The fungus can be many different colors, and is also edible...but I wouldn't recommend trying it.

Over a small pond, these dragonflies are everywhere. I walked out onto a small stump to take pictures, and this dragonfly hovered right in front of me. I took a picture, just as I fell backwards off the stump. At least you can still see the main features of the dragonfly. It has stripes of blue and green down its tail and abdomen, and a bright green head.

Our neighbors have geese nesting in their yard. The goslings have grown to adolescent geese, and are soon going to leave.

The Rosy Maple Moth is a bright pink and yellow moth. The caterpillar is green, with light stripes running along its body and an orange head.

While walking in the woods near the Northville-Lake Placid Trail, we stopped at a beautiful little pond.

A male hummingbird was swooping a U-shaped mating display trying to impress a female sitting in a nearby tree. The display will often be accompanied by whistles and chirps, which hummingbirds rarely vocalize.

As our group walked by a large puddle covering the trail, frogs started jumping into the water. The mink frog has an irregular spot pattern, and a spot on the side of its head, called a tympanum.

When passing a pond, I spotted a pickerel frog sitting on the side. While walking towards it, it hopped into the water and swam away. Sadly for the frog, its camouflage was not the best. Even while covered in a layer of silt, the frog looked extremely bright.

Barn swallows are nesting underneath the route 56 bridge and can often be seen darting in and out if you look over the edge.

I heard a soft chipping off in the brush while hiking between Giant and Rocky Peak Ridge, which later turned out to be the small warbler, the Northern Parula