This flower is called a Day Flower. These can be seen in bloom from May - October. If you look close, you'll see a little visitor on the flower.
Observing the woods around us and listening to the beauty of the birds singing gayly...
Oh, what a cool treehouse. This is the one I described in our first visit to these trails. Two of the brave boys enjoyed the challenge of climbing up the tree to get there. What a view! And what fun! 
We found some mating Leaf-Footed Bugs on a tree today. Apparently these are the less common species, but the only ones that we usually see here. The Western Leaf-Footed Bugs have a stripe across the back. They are called leaf-footed because their back legs are flat and leaf-shaped.
Finally, we found some poison ivy. If you like to hike and camp, you should know the poisonous plants. This is our quest. We want to be able to identify poisonous plants and edible ones. Speaking of edible...
I wish I had a better picture of this Mulberry Tree. It was covered with berries! What a delicious find! We all snacked on all of the berries that we could reach. They were so sweet. Maybe next time we'll bring baskets and a few step ladders... we could have a jam making party afterwards! Okay... we'll think about that. It would be wonderful to collect a bunch of berries to bring home.
We saw many Carolina Wrens today. There were some other birds that we were struggling to see, but Daniel had more exciting ideas. He likes to get on with things. :-)
And one last find! Just before we left the trails, we heard an unusual chattery chiring. Taylor spotted the producer of this sound and we determined that he was a Golden-Fronted Woodpecker. We weren't able to get close enough to get a shot, but here's a good pic of one:
Check out this site to hear his sound. If you go down below his picture, click on "play sound from this species" to hear it.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Golden-fronted_Woodpecker.html#fig1
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