Northern Cardinal

A female cardinal, the state bird of NC, perches in a dogwood tree.

Golden Garden Spider

Storm Impressions

Bryan Boulevard at sunset, just after a thunderstorm.

After the Storm

Grosbeak and Woodpeckers

A Rose Breasted Grosbeak visits my garden on his way to his summer home up north, while two Red-Bellied Woodpeckers lunch on peanuts.

Net Chick

A Carolina Chickadee pilfers nesting material from a basketball net

Yellow Rumped Warbler

The Yellow-Rumped Warbler is a frequent winter visitor to NC. Soon, he will be on his way up north for summer.

Lake at Morning

Early morning fog rises off Everett's Lake, near the NC-SC border.

Hellebore

Hellebores are some of my favorite winter plants.

Cardinal In Flight

A cardinal takes off from the fence as a house sparrow looks on (lower right). Click photo to enlarge.

Cardinal

Junco

Juncos arrive in NC in early November and stay through the winter.

Seedpods

Winged seeds of a butterfly weed are ready to take flight.

Fall

Crape Myrtle seedpods silhouetted against the autumn leaves. I liked how the shape of the dried branch echoed that of the red tree behind it.

Song Sparrow

Downy Woodpecker

A female Downy Woodpecker spreads her wings to take off from a suet feeder.

Carolina Wren

Maple Leaves

Autumn leaves are at their peak in the NC Piedmont.

Red Viburnum

A close-up of a viburnum leaf. It almost looks reptilian. Viburnums are native to NC and a popular garden plant. For more images from my garden, check out my garden blog!

First Frost

The average first frost in Greensboro is Oct 27. It's nice to have some normal weather for a change.