Gordon Runkle > Bringing home the bugs...

This pair of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) are bringing home dinner for their nestlings.
Gordon Runkle > Taking off!

A male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) takes off from the pond at Quarry Hill Nature Center in Rochester, Minnesota.
Gordon Runkle > A good soak

A Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) sits in the pond at Quarry Hill Nature Center in Rochester, Minnesota.
Gordon Runkle > The pause that refreshes...

An American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) quenches her thirst from the pond at Quarry Hill Nature Center in Rochester, Minnesota.  She's quick on her feet, especially in the trees!
Gordon Runkle > Relaxing at the shore

An American Toad (Bufo americanus) sits beside the pond at Quarry Hill Nature Center in Rochester, Minnesota.
Gordon Runkle > Photo Pause...

This American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) paused for just a second as it crossed over the path on its way to the feeders at Quarry Hill Nature Center in Rochester, Minnesota.
Gordon Runkle > The young and the bold...

This young muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) didn't seem at all bothered by my standing at the edge of the pond at Quarry Hill Nature Center in Rochester, Minnesota.  It swam right up to my position and began foraging.  Perhaps I was still enough that it thought I was a tree?  But a tree wearing a bright purple Minnesota Vikings sweatshirt?  At any rate it dined well inside my minimum focusing distance, so I just stood there until it finished.
Gordon Runkle > Blue-Winged Teal

A blue-winged teal (Anas discors) cruises the pond at Quarry Hill Nature Center in Rochester, Minnesota.
Gordon Runkle > Hey!  You!  Get offa my log!

A painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) climbs up onto an occupied log in the pond at Quarry Hill Nature Center in Rochester, Minnesota.
Bringing home the bugs...

This pair of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) are bringing home dinner for their nestlings.
Gordon Runkle > Bringing home the bugs...

This pair of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) are bringing home dinner for their nestlings.
Bringing home the bugs...

This pair of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) are bringing home dinner for their nestlings.
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