![]() Many uses from Thai peanut sauces to peanut butter and jelly. A black bear roams the refuge at Alligator National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. A bird feeder is a great way to attract feathered friends to your yard. “Another one of the ‘Coastal Giants’ that roam the refuge,” wrote Thiesfeld. Rich Thiesfeld photographed a black bear at Alligator National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. A male deer emerges from the marsh grasses at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia Beach. “I’ve seen a lot of deer in Back Bay and False Cape but this is the biggest I’ve seen,” wrote Weirich. Mike Weirich spotted a large male deer at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia Beach while doing his last ride through the refuge before it closes on November first for the waterfowl season. The shark was “promptly and tenderly released back into the shallow bay surf just west of First Landing State Beach in Virginia Beach,” wrote DiGeronimo. Joe DiGeronimo watched as surprised autumn haul-netters hauled in a five-foot shark not more than a hundred yards off the bay beach. Fall is the peak season for spiders which begins in late summer and goes through the fall. Mike McClane photographed an interesting looking spiny-backed orb-weaver, sometimes called a crab spider, in his yard in the Chelsea neighborhood in Virginia Beach. ![]() Late summer and early fall are excellent times to see praying mantises when the adults have finished mating and the females are out and laying their egg cases. “I don’t see too many of them anymore,” wrote Cummings. Sharon Cummings photographed a praying mantis that has been hanging around for four days at Colonial Place in Norfolk. “They were enjoying a quick shower at my bird bath.” A yellow-rumped warbler visits a backyard feeder in Pocahontas Village in Virginia Beach. “I was standing in my backyard two days ago when, out of nowhere, came many cute little birds flying around,” wrote Woodell. Tammy Woodell sent photos of yellow-rumped warblers in Pocahontas Village in Virginia Beach. “She seems to get along with the bluebirds that are my regular all year-long mealworm customers.” A female oriole arrives at a feeder in Chic’s Beach in Virginia Beach. “I put grape jelly out and mealworms,” wrote Scherrer. “He was waiting for another goldfinch to leave the feeder in my yard,” wrote Workman.Ĭarmen Scherrer was excited to see her first female oriole arrive at her feeder in Chic’s Beach in Virginia Beach. Courtesy of Connie Owenīeth Workman happened to catch a goldfinch giving her the eye from his perch on an oak branch in the Greenbrier section of Chesapeake. A downy woodpecker probes for insects on a pine tree in Cape Charles on the Eastern Shore. Downy woodpeckers are a permanent resident and are a familiar sight at backyard bird feeders. Courtesy of Mike McClaneĬonnie Owen photographed a cute little downy woodpecker probing for insects on a pine tree in Cape Charles on the Eastern Shore. E-Pilot Evening Edition Home Page Close MenuĪ red-shouldered hawk searches for prey in the Chelsea neighborhood of Virginia Beach.
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