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My wife and I found this little gem almost by accident on a little cruise from Phila to Lancaster across the backroads of southern Delaware, Chester and finally Lancaster Counties. Going on pure instinct for where the old "wagon" roads used to go and following roads named "Hollow" "Mill" and "Valley", we finally stumbled opon this not-quite-so-old abandonment.
At the open garden there was a section were a group of Geese were being kept. They were wandering round this section & didn't seem too impressed to see visitors.
Despite their rather aggressive attitude I managed to get several photos of them. I did have the slight background fear of receiving a peck while I was there though.
By Stephen Badger | Office of Communications, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Brood X periodical cicadas emerge every 17 years in parts of Maryland.
It was a really bad weather day last Sunday in the city, heavy rains and flooding from noon til evening.. but it was nothing compared to the rains we experienced on Monday til today where the past 12 hrs (8pm last night to 8am today,) we got 323.4 mm/ 12.73" (222.6mm or 8.7" in the past 9 hours) of rain fall dumped on us.
This brood of gadwall has moved to the safety of a wetland. Wetlands like this provide food such as seeds, plants, and insects for the growing ducklings.
Photo Credit: USFWS
Black widow (you can't see them in this picture but she has two dots on her abdomen) being kept at the company I work for, Tree Frog Treks. I've fed her a few times over the past week and she swelled up to a huge size. This morning her egg case appeared and she was back to normal size. Awesome animal.