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

May 21, 2011

Dickcissel (Spiza americana) male. Many of these birds on territory in Oak Point this year. Dickcissel
Dickcissel (Spiza americana) female. Dickcissel
Crown Vetch (Coronilla varia) Crown Vetch
Blue Sage (Salvia azurea var. grandiflora) Blue Sage
Roemer's Spurge (Euphorbia Roemeriana) Roemer's Spurge
Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon) Phaon Crescent
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea compacta var. pubescens) Purple Prairie Clover
Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans) Great Blue Skimmer
Honeybee on Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) blossom Honeybee on Firewheel
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) Least Flycatcher
ant swarm on Prairie Verbena (Glandularia bipinnatifida) ant swarm on Prairie Verbena
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Mourning Dove
Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola) Reakirt's Blue
White Prairie Rose (Rosa foliolosa) White Prairie Rose
Red-shouldered Bugs (Jadera haematoloma) on Illinois Bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis) Red-shouldered Bugs on Illinois Bundleflower
Cut-leaved Evening Primrose (Oenothera laciniata) Cut-leaved Evening Primrose
Blue-ringed Dancer (Argia sedula) Blue-ringed Dancer
Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) - survivor of predation attempts on both sides! Common Buckeye
Pincushions, or Sweet Scabious (Scabiosa atropurpurea) Sweet Scabious
Double-Striped Bluet (Enallagma basidens) wheel Double-Striped Bluet
purple fungus purple fungus
Old Morton Vale Road,
Oak Point Nature Preserve
Old Morton Vale Road, Oak Point Nature Preserve