Best of the Fortnight

Another selection of my favorite shots. These were taken during the second two weeks of August, 2026:

Twelve-spotted Skimmer

Osprey

Young Gray Catbird

Dog Day Cicada

Young Brown Thrasher

Red-tailed Hawk

Monarch caterpillar eating Butterfly Weed

Clouded Sulphur ('alba' form)

Common Buckeye

Memorial for a young child

Young Wood Ducks

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Chinese Mantis

Spot-winged Glider

Solitary Sandpiper stalking dragonfly

Painted Lady butterfly

Bald Eagle

Young Red-tailed Hawk with pigeon

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Spotted Sandpiper

Groundhog dining

Striped Skunk

Cooper's Hawk

American Goldfinch

Sleeping Black-and-white Warbler