Hosta La Vista

My sister's hosta garden in W.V. (more fences at TWG's Good Fences #63):





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Theda Tuesday

Here's an interesting article about opossums. Why you should brake for opossums. We may not find them very cute, but they're excellent tick destroyers.

P.S. Normally it'd be hard to get a pic of a snake like this, but it was shedding. King snake, in my opinion.

Linking to Nature Notes (#314). Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.
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Ashburn Deer

My contribution to Eileeninmd's Saturday's Critters #76:


This young mockingbird was just learning to fly when I took pictures of him in D.C.

I found this jumping spider on my car in W.V. He/she/it/spider refused to cooperate with my paparazzi efforts, and so was taken into custody. (Released unharmed, albeit somewhat annoyed, after pics.)

Last but not least, here is a Common Whitetail Skimmer (Plathemis lydia) in Washington D.C.

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