This female deer fly was biting my dog (and I think many of her sisters had been biting me!) so, after dispatching her on my dog's head, I took this photo. I identified it as belonging to the species Chrysops geminatus based on the great on line photo-based key at http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/ejournal/tm_08/chrysops89.htm produced by the Biological Survey of Canada. This species occurs throughout the eastern US, Ontario and Quebec.

A doe and her two fawns frequently spend their evening in our backyard. The two fawns like to play together and chase each other around the yard while their mother looks on.

While up for an early morning walk, I saw a female white tailed deer walking through a field.

While driving home at the end of the day, we saw a red fox run across the road.

You can find black raspberries all over the North Country. They are also called black caps.

There are multiple milkweed plants growing in our yard. They are great places for Monarch Butterflies to lay their eggs.

I saw an ovenbird in the trees in front of my house.

A flock of close to 100 redpolls continually showed up at a bird feeder and continued to do so for the next several weeks

I saw the moth in the garden at my house. It mimics a bumblebee.

I saw one toad while walking outside at night, and the other at mid-day.