JB | Native Plant Gardener (WI)
@jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
SE Wisconsin native plant gardener🦋, habitat enthusiast🌿, casual nature photographer, hiker, plane watcher, oval racing fan. Mainly using Bluesky to document the nature in my yard and elsewhere. Please plant #NativePlants
My cat turned 14 last month. I got her when she was five months old. Time goes by fast. #cats #pets #catuesday
I found a dead summer azure next to my joe pye weed today. On the bright side it's one of those rare moments where I can actually see the top of its wings. #butterfly #nativegarden #nativeplants #Wisconsin
Another peak at my weedy burning pit edge that I've been restoring to native species. Vaguely resembles a small #prairie patch at this point. #nativeplants #Wisconsin
A-10 Thunderbolt II. Never know when I'll see the last one but it sounds like they may be around for awhile longer. #OSH26 #aircraft #aviation #planes #Wisconsin
Let’s end today with a Two-spotted Bumblebee feeding on Prairie Blazingstar out on the Dakota prairie. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #bees #wildflowers #prairie #pollinators
Somehow I wound up at the Smolenski Park prairie restoration with two nearly-dead camera batteries, but at least I had just enough of a charge in one to get some photos. The place was filled with life today! So many butterflies! #prairie #nativeplants #insects #birds #Wisconsin
This morning, a beautiful dark morph female tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) was on our cup plant in the backyard! #butterfly #butterflies #Lepidoptera #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography
Lots of butterflies in the native garden today! Using that to try do distract me from just realizing there's a yellow jacket nest in my camper. 😬 #nativeplants #butterfly #butterflies #garden #Wisconsin
This hummingbird was about four feet from me. After I ended the video it flew right next to me and perched on some twine for a few seconds before flying off. #birds #hummingbird #nativegarden #nativeplants #garden #Wisconsin
F-35B in hover mode during the night show right around sunset. #OSH26 #aircraft #aviation #planes #Wisconsin
My Mexican sunflowers haven't done all that well this year, but one started blooming today! #garden #gardening #bloomscrolling #Wisconsin
Hard to believe it's already goldenrod soldier beetle season. #nativeplants #insects #beetles #garden #Wisconsin
A house wren bringing a cricket home for its chicks. This is the third batch of wren chicks in my nest boxes this year. I think they're close to fledging. #birds #nativegarden #Wisconsin
Monarch Monday! Butterflies & prairie wildflowers… A Monarch butterfly feeds on a Prairie Blazingstar in the Dakota Tallgrass Prairie before making its way to Mexico. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #monarch #wildflowers #pollinators
There are plenty of nectar choices in the prairie garden, but when it’s available, the Monarchs definitely prefer the Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera) over everything 💜 #gardening #monarchs #nativeplants #eastcoastkin #stunday #Lepidoptera
