Empty cardinal nest Raccoon high in a sweet-gum tree Water spider Female wood duck in fog My neighbor's beaver lodge My neighbor's beaver pond "When will those children come out?" "When will those children come out?" Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) Coyote Branco Solitary sandpiper Great blue heron (juvenile) Broad-headed skink Canada geese Canada geese honking at Branco Canada geese - a different angle Early morning at the pond Grey squirrel in "bird" feeder Canada geese Canada geese Rose bud Gray squirrel chewing on deer antlers Three baby cardinals Male eastern bluebird Female eastern bluebird Baby cardinals Zebra swallowtail Canada goose on the pond Hooded merganser (F) Hooded merganser (F) Hooded merganser (F) Hooded merganser (F) TVA power line Wood ear fungus Branco getting a drink Skink in a rotten log Northern cardinal eggs in nest Northern cardinal on nest Spiders stretching their legs Sunbathing alligator Northern cardinal (F) Conehead Green tree frog Carolina anole