Suspected Bullsnake Spotted in Carlos Avery

Also spotted:

• Canadian Geese
• Sandhill Cranes
• Mallard Ducks

Buds on Maples

First chorus frogs heard this week.

Red Wing Blackbirds

Huge, noisy flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds moving through the area.

Found four tiny monarch caterpillars on a single Swamp Milkweed blossom

Wild Bergamot in Bloom

Garden alive with bumblebees and butterflies (mostly skippers.) Spotted a single monarch caterpillar.

Boneset just starting to bud.

Wild Bergamot just Starting to Bloom

Currently blooming in the garden

• Prairie Smoke (receding)
• Columbine\
• Swamp Buttercup
• Canadian Anemone
• Purple Phlox
• Prairie Ninebark (just starting.)