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

June 15, 2013

A Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) was flying over the lake at Oak Point Nature Preserve around 7:15 AM.
I was only able to get a single poor quality picture from across the lake. My first record of this species for the park.		 Least Tern

Another surprise was an Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) in Bob Woodruff Park, in the same place I found one (perhaps the same individual?) on June 1.

Olive-sided Flycatcher
Near the Outdoor Learning Center I found a molting Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus). These bugs have a striking orange color when they emerge, turning gray later. Wheel Bug

Painted Bunting
(Passerina ciris) at Oak Point

 Painted Bunting
Great Crested Flycatcher(Myiarchus crinitus) Great Crested Flycatcher
Rough-Stemmed Rosinweed (Silphium radula) Rough-Stemmed Rosinweed
American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) on thistle American Lady
Black Saddlebags
(Tramea lacerata)		 Black Saddlebags
Scabious (Scabiosa atropurpurea) Scabious
American Water-Willow (Justicia americana) American Water-Willow
Northern Mockingbird
(Mimus polyglottos)		 Northern Mockingbird
Widow Skimmer
(Libellula luctuosa)		 Widow Skimmer
Springwater Dancer
(Argia plana)		 Springwater Dancer
Double-striped Bluet (Enallagma basidens) Double-striped Bluet
Blue-ringed Dancer
(Argia sedula)		 Blue-ringed Dancer
Midas Fly
(Mydas clavatus)		 Midas Fly


Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon) on Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella)

 Phaon Crescent
Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis) Silvery Checkerspot
Little Yellow
(Pyrisitia lisa)		 Little Yellow
Bee Fly (Bombyliidae) ovipositing Bee Fly
Four-toothed Mason Wasp (Monobia quadridens) Four-toothed Mason Wasp
Texas thistle
(Cirsium texanum)		 Texas thistle
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) immature Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Feather-legged Fly
(Trichopoda sp.)		 fly
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