39 Midwestern Acres: A Visual Study

Chipmunks like to stop and stare. I wonder what they are thinking as they do so.

A Great-Crested flycatcher preens its tailfeathers.

A frog, adorned with duckweed.

A phoebe, as illuminated by a very bright sun.

Pearl Crescent upon catmint.

Are not the colors of summer beautiful?

A magnificently-large Eastern Tiger swallowtail feast frantically upon beebalm.

Fledglings will be reliant on their parents for quite some time.

Chamomile and echinacea make a haven for a Ruby-throated hummingbird.

A Pheobe, elegant and understated.

In a shady meadow, a Monarch feasts upon nectar of coneflower.

A wren dances for his mate with so much joy.

A Red-Spotted Purple, resting in the garden.

A new batch of phoebes, just one day before they all left the nest.

A ray of sunlight finds an Eastern Comma butterfly.

A foraging hummingbird finds a wildflower.

Portrait of a Great-Crested flycatcher.