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wildflowers

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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 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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