Sarah Dix took this photo during a day of kayaking on Cross Creek Lake near Avella.

Debbie Campbell Evans took this photo of a blue heron getting a jump on trout season at Canonsburg Lake.

Michael Dufalla took this photo of a house wren moving into a birdhouse in a cherry tree on Floral Hill Drive.

Kerry Pigeon took this close-up of a wild violet growing among the other flowers in her Scenery Hill yard.

Jimmy and Jennifer Maloy sent us this photo of their 1963 Volkswagen split-window bus in front of an old gas station near Seneca Lake, Ohio.

Maria Magnotta took this photo of a Holocaust memorial in Berlin.

Jessica Moore spotted this colorful bird during a visit to the aviary in Pittsburgh.

Mark Welsh sent us this photo of a double rainbow that appeared over Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Claysville on a recent Sunday evening.

Janet Philp said a robin built this nest on the gazebo at her home in Eighty Four.

Albert Hall took this photo of a swan landing on a pond at the Hare Krishna compound near Moundsville, W.Va.

Carol Brunetti spotted this barred owl on a recent walk through the woods in Upper St. Clair.

Kathy Miller took this photo of a swarm of honeybees in Waynesburg. The swarm was relocated by a local beekeeper.

Angelina Imeyou spotted this mama duck on her nest in Muse.

It's a bird-eat-bird world. Sally Baird sent us this photo of a downy woodpecker enjoying a peanut butter treat.

Albert Hall of Canonsburg sent us this colorful photo of the sky near sunset.

Tammy Perkins took this photo of a Baltimore oriole passing over her house.

Mary Beth O'Connor took this photo of early blossoms on her cherry tree.

Albert Hall took this photo of a peacock near Moundsville, W.Va.

Stephen Ezarik took this photo of some of the mushrooms that were scattered throughout his yard in Scenery Hill after several days of rain.

Marianne Barnhart said she and her 5-month-old son, Wyatt, both love cows, and they found one that was willing to play peek-a-boo with them in Fordyce, Greene County.

Chuck Shrump took this photo of bleeding heart blooms in his Washington backyard.

Karen Duke was in northern Idaho when she drove past this hawk. She said she turned around and drove back, and the hawk was not only still there, but posed for a photo.

Amanda Durbin said this lizard was well-camouflaged against a log in her yard.

Eric Garland spotted this cicada emerging from its shell on a locust tree in Centerville Borough.

Kerry Pigeon took this photo of a red-bellied woodpecker enjoying a suet treat in her Scenery Hill backyard.

Barbara Crabtree said robins built a nest in the Japanese maple right outside her front door.

Gary Yarbrough thought this snow pea bloom looked almost like an orchid.

Yikes! Loribeth Hardy McCollum captured the reaction of her 9-year-old son, Lane McCollum, to a 17-year cicada in Ruff Creek.

Karen Duke took this photo of the Grand Tetons at sunset from the Idaho side, near Targhee Ski Resort.