Animals – Page 5 – M. Sullivan Photography

July 22, 2014 M. Sullivan Photography Animals, Birds, Photos, Vacation

Hayward 2014 | The Wild Life

We saw a variety of wild creatures during our week at the cabin. We spotted eagles, geese, kingfishers, a muskrat and all of the wild life below.

We found these guys on our deck one evening after dark.

Sophia did a little catch and release with this sunny.

We spotted this fellow along the side of the road on our way into town. Sophia snapped a quick picture with my iPhone before he trotted off into the woods.

While fishing off the dock before bedtime, Sophia caught a “big” fish.

It was a fun week with spottings of new animals each day.

June 28, 2014 M. Sullivan Photography Animals, Garden, Photos, Weather

Blue Iris

My favorite irises are about to bloom. The Siberian Iris.

The first clematis blossom opened this week. The plant died back quite a bit after our record cold winter. It only has a handful of buds this year.

I spotted our friend “Chippy” filling up his cheeks under our neighbor’s bird feeder a few nights ago.

We see deer in our yard every day now. Sometimes twice or three times a day. The deer repellent has kept them away from my Asiatic lilies until a couple of days ago. They ate all but two buds. 😦

The fog moved out this morning and we actually had an 80 degree day with peeks of sunshine. We are hoping for another warm day tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

June 22, 2014 M. Sullivan Photography Animals, Flowers, Garden, Photos, Weather

Flora And Fauna

This young buck was enjoying a salad buffet of various hostas and other greens this morning. He kept a close eye on me while I was taking photos and then bounded off when I was too close for comfort.

We have had plenty of rain so far this year. There are several different plants blooming in the yard including some that I consider weeds.

The irises still have many buds yet to bloom, but have given us a week and a half of blossoms already.

The azalea was beautiful this year. Last year it suffered some damage from the deer. I sprayed deer repellent on it early in the spring and didn’t notice any buds eaten.

We have had way too many days of cool temperatures and fog off of Lake Superior. While the rest of the state is in the 70’s and 80’s, we have been in the 50’s. Not great for the garden. Now that it is officially summer, I am hopeful that warmer weather will be here soon. I think I may have said that same thing when spring arrived, didn’t I?