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Monarch resting on Sweet Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia subtomentosa) 🌻 #nativeplants #gardening #monarch #butterfly

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme @helenbennett.bsky.social has chosen #FabulousWaders Any wading bird that you love! The Alt. theme is #Speckled any bird with speckled patterns on its plumage. I will go for a twofer with this cute Spotted Sandpiper 🪶

Good morning from the prairie garden 🌻 🐝 💛 #nativeplants #gardening #insects #nature

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social has joined the fun and chosen today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme to be #Firsts, some of your earliest bird captures. Alt. is #Robins Mine is one and the same! American Robin with a worm sitting on my fence. Taken April 2025, right after I got my camera 🪶 #birds #EastCoastKin

There are plenty of nectar choices in the prairie garden, but when it’s available, the Monarchs definitely prefer the Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera) over everything 💜 #gardening #monarchs #nativeplants #eastcoastkin #stunday #Lepidoptera

Of course I love Monarch butterflies, but I reeeally love their larval form. 🐛 so much easier to photograph too 😅 #caterpillars #gardening #monarchs #nativeplants #eastcoastkin #stunday

I always knew this was what was happening to all the tiny caterpillars that disappear from the garden, but this was the first time I actually witnessed it. I would have felt better had it at least been a native wasp 😕 #gardening #nature #insects

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The prairie garden is alive and buzzing today after two days of rain and wind. #nativeplants #gardening #insects

First time visiting Maquoketa Caves State Park even though we live relatively close to it. Very pretty and nice trails both in caves and woodlands. #iowa #nature #hiking #caves

A very soggy Bumble hunkered down in the Blazing Star 🌧️ #gardening #bees #nativeplants #nature

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OverTheRainbow, any bird looking skyward. A Dickcissel, looking contemplative. 🪶 #birds #ECK #SmallBirdSaturday

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #HedgingYourBets, any bird in a hedge or bush. Thank you @alan678.bsky.social Henslow’s Sparrow and Dickcissel 🪶 #birds #ECK #SmallBirdSaturday

It almost looks like someone took scrapbooking scissors to this Obedient Plant! The handiwork of leafcutter bees? 🐝 #gardening #nativeplants #nature

Little rain can’t stop progress. Monarch on Prairie Milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii) 🐛 #caterpillars #gardening #monarchs #nativeplants

It’s finally #FlyDay! Some Monarchs were enjoying the offerings in my prairie garden last night. #nativeplants #monarchs #gardening #butterfly #ECK

Thank you @robcrank68.bsky.social for more great #BirdOfTheDay themes. Today we have #EgretsAndHerons, any Egret or Heron will do. The Alt Theme is #Yellow, any bird with Yellow as part of its plumage. A Great Blue Heron hunts for his lunch and a Summer Tanager sings 🪶 #ECK #birds

What a beauty! Spotted this healthy Monarch larvae hanging out on the Prairie Milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii) in the prairie garden tonight 🐛 #caterpillars #gardening #monarchs #nativeplants

Twice-Stabbed Stink Bugs on Obedient Plant 🪲 #nativeplants #insects #nature #prairie

On a roll today, @robcrank68.bsky.social says the #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #DucksOutOfWater, Ducks that are out of water but not flying. A Common Merganser with ducklings, Wood Duck, and my friend’s pet duck, Daisy (RIP) 🪶

@robcrank68.bsky.social has said that the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MultiColour, birds with 3 or more colours in their plumage. American Goldfinch, Rosebreasted Grosbeak, and Baltimore Oriole 🪶