Oklahoma to New Mexico, Sept. 2019.

Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, near Quinlan, OK, 9/18.

Juv. Mississippi Kite, 9/18.

Coachwhip at the OK/ NM border. Like a guardian at the gate.

Pronghorn near Clayton, NM, 9/18.

A Screech Owl at my place, 2 Peaks, 9/19. Home.
 

Crossing Oklahoma, Sept. 2019.

Cattle Egrets, 9/17.

Map? turtles, Salt Fork Arkansas River, 9/17.

Sandpipers, Salt Fork Arkansas R.

Little Blue Heron, 9/17.

Diamondback Water Snake with catfish, 9/17.
 

Into Oklahoma. Prairie dwellers large and small.

The Bison herd at Tallgrass Preserve, Pawhuska, 9/16. Great to them back on these prairies, otherwise dedicated to cattle in all directions.

A resident of urban Pawhuska. Green? treefrog, 9/17.

Three-toed Box turtle on a road shared with huge semi-trucks!

And an Ornate Box turtle on the same road, 9/17.
 

An unexpected treat in SW Missouri. Four species new to me in one day!

Red-bellied snake found under a rock in a dry stream bed, Washburn, MO 9/16.

Dark-sided Salamander, Bluff Dwellers Cave, Noel, MO.

Long-tailed Salamander, BDCave, MO, 9/16.

Cave Salamander, BDCave, MO, 9/16.
 

Across the Mississippi into Missouri.

Northern Map turtle, 11 Point River, 9/15.

Blanchard's Cricket frog, 11 Point River.

Prairie Kingsnake,  near Theodosia, 9/15. (I thought it was a Milk snake)

Western Pygmy rattlesnake, near Theodosia, 9/15. A real beauty.
 

West Virginia and Kentucky.

Juv. Northern Water snake, Castleman Run, WV, 9/9.

Northern Dusky salamander, Falls Cr., WV, 9/10.

Rough Green snake, Mammoth Cave NP, KY. 9/13.

Cricket frog, JJ Audubon SP, Henderson, KY, 9/14.
 

The long road home from Maine to New Mexico, Sept. 2019.

The Hudson at Rhinebeck, NY, with Catskills in view, 9/5.

Northern Slimy salamander, 9/7. Tiadaghton, PA.

Northern Red salamander, 9/7, Tiadaghton trail.

Two-lined salamander, Hicks Run, PA., 9/7.
 

Maine.

Lynx at Alamoosook Hatchery visitor center.

Juv. Black guillemot near Sheep Island, Maine, 8/28.

Eagle? Island.

Mackerel, Saco jetty, 9/1.
 

Return to Maine, Aug. 2019.

Alamoosook Lake, 8/23.

Alamoosook Lake, 8/24.

Acadia NP, 8/26.

 

More Wood Turtles, August 2019.

A large adult found near the Connecticut River, 8/16.

Plastron pattern.

A just hatched and emerged Wood turtle, 8/20.

Egg yolk still visible.
 

Grafton Pond, August, 2019.

This view of the lake from my back door always stops me in my tracks. When the sky and clouds are reflected, and the far shore is not visible, I always have the feeling that I am approaching the top of a hill instead of a lake. A feeling of vertigo and infinity.

Last meeting with a few of my Grafton Pond neighbors, August 14-15, 2019.

Two-lined salamander from Grafton stream, 8/14.

One of the South pair's chicks, getting big, 8/14.

Great to see my old friends the sunfish at their own level in the tadpole aquarium.

And a beautiful Pickerel in the canoe, then released.

And finally the elusive mink! The only one I saw at Grafton, and on my last day.
 

And another 4-day transformation, Spring Peeper.

With all four legs and tail, aquatic, 8/4.

Transformed! Tail gone and climbing to land, 8/8.

Released into marsh where it was captured, 8/8.