This Squirrel already had the one nut in his cheek, so I waited for him to put this second on the other side.



It ended up in the same cheek much to my surprise.



It's as if his cheek goes around his head to his back.



 

This is one of my early attempts at capturing what the night looks like under little more than starlight.



You will hear little more than insects, frogs and maybe a Coyote or Owl in the distance.  



Of course, on this night I could hear something walking directly between where I was to take this picture and the 200 feet to the cabin.

And I could not see a thing.  

I heard it breathe on occasion.  So I forced my mind into believing it was "just a deer".

A blustery day on a short walk at Fort de La Présentation.  

Out past the lighthouse, I found beautiful ice formations on the rocks, concrete and driftwood.



With the wind and being around 18 degrees, it was good that it was a short walk, but well worth the exposed hands to work the camera.



A beautiful day to be out actually.

I spend a lot of time paddling on Dexter Marsh and taking photos. I was on my way back to the launch to head home, and a motor boat came up behind me. I moved off to the side to get out of their way, and thankfully spotted this bird (I think a green heron, but I'm new to birding so I'm not completely sure). Not only was he unbothered by the motor, he didn't mind me at all! I sat about 10 feet from him in my canoe while he ran back and forth and hunted fish and frogs. It was a lovely experience to be able to observe him without feeling like he was afraid of me.

Walking early morning and the fog was lifting as the sun came up.

Butterflies 

Walking and saw this!

We did some searching for crayfish in Eel Weir state park over the weekend. Water was low and we found many dried up shells along the shoreline. We also caught 10 or so in the water. They all appeared to be Northern Clearwater or Allegheny crayfish. We didn’t find any invasive rusty crayfish.