To start things off, a banana tree blossom:
Although it looks fearsome, and is bigger than any spider I've ever seen in Vermont, this Garden Spider is considered harmless to humans:
A ginormous bee gives me the eye:
A Northern Cardinal sitting on a palm branch:
A closer look at those pretty yellow flowers that were growing all around the house:
Down at the beach, a look back at the mountain revealed a waterfall that would only get stronger as my vacation went on:
A couple of Red-crested Cardinals:
This one appears to be carrying a grape, which it eventually flew off with:
A Myna, doing what I can only describe as a strut along the edge of the beach:
A Zebra Dove that had no qualms about wandering around just a couple of feet from where we sat:
Another few looks at the monk seal:
Waving to me as I headed down the beach? I like to think so.
A couple of closeups:
One last look:
And finally, a few pics of a male White-rumped Shama that was singing away in a tree just across from the house:
