Buckeye

Unexpectedly I found three of these on the Aesculus parvifolia, three years old, five feet high and wide.

Female Praying Mantis

From the egg I bought. Great to know it worked - I haven't seen one since they hatched.
  

???

I have *no* idea what's going on here.
  

Squirrel Food

Grinding down (?) his teeth on a dog bone. I'd been finding them in the trees. Easy enough to guess how they got there, but not until now did I know why!
  

Red-bellied Woodpecker

I see this guy a lot in the winter, at the suet feeder. He is elusive, responding to any movement at the window by flying away. So this picture was lucky - he was gone before I got a second shot.