The below photos have been added to their respective sections of this website in December 2023. I assembled them here so you could focus on the new images.

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This crow was keeping an eye on food scraps below.
[This left side of an all-black bird is clearly visible against the clear blue sky as it is perched near the edge of the roof.]

This ibis was watching me.
[One ibis stands in the grass in the center of the photo looking toward the camera. Three others aer bent towards the grass with one of those also appearing to see the camera.]

One ibis is eyeing the sky.
[Three ibises stand in the grass with one having the left side of its head turned toward the sky.]

No one is home here.
[Two photos spliced together. The one on the left is top-down view of the curled shell in the grass. There are lines which curve around the shell and lead to the opening. The view on the right is looking right into the opening of where a creature once lived.]

Two views of the same polyphemus moth caterpillar
[Two photos spliced together. On the left is the full view of the bright yellow caterpillar with red dots and brown ends as it climbs a railing pole by a concrete curb. The right image is a top down view of one end of the caterpillar with a short hair sticking out of each red dot on its body. The end visible has a brown x shape sort of like a bumper stopper. No idea what it might be.]

A close view of the entire body of the same polyphemus moth caterpillar
[The round areas with little hairs against the pole are probably the feet. At the top end (toward the sky) is the browsn x shape. At the lower end is a brown something which could be a mouth of sorts. The red dots with their single hairs protruding from them seem to go around the top part of each section of the caterpillar.]

This Cassius Blue butterfly has a chunk missing from part of its lower wing.
[The butterfly is perched on a small white flower (that actually looks big because the butterfly is so small). Its wings are together behind it with the white and brown body sticking out below the wings. The lower of the two dark spots rimmed with light blue and orange is partially missing along with parts of that wing.]

A misty dewy morning put droplets all along this web. Zoomed in view is on the right.
[Two photos spliced together. On the left is the entire web which extends from a curved tree branch down to the ground. The trees in the background are in the fog from the mist. On the right is a closer view of the segments of the web drooping with dots of water along the segments.]

A mushroom of the russula family (November 23, 2023)
[Flat-topped mushroom with a mostly red topskin and serrated edges with a couple of small chunks missing. There appears to be another red-topped one below it.]

These two mushrooms appear to be two different types of common puffball mushrooms. The photo on the right has a small one to the left of the large one. (November 21, 2023)
[Two photos spliced together. On the left is one white spherical mushroom with a light brown dot on each segment and little spiky edges. On the right are two puffballs with one approximately one fifth of the size of the other. Both are spherical with segments with light brown dots and spiky edges which are not as long as the ones on the puffball in the other image.]

A close view of pink seed pods of the Golden rain tree on a different tree (November 23, 2023)
[These rounded oblong three-dimensional seedpods are larger than the slimmer light-green leaves which are barely visible because there are so many pods in this area of the tree. The early morning sun is brightly lighting some of the left-most seed pods and leaves.]

Morning dew on a rose (November 19, 2023)
[Looking down at the partially curved deep pink petals of the flower, they appear to be triangular and trapezoidal in shape.There are rounded green leaves covered in dew below the petals.]

More roses (October 29, 2023)
[This rose bush has pink and orange and white blooms. The image looks dowan at the open blooms. Some are still partially cupped closed but the rest are fully open and nearly flat.]

Goldenrod after it goes to seed (November 23, 2023)
[Two images spliced together. One the left is a view of the entier top of the plant. All the yellow blooms are gone and replaced completely with white cotton-like blooms. It's as if all the yellow turned white. On the right is a close view of the small white puffs.]

Seed pods of a variant of Rattlebox plant (November 21, 2023)
[This plant has only seed pods on the outer ends of the branches and many appear to have already fallen to the ground, but may fat green pods still hang from the plant and are easily seens because they hang over the water which is a different color.]

Closer views of these seed pods which eventually turn puple (November 21, 2023)
[Two images spliced together. On the left are fat elogated all green pods hanging from a branche. Each pod has a dark vertical stripe the length of the pod. On the right are all purple pods extending from a branch. ]

A new-to-me camera meant I was able to get a closer view of these palm fruits. (November 23, 2023)
[Two photos spliced together. The left image is a view of the leaf fronts and the dangling berry masses. The image on the right is a close view of the berry masses. The berries are firm, round and a bluish color. ]

I don't know what this is, but I thought the changing colors on it were interesting. (October 29, 2023)
[This plant is fern-like in that it has long wispy branches. It appears the plant is changing colors for fall because while much of the plant is stil green, some parts are turning purple and losing color.]

The image on the right is a close view of the leaves with their many holes. They are in the center of the image on the left. (November 23, 2023)
[Two photos spliced together. On the left is the zoomed out view of a thick section of green plants and vines. In the middle of the section are brown leaves. The image on the right shows the brown leaves are crinkled and have many holes in them as if multiple insects feasted on them. ]

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All photos © S. M. Garver