Icy Inland Lake

Windswept East Twin Lake

Icy Lake

Icy East Twin Lake

Pine Tree by Frozen Lake

Pine tree by frozen inland lake

Inland Lake

Inland lake in Michigan

Little Wood Satyr Butterfly

American Toad

 

American Toad in Yard

Sailboat on Lake

Sailboat on Little Wolf Lake

Sunset on Lake

This is photo of a sunset on an inland lake in Michigan.

White-tailed Deer

White-tailed deer

 

White-tailed deer fawns

These are some pictures I took some years back of white-tailed deer. I have recently been seeing a female deer and fawns that look very similar.

Mallard Duck at Beach

Mallard Duck on Traverse Bay

This is a photo of a mallard duck on Traverse Bay in Michigan.

Northern Pearly Eye Butterfly

The Northern Pearly Eye Butterfly sits on a chair

This is a picture I took a few years ago of the Northern Pearly Eye Butterfly. We have been getting a lot of them around here recently. The Northern Pearly Eye is so named because of the row of eyespots that are most prominent under the wings when it is perching, like it is here. It is thought that the eyespots may startle a predator.

Sailboat on Lake

Sailboat on Little Wolf Lake

This is a picture I took of a sailboat on Little Wolf Lake.

Foggy Lake in Spring

This is a photo I took of an inland lake one spring before the leaves came out.

Leaves in Ice

Leaves Frozen in Lake

This is a photo I took of leaves frozen in a nearby lake.

Northern Pearly Eye Butterfly

The Northern Pearly Eye Butterfly sits on a chair

I was seeing many Northern Pearly Eye butterflies this summer.

Butterfly in the Woods

This is a photo I took a few years ago of what I think is the Little Wood-Satyr butterfly. It is different than the Northern Pearly-eye, the butterfly I posted a picture of last time. This one is smaller and has less eyespots. It is very similar looking to the Common Wood-Nymph, but this one has more eyespots and is smaller.

Northern Pearly Eye Butterfly

The Northern Pearly Eye Butterfly sits on a chair

This is a picture I took of the Northern Pearly Eye butterfly, a common summer butterfly where I live. They are so named because of the eyespots on their wings. I was able to identify it with help from the book Butterflies of the North Woods.

Red Squirrel on White Pine Tree

Red Squirrel on White Pine Tree

Here is a picture I took a few years ago of a red squirrel on a white pine tree, we used to get these squirrels a lot. They are very cute and make a lot of chirring type noises. Now we get mainly gray squirrels, but we are not getting as many this year because of a shortage of acorns.

Northern Pearly Eye Butterfly

The Northern Pearly Eye Butterfly sits on a chair

 

This butterfly is called the Northern Pearly Eye and it is a common butterfly in northern Michigan this time of year. It is brown with black spots, and can easily be confused with other small spotted butterflies. The Northern Pearly Eye is a bit larger than most, and often has an erratic flight high in the air. Consult a butterfly guidebook in order to tell all the different species apart.

Winter Scenes part 2

Icy East Twin Lake

Icy East Twin Lake

I am re-posting some scenes of an ice covered lake in Michigan.