Yellow-breasted chat - bad mood Pontederia cordata Asker Garip by the pond Red-bellied woodpecker Daylily flowers - Hemerocallis fulva Wood ducks (Aix sponsa) Abbott's sphinx (side view) Abbott's sphinx - top (dorsal) view Tree swallow Daylilies - Hemerocallis Surprise ! Carolina anole Beaver (Castor canadensis) Day-lily Not a day-lily Carolina anole in its native habitat Summer tanager - Piranga rubra Black pondhawk (Erythemis attala) Twelve-spot skimmer Mating damselflies Great blue skimmer Prince basket-tail Green lynx spider (Peucetia viridans) Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Familiar bluet (Enallagma civile) Partial total lunar eclipse Calico pennant (Celithemis elisa) Red-headed woodpecker Ruby-throated hummingbird Red-headed woodpecker Lilies Lily "Easy Dancer" Pontederia cordata Hooded merganser (female) Green tree-frog (Hyla cinerea) Three-toed eastern box turtle Cooper's hawks (Accipiter cooperii) Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Out for a ride Catalpa speciosa with some visitors Spiderwort (Tradescantia) fruit with spider Water tower construction Catalpa speciosa flowers Milkweed A simple little rose