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

July 2, 2011

Hot air balloon, Oak Point Nature Preserve Hot air balloon
Large Milkweed Bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) on Green Milkweed (Asclepias viridis) Large Milkweed Bugs on Green Milkweed
Arge Tiger Moth (Grammia arge) Arge Tiger Moth
Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia) female Common Whitetail
Roadside Gaura (Gaura suffulata) Roadside Gaura

American Kestrels (Falco sparverius). Three birds were perched together on power poles along Old Morton Vale Road.

American Kestrels
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius). American Kestrel
Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis) Differential Grasshopper
Mydas Fly (Mydas clavatus) Mydas Fly
Giant Robber Fly (Promachus hinei) Giant Robber Fly
Unidentified skipper feeding on a thistle skipper
Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) Eastern Poison Ivy
Black and Yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia) Black and Yellow Argiope
Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) sapling Green Ash
Sad Underwing (Catocala maestosa) Sad Underwing
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Little Blue Heron