RED-BELLIED: Joan Chaffee, of Clinton, snapped this photo of a red-bellied woodpecker.

HEADING SOUTH?: Amy Boyer captured these Canada Geese resting on the lake.

CORRECTION: Lindy Sklover, of Vassalboro, photographed these peonies at Fieldstone Gardens, in Vassalboro. The photo was misidentified in last week’s issue. It was an editing error.

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.

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.

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.

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.