The Upper Peninsula is a wild place and many creatures make their home in this
often harsh wilderness.
Here are a few I captured with my camera.
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Large toad freezes, thinking: "You can't see me when I hold still."
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The setting sun lit up this bunny's ears
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These stable flies were a nuisance, biting any exposed flesh
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A great blue heron flies along the lakeshore
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Bald eagle takes flight
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Very large beetle
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This beetle had special grippers on its front legs and it emitted a strong-smelling secretion in protest of being held
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Common mergansers take flight
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Track of a small cat...bobcat?
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Slugs were plentiful and often raced down the trees
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Up close slug
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Chipmunks ruled the lakeshore, scurrying everywhere
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I also saw scat from larger predators (coyote and bear) and heard deer crashing around at night.
