Spiny-backed Orb Weaver

Hummingbird

The number of hummingbirds at the feeder has been decreasing as they begin to head south to more tropical quarters.

A Gulf Fritillary

visits the butterfly bush.

A Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-heron

Special thanks to Gary Phillips who writes a weekly birding column in the Sun News for helping identify this bird which I photographed at Huntington Beach State Park.

Halloween Pennant Dragonfly

One of These is Not Like the Others

A lone wood stork among the egrets.

White Caterpillar

and from the other side

Sulphur on Sedum

Red-Headed Azalea Caterpillar

Egret with a Mouthful