or Hornet

at the gardens in rockwood park

Beautiful Butterfly

Photo taken at Rockwood park gardens 8-8-2015