A weekly display of the best pictures taken locally by our readers in Central Maine!
JUST HANGIN’ OUT: Joan Chaffee, of Clinton, snapped this blue jay last winter.
A RARE SIGHT: Jo Orlando, of China, saw this black squirrel on the ground at the base of her bird feeder in China.
DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE: Emily Poulin, of South China, photographed this double rainbow.
GROWING UP: Jayne Winters, of South China, photographed this immature male rose breasted grosbeak.
IN SEASON: Gary and Margaret Mazoki, of Palermo, took this photo of lupines in season.
NO POT OF GOLD: Sheldon Goodine, of China, snapped this rainbow appearing to go into the back of his truck. He said there was no pot of gold.
SITTING PRETTY: Thomas Rumpf, of China, sent along this photo of a male cardinal taken last winter.
BEAUTIFUL SUNSET: John Gardner, of China, snapped this spectacular sunset over China Lake.
RARITY: Jo Orlando, of China, photographed this black squirrel.
SMILE, YOU’RE ON CAMERA: Tina Richard, of Clinton, recently snapped this gray fox sunning itself on a warm spring day.
CLOSE UP: Emily Poulin, of China, photographed this male cardinal last fall.
OL’ GLORY: Virginia Jones, of Palermo, snapped this American flag against a picturesque background last fall.
KEEPING WARM: Joan Chaffee, of Clinton, snapped this sparrow trying to keep warm.
FINDING THE SOFT SPOT: Pat Clark, of Palermo, photographed this red-bellied woodpecker in her yard last summer.
WARMTH OF THE SUN: Lindy Sklover captured this swallowtail butterfly sunnning itself last summer.
OUR TURF: Emily Poulin, of South China, snapped this goldfinch and chickadee disagreeing on who belongs.
BEE’S BUFFET: Jayne Winters, of China, photographed this bee feasting on nectar last summer.
JUST CHILLIN’: Cassandra Goodine snapped this photo of a chickadee hanging out.
JUST HANGIN’ AROUND: Joanne Austin, of China, photographed this male cardinal at her office.
NESTING: Tina Richard, of Clinton, captured this killdeer sitting on its eggs in a corn field in Clinton.
CATCHING SOME SUN: Jayne Winters, of South China, snapped this female cardinal sunning itself.
CLEANING UP: P. Varney, of the Neck Road, in China, captured this bald eagle helping itself to some carrion.
LAST CAST: Erin Gray, of Vassalboro, took this picture of Stephen Page fishing on China Lake, in East Vassalboro, right before the dock was taken out.
AH…SUNNY WARMTH: Joan Chaffee, of Clinton, snapped this groundhog last summer.
BIRD IN THE TREE: Tina Richard, of Clinton, photographed this Blue Bird in a tree along her favorite walking trail in Benton.
ON GUARD: Pauline Rancourt, of China, snapped this bald eagle on the Neck Road.
NEW FRIEND: Gary Kennedy, of Chelsea, captured this chicken while on his annual humanitarian mission in the Philippines. He named it “Butch”.
FLOCKING TOGETHER: Pat Clark, of Palermo, snapped this flock of blue jays feeding on the ground.
CRYSTAL CLEAR: Emily Poulin, of South China, photographed this ice crystal on the hood of her car.
OH, HONEY!: Tracy Chadbourne, captured this honey bee enjoying some nectar.