Blue Jay Barrens

I cut a couple of medium sized Black Walnut trees that were growing on the edge of a small prairie patch beside the house.   The trunks...

Last year, this patch of Butterflyweed at the back of my vegetable garden supported a large population of Unexpected Tiger Moth larvae,...

There are several species of Ground Cherries, genus Physalis, growing at Blue Jay Barrens.   I’ve been watching a few specimens with pl...

The Butterflyweed is in full bloom and the bright orange flowers have attracted a collection of Small Milkweed Bugs, Lygaeus kalmii .  ...

The drought has reduced the creek flow to a tiny trickle, but every pool and shallow riffle is full of little fish.   Pools ...

The larvae I was monitoring in the False Gromwell flowers have disappeared.   This doesn’t surprise me, because it is the normal conclu...

Dry weather continues and the pond has made its transformation into a mud hole.   Open water is gone, but the area is still attractive ...