Here is an Nine Thousand Word Post

I have been unusually busy lately so here I wanted to post a major article - here is the equivalent of 9,000 words.  That is, if indeed a picture is worth a thousand words.  

All of these images were taken within a couple of hundred yards of my front door.  

Female Green Anole

Bumble Bee on Leaf

Solitary Bee on False Dandelion


Long-legged Fly on Hyacinth


Female Five-lined Skink


Rambur's Forktail Damselfly

Robber Fly

Willow Leaf Beetle


Turkey Vulture