Of webs and wings

A female ruby-throated hummingbird

The hummingbird feeders remain a hotbed of activity despite a blooming garden. Misty mornings reveal hundreds of spider webs not normally noticed.

 

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A spider web hangs near a Pinegrove Township pond.

 

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A male ruby-throated hummingbird makes a U-turn.

 

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Spider webs are hung around a Pinegrove Township pond.

 

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A male ruby-throated hummingbird

 

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A spider web covered in dew

 

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Female ruby-throated hummingbird

 

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Spider webs coat a spruce tree branch.

 

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Phlox in the fog

 

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A swallowtail butterfly on a turk’s cap lily.

 

Crazy critters

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Ernie proves if it fits it ships (or sits) in this photo taken by the other Applegate.

 

(Anna Applegate is a newsroom staffer at The Derrick and The News-Herald. She manages the Good Times. She can be emailed at bigdogs.thederrick@gmail.com)