Many thanks to M., the steward of this preserve. It is currently closed to the public. We spent time to check in on the flora and fauna. These photos document some of our observations.
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird perched in front of an Eastern Redbud |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird preening
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird with its wings out |
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird scratching its face with its foot |
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird scratching its beak with its foot |
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird flying |
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| American Goldfinches |
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| American Goldfinch sunning itself |
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| American Goldfinch at a stream |
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| House Sparrows and one Red-winged Blackbird |
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| Mourning Dove on a snag |
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| Blue Jay on a snag |
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| Fox Squirrel with one paw lifted to its chest |
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| Monarch on goldenrod |
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| Eastern Tailed-Blue on a dry leaf |
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| Summer Azure on a green leaf |
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| Springwater Dancer (A very blue damselfly) |
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| Three Carolina Grasshoppers on a gravel path |
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| Oleander Aphids (yellow dots on stem and leaves) on Swamp Milkweed |
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| Eastern Carpenter Bee on Wingstem (plant) |
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| Closed Bottle Gentian |
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| American Senna. It is not currently flowering. |
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| American Senna |
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| Rattlesnake Master (Round seedheads on branched stems mixed in with other prairie plants) |
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| Brown-eyed Susans with other prairie plants |
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| Longleaf Pondweed (on the surface of the river water) |
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| Longleaf Pondweed |