Getting ready to make chocolate-filled pretzels

This tiny guy is only 8-11 cm in length, and one of the smallest birds in North America.

Iberis sempervirens

Photographed at Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Maryland 20815 near Bradley Boulevard and Wisconsin Avenue—Washington West Quad. Verified by Ken Wolgemuth, BugGuide. Net.

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A beautiful, warm fall day.

GEICO Headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland, glows with reflected light after a summer rainstorm. The building’s austere modernist lines contrast with the darkening sky, capturing a moment of tension and quiet beauty.

Chevy Chase, DC

From the archives, since yesterday was so unproductive.

Chevy Chase, DC

A wonderfully unproductive day of birding yesterday...

A buck eats a green vine during a snowstorm

Chevy Chase, DC

Highest position: 54 on Saturday, April 14, 2007 on Explore! Now #44..and 14th most interesting squirrels photo!!!

Chevy Chase, DC

My sister and I spent all of Memorial Day afternoon driving around some local roads and taking photos. It was quality sister-sister time. =)

This photo was taken from inside a local covered bridge. The bridge was actually used in the movie Funny Farm (made in the late 80's or early 90's and starred Chevy Chase.... It was the bridge that the moving van tried to cross.) I took some clearer photos but I liked how abstract this was. So, I'm sharing it with y'all. =)

Oh! I know it isn't straight. =( I'm horrible at keeping things lined up. I try but then I forget or I push the button and I wiggle the camera or something. So, please disregard the fact that I can't take a level photo. =)

This tiny butterfly enjoys some food from a flower

I thought this was a ruined shot, but after looking at it again, there is some merit to it I think!

Chevy Chase, DC

This tufted titmouse peeks around a corner and into a cavity as he explores a dead tree limb.

This pun is, I'm sure, overdone.

Trains pass in the Friendship Heights MetroRail Station, Washington, DC. Photographed by Steve West on June 3, 2012.

The only woodpecker that regularly eats on the ground, this Northern Flicker looks up after briefly examining an old tree stump.

Sometimes, you come back with almost nothing.

Yesterday we found a plethora of woodpeckers out and about in the park -- there were at least three Red-bellied Woodpeckers, four Downy Woodpeckers, and we are pretty sure we saw a Pileated Woodpecker in the far distance.

Unfortunately, they were all very stubborn and refused to come close enough for a good photo. :(