A bright, beautiful, & perfect looking Viceroy butterfly. I wonder if it is a newly hatched one? www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #pollinators #northdakota
Waterfowl Wednesday! A lone male Wood Duck swims among the reflections. From earlier this year. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #waterfowl #woodduck #iowa
A Common Eastern Bumblebee has its pick of Prairie Blazingstars to collect pollen from. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #bees #wildflowers #pollinators #nothdakota
Monarch Monday! A Monarch butterfly spreads its wings while feeding on the beautiful pink flowers of Swamp Milkweed. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #monarch #wildflowers #pollinators #nothdakota
From earlier this year. Sharp-tailed Grouse doing their annual spring dance. A throwback Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Volume up & enjoy! #prairiezen #grouse #northdakota #prairie
Shorebird Saturday! An Upland Sandpiper stands watch on a wooden fence post in the light of the morning sun. Guardian of the Prairie. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #shorebirds #birds #prairie #northdakota
It is Friday & the Ladies are all painted up, along with a few Two-spotted Bumblers hanging out on our Mountain Mint plant. Your Friday Prairie Zen. Enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #nature #butterflies #bees #pollinators
Flower Friday! A profile shot of a Spiderwort flower from earlier this Spring. prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #wildflowers #prairie #northdakota
Getting up close & personal with a Painted Lady. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #wildflowers #pollinators
A beautiful Viceroy butterfly feeding on Mountain Mint flowers. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #wildflowers #pollinators
It’s not Monday but today may be the day this Monarch butterfly will hatch?.. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #monarch #caterpillars
Wildflower Wednesday! The beautiful flower of a wild Orange Day-Lily blooming out on the Iowa prairie. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #wildflowers #prairie #iowa
The beautiful patterns & shades of brown of a Regal Fritillary butterfly. In the second photo you can see its long, unfurled proboscis as it sips nectar. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #wildflowers #pollinators
The beautiful colors & patterns on the underside wings of a Painted Lady butterfly. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #wildflowers #pollinators
It’s not Monday & this is no Monarch butterfly! It’s an upside down Viceroy. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #wildflowers #pollinators
Monarch Monday! A Monarch Chrysalis with its gold dots on our Swamp Milkweed. It hatched today! So off to Mexico it goes. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #monarch #caterpillars
Monarch Monday! An adult Monarch Butterfly fuels up on Swamp Milkweed before continuing its journey to Mexico. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #monarch #wildflowers #pollinators
Monarch Monday! Hiding behind a Rocky Mountain Bee Plant… www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #monarch #wildflowers #pollinators
Monarch Monday! Looks kind of menacing doesn’t it!.. 😳 Still have several cats & a couple of chrysalises on our Milkweeds…😊 www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #monarch #caterpillars
Monarch Monday! A lone Monarch butterfly has it’s pick of beautiful wildflowers to feed on in a sea of Prairie Blazingstars. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #monarch #wildflowers #pollinators
On any team there is always a “Steve”. Tucked away in a corner somewhere, taking a nap while the others are busy at work… An extra Sunday Prairie Zen for you. Enjoy & don’t be like Steve… www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #bees #pollinators
Our Mountain Mint plant is the place to be if you’re a pollinator. Dozens of 2-spotted Bumblers, about a dozen Painted Lady butterflies, & 1 Monarch butterfly that I just released. Your Sunday Morning Prairie Zen. Enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #butterflies #pollinators
It may be Shorebird Saturday but continuing with the wooden fence post theme, here’s a male Dickcissel on a wooden fence post singing its heart out on the Dakota prairie. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #grasslandbirds #birds #prairie #northdakota
Shorebird Saturday! A Wilson’s Snipe standing on a wooden fence post. Guardian of prairie wetlands. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #shorebirds #birds #prairie #northdakota
Shorebird Saturday! An Upland Sandpiper standing on a wooden fence post. Guardian of the Prairie. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #shorebirds #birds #prairie #northdakota
Come spend some time with a Viceroy visiting our pollinator garden. Your Friday Prairie Zen. Enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #photography #nature #butterflies #pollinators
Flower Friday! A Dakota prairie covered in blooming Yellow Coneflowers. prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #wildflowers #prairie #northdakota
Flower Friday! The small & delicate looking Skeletonweed. prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #wildflowers #prairie #northdakota
The Dakota prairie is crawling with these beautiful, little, metallic colored Dogbane Leaf Beetles. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #beetles #insects #prairie #northdakota
Lots of activity in the pollinator garden lately. The Painted Ladies have been feeding on Mountain Mint. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #pollinators
