Statue of Liberty as rendered at the miniature golf course next to the Burger King at Fogelsville.

 
SAME minitaurus60 - which may be the ugliest tractor I have ever seen. And, I don't mean its current condition; I've seen others of this model on the web and even showroom shiny they are ugly. Odd, too, because it seems to be an Italian design and that country is noted for the elegance of its design work.

 
Keep Right and Stop State Law - that's a good start.

 
Jeep with an interesting message on the hood. The Jeep in question was only slightly dirty and the top was on; I didn't see the driver.

 
Catnapping interrupted by an inquiring photographer met with a mixture of curiosity and mild annoyance.

 
Recycling - a load of scrap metal includes a small truck loaded into a bigger one.

 
Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis - male - in a pine tree which also shelters other birds including doves and sparrows.

 

 

Spring has brought back a richer green color to the hayfield, but the Blue Mountain is slower to take on a brighter hue.

 
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula - male - at least that is my best guess. The alternative would be Brewer's Blackbird, but that doesn't seem to fit based on size, tail, and call.

 
Spring - another sure sign is the emergence of insects we haven't seen for many months. Yesterday also brought the season's first butterfly sighting - a Cabbage White, of course, always our first, but more than a month later than last year.

 
Forsythia is the first obvious sign of spring from our local plants this year.

 
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus - male - calls out from the top of a tall pine tree in the backyard here in Pennsylvania. The Red-wings have been back in the area for a few weeks already, one of the first signs of spring this year.

 
A challenger arrives to vie for the dominant perch.

 
Aerial combat briefly ensues.

 
The winner and new champion takes the top spot.

 
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura - identification is obvious even from this angle, unlike that mystery duck five photos below this one.

 
Komatsu seems to think that the traditional shades of orange and yellow for construction equipment aren't good enough anymore and offers mini excavators decorated from a more lively palette. They remind me of a fad some years ago in women's fashion using what were called ice cream colors.

 
Yellow Flowers? Not quite. This is actually a color-altered detail from a photograph of a piece of farm machinery.

 

Little Round Top in the background and a disused barn and silo on the property of the local mushroom farm as seen from the hilltop location of the office and mushroom houses.

 
Curious cat climbs the storm door for a better view into my house.

 
Mystery Duck stands on one leg beside a temporary pond created by heavy rains about two weeks ago. When I stopped to take this picture, I thought it was a male Mallard, but even a cursory examination of the photo shows that assumption to have been mistaken. I'm not really sure what species it is, but Northern Pintail seems a likely prospect. For some reason, the authors of field guides seldom give photos or drawings of the rear ends of birds, favoring frontal and profiles views.

 

Miniature Hereford bulls keep a wary eye on a visitor.