Black Skimmer

Black skimmers fly low over the water and skim the surface with their lower bill which is longer than the top bill. When a small fish is encountered, they quickly close their mouth. Its use of touch to catch fish lets it be successful in low light or darkness.

Notice the small fish just caught

Tomorrow's photos will show the precision flying of a pair of black skimmers.

White Ibis

walking in the pluff mud of the salt water marsh at Huntington Beach State Park.

Jackpot

Three gulf fritillaries at a pot of pentas.

First Day of Fall

Long-tailed skipper on yellow mums

Good to the Last Sip

Gulf Fritillary

Chicory

A skipper visiting a chicory bloom.

Spiny-backed Orb Weaver

This is my first experience with this species of spider and I had to rely on bugguide.net for identification.

Top view

Bottom view

Pastoral Scenes

a farm near Lewisburg, WV

Hydrangea

Covered Bridges

Two of the seventeen covered bridges in West Virginia.

Herns Mill Covered Bridge - 1884

Indian Creek Covered Bridge - 1898