Plano Outdoor Learning Center / Bob Woodruff Park / Oak Point Nature Preserve

Feb 19, 2012

Flooded fields at Oak Point Flooded fields at Oak Point
Flooded fields at Oak Point Flooded fields at Oak Point
Pecan tree (Carya illinoinensis) Pecan
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Greater Roadrunner
Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Mockingbird
At a distance I thought this might be a Snow Goose or Ross' Goose but on closer inspection the bill and overall shape (as well as its behavior) seem more consistent with the domestic white form of the Graylag Goose (Anser anser). Graylag Goose
Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) Orange Sulphur
Blanchard's cricket frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) Blanchard's cricket frog

Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta)

Hairy Bittercress
Wedge-leaf Whitlow-grass (Draba cuneifolia)
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