Juvies

vultures
Juvenile black vultures (Coragyps atratus) chilling in the side-yard.

Walker

in the west
Went up a mountain today courtesy of Walker. There were lots of places where he could have stepped off the path. He didn’t. I swatted mosquitoes and horse flies for him. He did me the favor of keeping us alive.

Sciurus carolinensis

silver maple grey squirrel
The generic name, Sciurus, is derived from two Greek words, skia, meaning shadow, and oura, meaning tail. This name alludes to the squirrel sitting in the shadow of its tail–Wikipedia