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Noisy young ones in the yard this afternoon. There were at least two, possibly a third. This is the only one we could see.

Blue and violet bands on body.
There is a pair here.

In wet woods.

Grouse with red over eye. Mossy habitat. On Hollingsworth Trail, Petit Manan Point, Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

Female Boreus on snow. Prolonged beak with prong at the end. Glossy shine. Very cool.

Flattened abdomen. Legs brown, mottled with dull yellow, dark spots, some dorsal white lines.

I'm assuming this is the only Flying squirrel in our area. But I don't know for sure.

"Dark FW with striking pattern of fragmented white lines". Large reniform spot is white with dark central crescent.

5 in total. Only one is thriving by seeking cover from mountain laurel. 2 have been pressed onto trail but are in good shape. 2 have the main stem squished onto the ground. 2 having insect bites.

Fly fisherman found this under a rock, thought darter but questioned snakehead juvenile

Distinctive black bird with yellowish and white markings and song. Nesting in field.

Leaves are revolute margined and white beneath.

Sandpiper with square head, large eyes. On blueberry barrens.

No black on wing-tips. Slightly smaller than Herring Gull. Black bill. I think this is a first winter bird.

This papaya tragically died in a forest fire the day after the first photo was taken. RIP.

Long necked, long beaked, long legged, iconic bird of tidal estuary.

Unbranched yellow "spindles" growing in a dense clump in mossy ground.

Round leaves with filaments.

White flower, stem rarely pink (according to Plants of Acadia Nat.Park). Upright when in fruit.

"White FW has mosaic-like pattern of brown, blue and moss green in basal and ST areas".

Pale blue with yellow eye on sleder erect peduncles. Leaves opposite, entire, mostly basal. (Plants of Acadia Nat.Pk.)

The only hummingbird in our area.