King of the hill! #birds

A vulture looking majestic, just before a hawk came along and ruined its day, Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD #birds

Silver-spotted skippers are all over the place, Columbia, MD #bugs

Pearl crescents are very handsome butterflies, Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD (2 of 2) #bugs #butterflies

Pearl crescents are very handsome butterflies, Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD (1 of 2) #bugs #butterflies

An osprey over Wilde Lake, Columbia, MD #birds

According to a birdwatcher I met, this is a fledgling osprey that spends most of its time crying for food from its parents on top of a light pole in a parking lot in Columbia, MD #birds

An osprey looking cool as hell Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD #birds

Ospreys majestically flying over Lake Kittamaqundi, Columbia, MD (2 of 2) #birds

Ospreys majestically flying over Lake Kittamaqundi, Columbia, MD (1 of 2) #birds

A lucky moment for me: while walking the path around Lake Kittamaqundi, Columbia, MD I spotted a nuthatch in a tree (2 of 2) #birds

A lucky moment for me: while walking the path around Lake Kittamaqundi, Columbia, MD I spotted a nuthatch in a tree (1 of 2) #birds

A waning gibbous Moon over Columbia, MD #Moon

A different hawk flies over suburbs near Jackson Pond, Columbia, MD #birds

A hawk proudly flies over Centennial Lake after driving off a turkey vulture, Ellicott City, MD (2 of 2) #birds

A hawk proudly flies over Centennial Lake after driving off a turkey vulture, Ellicott City, MD (1 of 2) #birds

A hawk harassing a vulture over Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD #birds

One of 3-4 green herons at Jackson Pond, Columbia, MD (3 of 3) #birds

One of 3-4 green herons at Jackson Pond, Columbia, MD (2 of 3) #birds

One of 3-4 green herons at Jackson Pond, Columbia, MD (1 of 3) #birds

A green heron at Centennial Lake, Columbia, MD #birds

Another view of a great blue heron at Centennial Lake, Columbia, MD #birds

A great blue heron at Centennial Lake, Columbia, MD #birds

Eastern tiger swallowtails, Columbia, MD (2 of 2) #bugs #butterflies

Eastern tiger swallowtails, Columbia, MD (1 of 2) #bugs #butterflies

Yesterday was a good day for dragonflies at Jackson Pond, Columbia, MD (4 of 4) #bugs #dragonflies

Yesterday was a good day for dragonflies at Jackson Pond, Columbia, MD (3 of 4) #bugs #dragonflies