Living in Nature

I have finally gotten back to going for a regular walk.  Along the way I keep running into fun or interesting critters.

I would love to take some nature shots with my SLR but if I carry that looking for critters I wont get the heart rate exercise I am looking for and when I go for an exercise walk I do not want to carry the SLR. 

Meanwhile, here are some shots from my phone. Click on each for a larger version.

July 4th: Family of skunks - I did not want to get too close but zoom in on the white spot in the middle and you might pick them out:

Aug 4th: Neighborhood turtle:

Sept 13th: Turtle in the Eno:

Sept 25th: Snake in the road:

-SML