Ben and Joy

Walking along a perennial tributary to Stony Creek in Hamilton County, Indiana, on a glorious February morning.

It was a pleasant day to stroll around a snow covered floodplain in Noblesville.

I didn't expect to find a snake outside yesterday while delineating a wetland in Columbus, Indiana. He was lying there motionless, and ...

Today, while driving back from a wetland delineation in southern Indiana, I found Jug Rock. To be fair, I was not the first. But after loo...

Today was a good day at work. The open road, gorgeous weather, hilly Southern Indiana, and fall foliage. It was a pleasant walk down to a ...

Butterfly and caterpillar pictures have been piling up on my SD card, waiting to be identified. I believe that the next three photos are of ...

This guy was so strikingly patterned. He never uncoiled and he never rattled. He certainly was aware of me, and would track my movements. ...

Tricolored Heron swallowing his catch, Cedar Key, FL. I remember how surprised I was when I first saw a Tricolored Heron in real life at ho...

Viceroy Butterfly (Limenitis archippus) in Okeechobee County. These butterflies were so brilliant and striking that it seemed like criminal...

These are two very common lizards, and are well represented on this blog, but I liked both photos. Six-lined Racerunner, Aspidoscelis sexlin...

Ibises are a Monet bird. They look good from a distance, but up close they look a little goofy. Weird bulging eyes, maybe. In addition to...

It is not hard to imagine that Storks might be related to Vultures. These were taken while walking the pipeline in Okeechobee. A flock of ...

Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) I was excited today to get to see my first Gopher Tortoise while working in Florida, on national Endan...

Sacoila lanceolata This orchid was blooming in an open cattle pasture in Okeechobee County, Florida. It was so conspicuous, we could see th...