Awesome August

We have been noticing more birds lately. I'm guessing that this year's fledglings are getting strong enough to catch their own food. Lots of hummingbirds are showing up in our backyard.

I surprised this Flicker who had been hunting for grubs in the soil. He still has some mud on his beak.

Osprey are regularly coming to Lake Chipican for food. This fella didn't make a dive for fish. Maybe the goldfish are getting smarter, or there just aren't many of them left to see from high above the water.

Great Blue Herons are taking advantage of the increased wetlands thanks to all of the rain and high water table. 

This one was busy dodging Dragonflies who were circling around his head.

I wanted to include one butterfly. An Eastern Tailed Blue posed with his wings open. This rarely happens and you usually only get glimpses of the beautiful blue while it is in flight. The tails aren't much larger than a hair and this butterfly is missing the tail on the rear left wing.