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