[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Buffalo Ridge Prairie page.]
We didn’t do anything special here this year. I cut some of the woody shrubs and small trees that are popping up in the middle of the prairie, but that’s all the maintenance we did.
Again we had several (we think 2) nests of Henslow’s Sparrows, and numerous Clay-colored Sparrows nesting here this year.
1/3/2019
3/25/2019
3/25/2019 The largest herd of deer I’ve ever seen here.
5/10/2019
6/19/2019
7/17/2019
7/22/2019
7/28/2019
7/29/2019
8/2/2019 Yellow Coneflowers
8/2/2019
8/3/2019
8/5/2019
8/5/2019 The south end of Buffalo Ridge, and the north end of Twisted Oak Savanna
8/13/2019
8/21/2019 White Gentian
8/21/2019 Sunflowers – I think Stiff Sunflowers (Helianthus pauciflorus)
8/27/2019
9/2/2019 Stiff Goldenrod, Rough Blazing Star and White Gentian
9/20/2019
9/23/2019 A mix of white and magenta Rough Blazing Star
10/13/2019
10/28/2019
11/8/2019
11/15/2019 Indian Grass
11/20/2019
12/13/2019