A pine needle, fallen from a nearby tree, pierced the cap of a mushroom.
Although they appear to be some sort of fungus they are actually cypress flower galls. The insect responsible is the cypress flower gall midge (Taxodiomyia cupressi).
A grey hairstreak nectars on the male flowers of groundsel tree.
A young northern brown snake stops to look at me as it makes its way across the path in Explore the Wild.