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

Mar 17, 2012

Around 3 PM this afternoon I found a Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) at the Outdoor Learning Center.In the dense brush at the edge of the woods where the trail meets the creek.

Long-eared Owl

Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) It flew across the trail into a tall tree near the creek.
Long-eared Owl
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) Long-eared Owl
The lake at Oak Point had 5 Common Goldeneyes (Bucephala clangula) this morning. Unfortunately a group of hikers with a dog off the leash scared them off. Common Goldeneye
Redhead (Aythya americana) - one of 2 males at the Oak Point lake. Redhead
Redhead (Aythya americana) female Redhead
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black Vulture
Eight-spotted Forester (Alypia octomaculata) Eight-spotted Forester
Eight-spotted Forester (Alypia octomaculata) Eight-spotted Forester
Jumping spider- perhaps a Bold Jumper (Phidippus audax)? Bold Jumper
Bold Jumper (Phidippus audax)? Bold Jumper

Cedar elm (Ulmus crassifolia)

Cedar elm
Texas Paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa) Texas Paintbrush
Silver Bladderpod (Lesquerella argyraea) Silver Bladderpod
Silver Bladderpod (Lesquerella argyraea) Silver Bladderpod
Fringed Puccoon (Lithospermum incisum) Fringed Puccoon
Showy Primrose (Oenothera speciosa) Showy Primrose
Prairie Verbena, Dakota Vervain (Glandularia bipinnatifilda) Prairie Verbena, Dakota Vervain
Common Vetch, Spring Vetch (Vicia sativa) vetch
Big flower vetch (Vicia grandiflora)? Big flower vetch
Field Pansy (Viola arvensis) Field Pansy

Necklaceweed, Purslane Speedwell (Veronica peregrina)

Texas Star, Lindheimer's Daisy (Lindheimera texana) Texas Star
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