Weekend hiking pictures

We went hiking/birding over the long weekend; mostly hiking as we were a bit out of practice with the binoculars.  This black-capped chickadee was posing in the most adorable ways; however, by the time I thought to get my camera out, he'd taken flight.

We stumbled upon a little ground squirrel, whose tail fit perfectly against her back as she was eating:

So beautiful and green!  Thomas is a little orange blur in the middle of the picture:

In the spring, we'd sat here and watched a hummingbird build a nest.  This time, we didn't see any birds, but it was still peaceful and nice:

A dragonfly resting on a post:

From this distance, Thomas noticed something so he grabbed his binoculars.

Two deer, resting in the field!

We turned around so not to disturb them.  So, not a productive birding day -- I think we only saw something like 15 species -- but it was great to be out in the cooler weather and hiking again.  Looking forward to doing this more often in the upcoming fall weeks.