Black & White Warbler
//= __('By', 'sage'); ?>//= get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID')); ?>//= get_the_author(); ?>Black & White Warbler, Mniotilta varia The bluffs above Hiller’s Creek is a good place to find this bird. They are one of 13 different kinds of warblers that nest … Continued
Red Columbine
//= __('By', 'sage'); ?>//= get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID')); ?>//= get_the_author(); ?>Red Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis Columbine has started blooming, just in time for the hummingbirds. Today I found some that Neal had planted along the sidewalk at the Lotus Ponds here … Continued
Indian Paintbrush
//= __('By', 'sage'); ?>//= get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID')); ?>//= get_the_author(); ?>Indian Paintbrush, Castilleja coccinea The best place to find wildflowers now is in the woods, but there are a few in prairie. Indian Paintbrush is one of my favorites. You … Continued
Shooting Star
//= __('By', 'sage'); ?>//= get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID')); ?>//= get_the_author(); ?>Shooting Star, Dodecatheon meadia Yesterday I found these wildflowers blooming along the path in Indigo Prairie. There are also some in the plantings around the PGT Visitor Center. To appreciate … Continued
Emerging Leaves
//= __('By', 'sage'); ?>//= get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID')); ?>//= get_the_author(); ?>Blackjack Oak, Quercus marilandica Watching leaves emerge in spring is magical. In a couple of weeks bare branches become fully leafed out. This is Blackjack Oak, one of the less … Continued
White Trillium
//= __('By', 'sage'); ?>//= get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID')); ?>//= get_the_author(); ?>White Trillium, Trillium grandiflora So many woodland wildflowers right now! To see them well it helps to get down on your hands-and-knees.
Flowering Dogwood
//= __('By', 'sage'); ?>//= get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID')); ?>//= get_the_author(); ?>Flowering Dogwood, Cornus florida Dogwoods are at their peak now. I encourage you to come to the Prairie Garden Trust to enjoy them. The PGT is free and open to … Continued
Wild Geranium
//= __('By', 'sage'); ?>//= get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID')); ?>//= get_the_author(); ?>Wild Geranium, Geranium maculatum There are a lot woodland wildflowers blooming now. You can find these in the woods just east of the PGT Visitor Center.
Blue-winged Warbler
//= __('By', 'sage'); ?>//= get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID')); ?>//= get_the_author(); ?>Blue-winged Warbler, Vermivora cyanoptera I found this Warbler in a plum thicket just west of the PGT Center. First of the year.