July 7 and 8, 2014

End of the line for this Yellow-shafted Flicker. I've seen it many times. Today though, was its last :(

We surmise a Red-tailed Hawk who often circles our place had lunch.

Endicott, New York
July 8, 2014
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my first Button Bush (Native) purchased from Hillside Garden

Endicott, New York
July 8, 2014
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Large Maple Spanworm Moth on our porch before work

Endicott, New York
July 7, 2014
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Common Wood Nymph Butterfly

lower field, Endicott, New York
July 8, 2014
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Little Wood Satyr Butterfly

lower field, Endicott, New York
July 8, 2014
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Duskywing - maybe Wild Indigo? I've studied and studied and simply can not figure it out

Emerson's Meadow, 100 Emerson Parkway, Binghamton, New York
July 8, 2014
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