On April 15th we observed two painted turtles sunning themselves on logs in the frog pondspainted turtle
Sneaking up to see if we can net the turtle to get a better look
on the huntShow off the catch. The orange and black markings on the side of the turtle were really neat showing off the catch

A neat butterfly we found on a cold day in April butterfly

On May 6th we found this small leopard frog in the weeds small leopard frog

A patch of wood anemone growing under an old oak wildflower

Either a fox or ground hog hole on the side of a hill

fox hole



After 1 inch rain event the water rises quickly on the lake-May 20, 2005

high water