As I was working in my garden I noticed this young skunk digging for food around another bed of flowers. It seemed that she was not only enjoying the abundance of food but also the scent of the blooming flowers. 

This beautiful nearly all white ruby throated hummingbird appeared in my garden for the first time the evening of July 21. I thought I was seeing things. Over the next several days I watched her coming to my feeders and chasing other hummingbirds from her favorite feeders. I have reported her existence to Cornell and other birding organizations. I have been told that she is not leucistic, as I originally thought, because of the presences of brown pigment, and the color of her eyes, beak, and feet. It was explained to me that her coloring is the result of "schizochromism dilution".

I saw this cute Northern Yellow Warbler at the observation deck at Indian Creek Nature Center! Yellow Warblers are one of my favorite warbler species, so I was happy to get a good photo. 

I saw this Downy Woodpecker while on a birding walk looking for spring migrants. It was cold and cloudy so we didn't end up seeing that many new migrants, but still a great trip!

I thought I saw a ghost! My first sighting of this rare bird here on Black Lake.