#Plant #Rose #Garden #Cultivar #Color
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Northern Mockingbird on Black Cherry Branch
It’s officially autumn, which is an excellent time to plant native trees and shrubs! Native plants can beautify your yard while also providing food and shelter for an array of wildlife.
Photo: Northern mockingbird on black cherry, Kiah Walker/USFWS
#animal #bird #mockingbird #autumn #season #plant #shrub #nature #wildlife
Monday, September 24, 2018
The Green Heron
Compared with most herons, Green Herons are short and stocky, with relatively short legs and thick necks that are often drawn up against their bodies. The Green Heron is one of the world’s few tool-using bird species. It creates fishing lures with insects, earthworms, twigs, feathers, and other objects, dropping them on the surface of the water to entice small fish. Photo by Darlene Lodahl
#animal #bird #heron #nature #wildlife #usfws #wisconsin #wi
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Habakkuk 3:2
From Joda Wheeler Rade:
Habakkuk 3:2 Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord. Repeat them in our day, and our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.
Habakkuk 3:2 Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord. Repeat them in our day, and our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.
Happy National Public Lands Day!
Happy National Public Lands Day! We hope you get a chance to explore and enjoy some of our public lands this week. Let us know how you're celebrating!
“Of all the questions which can come before this nation, short of the actual preservation of its existence in a great war, there is none which compares in importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us.”
–Theodore Roosevelt
#NationalPublicLandsDay #FindYourPark #FeeFree#NPLD #Yosemite
Happy First Day of Autumn!
Looking for #SundayFunDay ideas? Consider the Boone Fork trail, accessed at the Price Lake Picnic Area at MP 296. This 5 mile loop provides water access and beautiful scenery around every bend. A perfect way to enjoy the official start of fall!
#Nature #Outdoor #Outside #Hiking
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Tree Cricket
Did you know we have tree crickets? These are from the order of Orthoptera, which also includes insects such as grasshoppers and katydids. While we rarely see them because they are nocturnal and stay camouflaged in the trees, this species is common in the Midwest. At Fox Island Division, our new Forest Ecologist, Bruce Henry, spotted this particular Tree Cricket enjoying the nectar of a native sunflower. Bruce's bio will be posted soon on our page, so keep an eye out for it and other great photos he's capturing in the field!
Photo: Great River NWR, Fox Island Division/Bruce Henry, USFWS
#animal #insect #cricket #nature #wildlife
The Cuckoo Wasp
The cuckoo wasp comes in a variety of colors and may be referred to by other names such as jewel wasp, emerald wasp, gold wasp, or ruby wasp. As its name suggests, this wasp is similar to the cuckoo bird because it lays its eggs in the nest of other bees!
Photo: Great River NWR, Fox Island Division/Bruce Henry, USFWS
#animal #insect #nature #wildlife #reproduction #wasp #bee
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Sunday, September 16, 2018
Sunrise or Sunset at Farm in Midwest
#nature #sunrise #sunset #agriculture #agricultural #farm #prairie #midwest
Photo credit: Joda Wheeler Rade
