EARLY HALLOWEEN: Steve Nichols, of South China, found what could be early Halloween masks when he sliced open this green pepper.

CLOSE UP: Emma Salisbury, 16, photographed this grasshopper at the Benton Falls.

OOPS: The photographer of this White Admiral butterfly, Kaleb Brown, 12, of Palermo, was misidentified last week.

DELECTABLE: Emily Poulin, of South China, recently photographed these ants on wet peonies.

CLEANING HOUSE: Betty Dunton, of Gardiner, recently caught this bird doing some housekeeping.

EARLY RISER: Janet Soucy, of China, snapped this early morning sunrise at Pellerin’s Campground.

FIELD OF LUPINES: Bob Bennett, of China, photographed this field of lupines and a classic Maine barn in Whitefield.

DINNER TIME: Jayne Winters, of South China, snapped this Eastern Phoebe with a dragonfly, ready to feed the young.

HMMM, GOOD: John Gardner caught this Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly enjoying the nectar of these lilacs.

FANCY MEETING YOU: Michael Bilinsky, of China Village, snapped this photo of a downy woodpecker with what appears to be a redwing blackbird.

PICTURE POSTCARD: Betty Dunton, of Gardiner, photographed this cardinal in a tree shortly after a snowfall last winter.

STRETCHING: Tina Richards, of Clinton, caught this bald eagle as it landed in a field seeking some food.

“ICE IS OUT, JOE”: That’s what these birds seem to be saying while sitting on Michael Bilinsky’s dock, in China Village.

JUST STRUTTING ALONG: Valerie Baker, of Weeks Mills, snapped this male wild turkey
crossing a road.

APRIL FLOWERS: John Gardner photographed these which he called “Martha Staples’ April flowers.”