Robins are adaptive nesters. They learn to live with the peculiarities of humans.
I saw this native thistle in North Dakota in June. I’m thinking Flodman thistle. There is a wavyleaf that can look similar. Either way, it’s a beauty.
A gorgone checkerspot in Iowa.
If you’ve never heard scissors being sharpened by a grinder, they sound like this scissor-grinder cicada.
A pileated woodpecker male has a red mustache.