We spent a week at a house with lake access near Lyndhurst in early July. Aside from lots of mosquitos and deer flies there was a good amount of other "nature" on display as well.
Of particular interest was the kingbird nest with three juveniles; both adults were feeding them. We kept a respective distance with our telephoto lenses. The juveniles were slightly over 10-12 days when we spotted them, five days later they fledged and left the nest.
Family portrait the day before they fledged
Family portrait the day before they fledged
Over the five days we watched them
Other nature
Hoverfly on herb robert blossom
Blue dasher dragonfly
Widow skimmer dragonfly
Garter snake with ant on its mouth
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Slug
Multi-tasking hoverflies on sulphur(?) cinquefoil
Multi-tasking hoverflies on sulphur(?) cinquefoil
Buck, white-tailed deer
Buck, white-tailed deer
