My family and I went camping last week at Trap Pond State Park in Delaware. Our site was right on the lake and I keep my canoe at the water’s edge. Can’t beat this for convenience. This lake is near the bottom of Delaware and has the northernmost grove of Bald Cypress Trees in the U.S. Trap Pond and the park land surrounding it has such a diverse array of wildlife. My son Ray and his fiancee stayed with us for a couple of days and we did a lot of photography around the lake. Ray has his own business of wedding photography but also enjoys taking wildlife pictures. We went out early one morning when the sun was just coming up and we were crossing the lake when we spotted all the Cypress trees and bushes covered with spider webs. At certain angles with the sun behind them they really stood out. It was an eery site. One day we were canoeing along the coast looking for birds when Ray spotted something furry in a tree. It turned out to be a mother Raccoon with a young one sleeping in the tree. At the back of the lake we followed the stream that feeds it and I spotted a Yellow-billed Cuckoo bird. This was a first for both of us and we took several shots at different angles to make sure we had some good ones. I had another first one morning right in the campsite. It was still dark in the woods so I didn’t get a good picture of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. I also took some photos of the Pileated Woodpecker which seems to visit our campsite every morning. It was pecking on a tree limb and you can see the wood particles flying in the photo. I also got pictures of an Osprey and a Bald Eagle made a flyby. We had a colorful sunset one night and the weather was great the whole time we were there. Some of the pictures from Trap Pond are below.
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Larry Hennessy

Cypress tree with spider wes

Spider web in bushes

Squirrel with Acorn

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Young Raccoon playing Peek a Boo

Pileated Woodpecker

Osprey

Bald Eagle

Bald Cypress Trees

Yellow-billed Cuckoo