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birdwatching

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Pencil drawing of yellow and black swallowtail butterfly on an orange, spotted tiger lily bloom.
wildflowers

Drawn by Nature: Prairie plants provide sustainable, essential ecosystem

Keep your eyes open for pollinators, including swallowtails, eastern tailed-blues, painted ladies, hummingbird moths, hummingbirds, rusty-patched bumblebees and more.

Drawing of a sandhill crane and colt by Lisa Meyers McClintick
environment

Drawn by Nature: Watch out for wildlife babies as summer nears

In addition to possibly seeing wildlife and birds with their babies this time of year, June also puts on a show with wildflowers

Drawing of two pasque flowers blooming by Lisa Meyers McClintick.
environment

Drawn by Nature: Birds, early flowers signal spring’s arrival

Watching the sky and walking through woods and prairie reveal fresh sightings of cranes, bluebirds, pasque flowers and marsh marigolds as winter finally lets go.

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