Showing posts with label Fen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fen. Show all posts

Sunday, October 8, 2023

Summer of 2023 (June - September)

Sand Hill Crane family

Western Spotted Coral Root Orchid

Wisters Coral Root Orchid

Rainbow over Renner, SD

Hitching a ride

Sunflower field in bloom

Sunflowers

Bottle gentian wildflowers

Lesser fringed gentian wildflower

Monarch butterfly

Great Plains Ladies Tresses Orchid

Hummingbird migration



Monday, September 5, 2022

August 2022

Dewdrops on spiderweb

Late sunlight through a seedling

Fogbow reflected

Dewdrops on tall grass

Big bluestem florets

Lesser fringed gentian

Blue butterfly on great blue lobelia

New England aster

Grass of parnassus bloom

Regal fritillary

Bottle gentian

Regal fritillary and Monarch butterfly on blazing star



Sunday, September 5, 2021

August 2021

White pelican at sunset

Here are a dozen of my favorites from August of 2021. It was a good month in that the rains seemed to have returned giving some relief to an otherwise very dry summer. Also I had a difficult time narrowing this post down to 12, which is another good sign of a productive month. Click on an image for a larger file to view and thanks for checking in!
Cordgrass florets
Skullcap buds
Bottle gentian at sunset
Fawn at Newton Hills State Park
Ten petal blazing star at sunset
Sioux Falls Riverfest under the Arc of Dreams
Regal fritillary on blazing star blooms
Lesser-fringed gentian
Viceroy butterfly on Spotted Joe Pye bloom 
Fog droplets on a Blue lobelia flower
Monarch butterfly on goldenrod blooms