Jun 29
Posted: under Mortality, Wildlife, photography.
Tags: Animal behavior, beauty, butterflies, dragonfly, photography, predation, spider June 29th, 2010
We had thunder and rain this afternoon for several hours, but around six, sun broke through enough to illuminate the newly refilled lily pond. I went out to see what was going on with pondlife. Two male Neon Skimmers, Libellula croceipennis, were harrassing the four or five male Blue Dashers, Pachydiplax longipennis, and also pestering [...] [...more]
We had thunder and rain this afternoon for several hours, but around six, sun broke through enough to illuminate the newly refilled lily pond. I went out to see what was going on with pondlife. Two male Neon Skimmers, Libellula croceipennis, were harrassing the four or five male Blue Dashers, Pachydiplax longipennis, and also pestering the two female Neon Skimmers who were ovipositing in the pond.
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Jun 06
Posted: under Plantlife, Wildlife, photography.
Tags: beauty, butterflies, insect, photography, prairie restoration June 6th, 2010
A few pictures from a week ago, May 30, and also from yesterday, June 5, as what’s blooming and in what abundance changes rapidly–especially in the hot, dry weather we’re having. (We did get 3/10 of an inch of rain. It barely wet the ground.)
Variegated Fritillary, Euptoita claudia, on Gaillardia
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A few pictures from a week ago, May 30, and also from yesterday, June 5, as what’s blooming and in what abundance changes rapidly–especially in the hot, dry weather we’re having. (We did get 3/10 of an inch of rain. It barely wet the ground.)
Variegated Fritillary, Euptoita claudia, on Gaillardia
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May 28
Posted: under Plantlife, Wildlife, photography.
Tags: beauty, beetle, butterflies, photography, prairie restoration May 28th, 2010
The basketflower, Centaurea americana, looks much like a thistle at first…but the stem and leaves are not prickly at all. It’s a favorite of Black Swallowtail butterflies (and Giant Swallowtails, if there’s enough moisture for the flowers to last into summer) and many smaller butterflies. And also other insects.
Beetle flying toward Basketflower already occupied by [...] [...more]
The basketflower, Centaurea americana, looks much like a thistle at first…but the stem and leaves are not prickly at all. It’s a favorite of Black Swallowtail butterflies (and Giant Swallowtails, if there’s enough moisture for the flowers to last into summer) and many smaller butterflies. And also other insects.
Beetle flying toward Basketflower already occupied by Black Swallowtail
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May 10
Posted: under Activities, Plantlife, Wildlife, photography.
Tags: Activities, Animal behavior, beauty, butterflies, identification, insect, native plants, new species, photography, wildlife management May 10th, 2010
Because of time constraints (working on copy edits for new book) and weather, the brief walk on the land Saturday didn’t produce any usable bird pictures and I didn’t see any snakes or lizards, but I did see wildlife, large and small:
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Because of time constraints (working on copy edits for new book) and weather, the brief walk on the land Saturday didn’t produce any usable bird pictures and I didn’t see any snakes or lizards, but I did see wildlife, large and small:
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Apr 28
Posted: under Plantlife, Wildlife, photography.
Tags: beauty, butterflies, native plants, photography, seasons April 28th, 2010
Engelmann’s Daisy, one of the old native prairie plants that cattle love to eat. We’re trying to get it established again–so far, in a protected location:
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Engelmann’s Daisy, one of the old native prairie plants that cattle love to eat. We’re trying to get it established again–so far, in a protected location:
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Feb 17
Posted: under Plantlife, Wildlife, photography.
Tags: beauty, butterflies, insect, native plants, photography February 17th, 2010
Elbowbush, either Forestiera pubescens or F. angustifolia (we have both species), is the first of our woody plants to flower in spring, and yesterday the first of the elbowbushes on the north fenceline west of the dry woods was opening.
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Elbowbush, either Forestiera pubescens or F. angustifolia (we have both species), is the first of our woody plants to flower in spring, and yesterday the first of the elbowbushes on the north fenceline west of the dry woods was opening.
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Jan 17
Posted: under Activities, Land, Plantlife, Water, Wildlife.
Tags: Activities, beauty, butterflies, census, new species, photography, Weather January 17th, 2010
We’d had some sprinkles, but the first real rain came Thursday & Friday, about two inches, and set the secondary drainage flowing across the near meadow again. Creek was up and a little turbid, but the flow in the grass was crystal clear. Today, I finally photographed a common (supposedly) species of butterfly around here, [...] [...more]
We’d had some sprinkles, but the first real rain came Thursday & Friday, about two inches, and set the secondary drainage flowing across the near meadow again. Creek was up and a little turbid, but the flow in the grass was crystal clear. Today, I finally photographed a common (supposedly) species of butterfly around here, which I’d never been able to catch in the lens.
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Nov 12
Posted: under Activities, Water, Wildlife, photography.
Tags: Activities, beauty, butterflies, native plants, photography, water resource management November 12th, 2009
Two years of drought followed by heavy rains in a warm fall has produced bursts of spring flowering and some spring butterflies even as it’s produced sudden fall color…a very odd combination.
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Two years of drought followed by heavy rains in a warm fall has produced bursts of spring flowering and some spring butterflies even as it’s produced sudden fall color…a very odd combination.
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Nov 10
Posted: under Plantlife, Water, photography.
Tags: butterflies, native plants, odonates, photography, prairie restoration, water resource management November 10th, 2009
We have no permanent natural water on the place. But when it does rain, we have a variety of temporary water sources, from the actual creek to the various overflow channels (some of concern because of erosion; others now pretty much “tamed.”)
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We have no permanent natural water on the place. But when it does rain, we have a variety of temporary water sources, from the actual creek to the various overflow channels (some of concern because of erosion; others now pretty much “tamed.”)
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Nov 06
Posted: under Activities, Plantlife, Wildlife, photography.
Tags: Activities, beauty, butterflies, census, native plants, photography, prairie restoration November 6th, 2009
Some grasses should be planted just for the way they look with sunlight slanting through them in the fall.
This is one. It’s one of the Muhlys, but I don’t know which.
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Some grasses should be planted just for the way they look with sunlight slanting through them in the fall.
This is one. It’s one of the Muhlys, but I don’t know which.
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