Katydid on sidewalk at Red River Inn, Slade, Kentucky. 8/31/2004

Close-up of a toad, 5/1/2004 Southern section of the Shenandoah National Park, near Big Run. I was walking by when my dog stirred it up. Then it froze. I took a succession of four pictures, getting closer each time. The toad stayed still for me.

Deer feeding in Big Meadows, near Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park, central section. 6/13/2004

Eastern Fence Swift, at Double Arch in Red River Gorge, Kentucky. 8/31/2004

Garden Spider in web seen against the sky. Seen in Northwoods, western Rockingham County, Virginia. 9/17/2006

Deer at Peaks of Otter, below dam of Abbott Lake. Near Blue Ridge Parkway, 6/26/2004

Penguins at the Indianapolis Zoo, 8/25/2004.

Polar Bear at the Indianapolis Zoo, 8/25/2004.

Aldabra Tortoises at the Indianapolis Zoo, 8/25/2004.

Crowned Crane at Indianapolis Zoo, 8/25/2004.

Ostrich at the Indianapolis Zoo, 8/25/2004.

Two giraffes at the Indianapolis Zoo, 8/25/2004.

Black Swan at the Indianapolis Zoo, 8/25/2004. A sign says that Black Swans are good parents and other species of ducks sneak eggs into their nest to be raised by the Black Swans.

Two kangaroos at the Indianapolis Zoo, 8/25/2004.

Six Flamingos at the Indianapolis Zoo, 8/25/2004. Four of them are standing on one leg.

Box Turtle along the Double Arch Trail in the Red River Gorge Geological Area in Powell County, Kentucky. 8/31/2004

Two Luna Moths (mating?) along the Appalachian Trail north of Va. 7 in Clarke County, Virginia. 4/20/2005

Black Rat Snake, along Paine Run Horse Trail in the Shenandoah National Park, southern section. 5/4/2005

Butterfly, along C&O Tow Path by Potomac River, across from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in Maryland. 5/28/2005

Lizard on rock by Brown Mountain Trail on Rocky Mountain in southern section of Shenandoah National Park. 5/30/2005