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Double-crested Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant

Wood Duck, Mallards, and Green Heron

Wood Duck and Mallards

Wood Ducks

Monk Parakeet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Baltimore Oriole

Eastern Kingbird

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

House Finch

Double-crested Cormorant

Eastern Pondhawk

Golden Northern Bumble Bee

Very small Common Eastern Bumble Bee. Note size difference to Golden Northern Bumble Bee above and below. The Golden Northern is an average size for a Bumble Bee in our region.

Golden Northern Bumble Bee

Golden Northern Bumble Bee

Golden Northern Bumble Bee

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Great Blue Lobelia (aka Great Lobelia or Blue Cardinal Flower)

Ground-ivy (Glechoma hederacea) . It was growing underwater, on marshy soil, and on the lawn

Whorled Milkweed, named for its "whorled" leaves ("Botanical whorls: sepals, petals, leaves, or branches radiating from a single point" --- Whorl - Wikipedia). Also called Horsetail Milkweed for its resemblance to Horsetails (Equisetum)