Butterflies eating trace minerals on their migration.

In the Spring, this creek comes to life. In mid summer it goes underground and becomes almost completely dry, but every year life returns to the waters with an abundance of turtles, frogs, toads, crayfish, creek chubs, lizards, and snakes.

Flocks of wild turkeys often forage in the fields. You're more likely to view them if you wake up in the early hours just after dawn. If they see you, you won't see them for very long though. I just barely snapped the photo before this bird vanished into the forest.

A salamander, one of the wonderful creatures who share the land with us. A few of the other wild residents include a family of groundhogs, deer, racoons, humming birds, coyotes, owls, hawks, eagles, bats, fireflies, luna moths, large walking sticks, and many more.