![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnEVl449PmmJdPOS1z776WBu9YxWSBWSXpZpElIr55kzLHjix1qrPHzHDdB2w5b2b4-yuh1ZZ_7W45nkYexv0zWp4E1lBseRiMbIWQYXymYdSUPY9eoLqmNFkIlv3C8-ibE4q2Fbb82Y/s640/WINDMILL+WAGON.jpg)
Our walk was unproductive. We saw a few goldfinches and swallows, but that was about it for small birds.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kKhtkO-f3Y7nKaHRkrSo8WK1mnK-mLnNCIHpuP9vGhn9M4j_5dc8Ack9ldR701cPwZIvNUO37MvmC0sd9rMhleKPWc9PRY48AoZC__XW0VGOt6M5G3871a2QtmUtnBY7zoG3FSiIBXc/s640/CABIN+WINDMILL.jpg)
The wildflowers blanketed the prairie, but the familiar birds have dissappeared.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AVbjm2-7Kgpj6yNwNEMeNqTMKWrAWe1GmWJVKFsSiSiJ61o4vrv3g2go-uIQxjXpkf_ZMvFxJpTfAT4wkiVl17QlvZHSss6QQNpRhFG0PdDuPLHpz_Ctz033dkjjhrgF4wB7feyZEEQ/s640/BUTTERFLY+GOOSELAKE.jpg)
There were masses of butterflies. (ID help?)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJw7GoOlobMZnc-l9xRPwnFxTabm4RGAcnAG0nH-Mog7pJU5OX-F44IXbLa9WnKbDxVEejD8xKGIgVj7M6AouDGuT7iWhgmlOr9inj-yz2NMOyWV_aQsWGOUFeMfBbzFxUssZLTCv6gx0/s640/DRAGONFLY+WHITE+BUTT.jpg)
Dragonflies and grasshoppers were plentiful too.
Oh well, it was a gorgeous day for a walk...
6 comments:
Love your site. Your pictures are amazing and I have had such a nice time looking though them!
Take care
Those country landscapes are to die for!
We went out to the mountains to Shenandoah Nat Park, and had the same luck - no birds nor wildlife in sight - we heard 1 catbird and 1 pileated WP and saw a chipmunk - that was it - the first time we have ever gone and come back with blank memory cards!
I think the butterfly is a Common Wood-Nymph, and I think the dragonfly is a Common Whitetail. Very nice photos!
You hooked me on the first photo! :-) - Great shots!
I LOVE that second photo!
You dragon appears to be a Common Whitetail Libellula lydia.
Happy to be corrected.
Post a Comment