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| I stopped by the reserve at Lake Patterson the other day to see if the lake was frozen over yet. No birds, not even a goose. |
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| I did come across these deer out in the open by one of the parking lots, feeding. |
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| They have their winter coats on. |
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| They were kind enough to stand there while I took pictures. |
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| While traveling some of the back roads around East Aurora, I caught sight of this buck resting in a wooded area. |
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| Ron was inching up and down the road so I could get a shot. He could see the deer, but I could not get a shot of him. |
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| Finally, I got the perfect shot! He was so nice to sit there while I composed my picture. |
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| Ring-billed Gull |
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| Mallards by Niagara Falls. There were sheltered from the rapids. Still some fairly young ones. |
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| Geese sitting on a log by the edge of the American Falls. |
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| Mallow |
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| In one of the small gardens by the falls were these beautiful, Black-eyed Susan's. |
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| House Sparrows were in big supply looking for handouts by the falls. |
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| How many times do you get to see a black squirrel? He sat very nice for me. |
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| Gulls sitting just out of the rapids by the American Falls. |
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| View of some of the rapids. |
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| Gulls |
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| The identity of gulls is a bit hard, as you can't tell if this is a different type or just a different phase of the Ring-billed gull. |
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| Some form of mushroom. It is so picturesque. |
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| Came upon this doe resting one day while walking in the woods. She has a fawn beside her, that does not show up in the picture. |
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| Fawns and does in a small clearing. |
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| Don't you just love the colors of flowers. |
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| Some form of sunflower. |
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| Deer come into the yard to visit. |
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| A beautiful sunset |
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| Unknown flower. Pat says it has a taproot that is very long. The plant will die here and show up someplace else next Spring. |
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| Still researching this plant. |
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| Doe and her fawn. |
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| Spotted Knapweed |
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| Lighter pink is Spotted Joe-Pye Weed, and the darker pink is Purple Loosestrife. You see these along the roadsides everywhere in the later part of summer. |
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| Unknown |
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| Love to see the deer. |
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| In the woods, the moss grows everywhere. |
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| Creeping Bellflower, Rampion This is a plant that can be eaten or is an ornamental. |
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| Creeping bellflower |
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| Campanula or Rampion, or Creeping Bellflower |
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| Mallow |
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| Mallow |
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| Day lily |
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| Globe Thistle |
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| Clematis |
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| If you look closely you will see a speck of a deer standing in this creek. We were on the barn quilt tour in Marshall County, Indiana in July 3,2012 and came across this scene. |
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| I had an older canon camera at the time and these were the pictures I was able to take of the deer. |
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| I could not believe he was willing to stand there, while I took the pictures. |
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| It was cool that he stood there, and I got his reflection in the water. |
