Buffalo Ridge Prairie 2010

[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Buffalo Ridge Prairie page.]

6/23/2010   I’ve planted Butterfly Weed in all the prairies, but it seems to do best here, in Buffalo Ridge.

6-23-10 Asclepias tuberosa

 

7/25/2010

7-25-10 1

 

7/25/2010

7-25-10 2 Buffalo Ridge

 

7/25/2010

7-25-10 3 Buffalo Ridge

 

9/10/2010  An American Painted Lady caterpillar in a nest in the flower of Sweet Everlasting (Gnaphalium obtusifolium)

9-10-10 American Painted Lady caterpillar

 

9/10/2010

9-10-10 Buffalo Ridge

 

9/10/2010  This was a good summer for Monarch Butterflies.   We saw lots of them in Buffalo Ridge and Western Prairies during their migration south.

9-10-10 Goldenrod and Monarchs

 

10/8/2010

10-8-10 Buffalo Ridge

 

10/8/2010

10-8-10 2 Buffalo Ridge

 

10/15/2010

10-15-10 Buffalo Ridge

 

12/28/2010  Snowshoe tracks

12-28-10 Buffalo Ridge