Icy Inland Lake

Windswept East Twin Lake

Icy Lake

Icy East Twin Lake

Pine Tree by Frozen Lake

Pine tree by frozen inland lake

Little Wood Satyr Butterfly

American Toad

 

American Toad in Yard

Sailboat on Lake

Sailboat on Little Wolf Lake

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.

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.

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.

Sunset on Lake

Inland lake in Michigan

This is a picture of a lovely sunset on an inland lake.

Foggy Spring Lake

This is a photo of a foggy inland lake in Michigan. I took this photo a few years ago, right now this same lake still has snow on it.

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.

Winter Scenes

Leaves Frozen in Lake

New ice forming

 

I am re-posting some photos from the last couple of years. This is lake in northern Michigan. In the first photo, the ice formed early, trapping the fall leaves. In the second photo, the ice is just starting to cover the lake.

Leopard Frog

Leopard Frog by Big Bear Lake

This is a picture I took a few years ago of a Leopard Frog on Big Bear Lake in Michigan. This is only the second time I have seen this frog. It was just sunning itself by the lake as I was walking by, and I just happened to see it. It is quite a striking frog, but I think the spots  probably work well as camouflage.

Red Squirrel on White Pine Tree

Red Squirrel on White Pine Tree

This is a photo I took a couple of years ago of a Red Squirrel on a white pine tree.  Red Squirrels prefer white pine trees to other trees because they like the pine nuts.  As you can see, they are not really red, but are more of a reddish-brown.  They are also very active and like to chatter a lot.  I have more information on them here: https://studiobluespruce.wordpress.com/2014/10/04/red-squirrels/

Leaves Frozen in Icy Lake

Leaves Frozen in Lake

This is a picture of leaves frozen in the ice of an inland lake in Michigan.  It is the same lake in the photo Pine Tree by Frozen Lake .  I think its really interesting the way the leaves got stuck in the ice like this, I’ve never quite seen it this way before, but we had an early freeze last year.

Pine Tree by Frozen Lake

Pine tree by frozen inland lake

This is a photo of a mostly frozen inland lake in Michigan.  There is a white pine tree overlooking the lake.  This photo was taken last year, as we are having rather warm temperatures this year.