Frog and toad. And mosquitoes.
One would think that summer time is the best time to be out and about exploring. And one would be right. My summer starting on June 6 or thereabouts included trips to DC, the Badlands (three times!), Jackson WY and Yellowstone National Park, Kyle SD, the South East passage of Alaska, and Omaha. All but one were work related though they were all pleasure trips as well. I took pictures whenever time and setting allowed. I even added a few observations to iNaturalist from my travels. I am back home and will be for a while yet. I don't know when or if I will travel like that again. Fortunately, being an explorer doesn't rely on traveling as much as it does on observing. Today I took my camera out and about to see what I could see. And I saw quite a bit. The list includes - A bumblebee with red stripes. I'm thinking it's a Hunt's Bumblebee. (Update: Hunt's Bumblee ID confirmed by an iNaturalist curator). - Pelicans - Norther Flicker - A cicada molt - A c