June 28th, 2007 by Ethan

A fly basks in the last rays of the setting sun.
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June 26th, 2007 by Ethan


A gopher in my yard. Unfortunately.
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June 24th, 2007 by Ethan

Same fountain, different angle.
ISO 100
2 sec.
F/8
200 mm
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June 22nd, 2007 by Ethan

A top-down view of a purple coneflower.
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June 21st, 2007 by Ethan

A close-up of a Canada Thistle bloom.
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June 20th, 2007 by Ethan

A Banded Hairstreak on a cluster of milkweed flowers.
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June 19th, 2007 by Ethan

The fountain at Glenwood Lake Park.
ISO 400
1/13
F/2.8
70 mm
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June 14th, 2007 by Ethan

A Red-Tailed Hawk in flight.
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June 13th, 2007 by Ethan

A Red-Tailed Hawk taking flight.
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June 12th, 2007 by Ethan

A hawk sits on a fence near Willow Slough.
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June 11th, 2007 by Ethan

A Canada thistle in my yard.
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June 8th, 2007 by Ethan

A pair of honey locust seed pods caught on the branch of an elm tree.
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June 6th, 2007 by Ethan

The spillway at Willow Slough. It was very loud.
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June 5th, 2007 by Ethan

From Willow Slough – It’s a red-sided garter snake, not a western ribbon snake like I originally posted.
Thanks to Jeff at HerpNet for identifying this snake.
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June 4th, 2007 by Ethan


This carp was swimming below the spillway at Willow Slough.
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June 3rd, 2007 by Ethan

A storm cell approaches the Nishnabotna valley.
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June 2nd, 2007 by Ethan

A Red Admiral sits on the chimney in the early evening light.
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June 1st, 2007 by Ethan

It was getting dark when I shot this long-eared galoot.
ISO 3200
1/60
f/5.6
400 mm
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