Late Season Monarch Butterflies

Monarch Butterflies enjoying my Zinnias.

Late Summer Fritillaries

The fritillaries love my Zinnias.

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Late Summer ruby-throated Hummingbirds

As the hummingbirds are getting ready to head south they like to feed on my Zinnias.

More Hoffman Hills Wildflowers

A few more flowers from a recent visit to Hoffman Hills.

Butterfly Weed

Grey-headed Coneflower

Beardstounge

Recent Trail Camera Photos

A variety of wildlife turned up on my trail camera this month. There were an unusual number of Coyotes but no young. We did encounter three young playing in the road on yesterday’s morning walk.

The Wild Turkeys are out and about with their young. We have also seen them in the yard.

Lots of Racoons but no young have turned up even though we see them under the bird feeder in the evening.

The White-tailed Deer fawns are getting big.

Coyote

Wild Turkeys

Racoons

White-tailed Deer

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

There have been a large number of bumble bees on my prairie wildflowers.

Monarch Butterflies

I had an unusual number of Monarch Butterflies out and about on the farm this week. I noticed they were busy laying eggs on my Milkweed and Butterfly Weed plants.

Black-eyed Susans

I used to grow Black-eyed Susan’s around the well head in the front yard. At the end of the season I would cut them off and throw the flowers into my prairie. Gradually they started to grow from seed. What grew were these beautiful flowers rather than the plain black and yellow flowers that had been growing around the well head.

Spring Wildflowers

Spring wildflower shots from around the farm.

Wild Geranium

Large-flowered Trilium

Common Blue Violet

More Spring Wildflowers from the Farm

Large-flowered Belwort

Dandelion

Vetch

Jack-in-the-Pulpit