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These little metallic flies are just gorgeous! They seem to really like the Obedient Plant in the garden #bugsky #nativeplants #gardening

Saw some good bugs today 🪲 📍Palisades State Park, Savanna Illinois #hiking #illinois #bugsky

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Very interesting read! #nativeplants #pollinators #monarchs www.designyourwild.com/p/the-best-m...

"The old and the new". Brand-new fern frond, soon to shed what's left of last year's #Growth #BlueSkyArtShow #Ferns #FiddleHeads #Plants #NativePlants #SciArt #Macrophotography #PhotoHour

No shortage of spring blooms on this beautiful prairie trail 😍😍😍 📍Mines of Spain State Park, Dubuque Iowa #hiking #iowa #nativeplants

Ohio Spiderwort in all its glory this morning #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #gardening

Prairie Junegrass is looking particularly festive this morning #nativeplants #gardening

Photos from today's morning garden walk. Blue flag irises have begun blooming! #nativeplants #nativegarden #gardening #Wisconsin #bloomscrolling #pollinators

A few more odonates from Monday’s hike #odonates #bugsky

Some of today’s pollinator offerings in my native garden. #gardening #nativeplants #bloomscrolling

It's Tuesday! Let's go for a virtual hike on the prairie together; discover "A Memorable Prairie Tour" tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/a... #butterflies #prairie #nativeplants #nature #hiking

Walked my dragonfly monitoring route today at Big Jump Prairie, Nachusa Grasslands. A bit of rain and some warmth has everything coming alive! #bugsky #prairie #illinois #odonates

We found this boardwalk over the weekend and loved it so much we went back twice. Watched ospreys fishing, turtles sunning, and listened to the Marsh and Sedge wrens sing. Even saw a Bittern, which was a first (I wasn’t fast enough for a picture) 📍Mud Lake, Fort Atkinson WI #wisconsin #birds

We took the dogs and spent the weekend in Cambridge, Wisconsin in a yurt on a small lake. We were visited by black terns, Sandhill cranes, and Trumpeter swans, to name a few. Nice little camping trip (okay, maybe technically glamping since there was a queen sized bed in the yurt) #wisconsin #birds

Rattlesnake Master makes a great little hydration station #nativeplants #gardening

Always said I’d be the kind of parent who let their kids get dirty 🙃 #dogsoftiktok #camping

Yesterday we did an early morning visit to Aztalan State Park.. a beautiful, culturally significant site bordering the Craw Fish River in Lake Mills, WI #wisconsin #stateparks

#BirdoftheDay #SingForYourSupper Dickcissel, Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR, April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

Weekend away.. Laying in a hammock wondering what my native plants are up to at home #gardeningproblems #nativeplants

It's #WorldBeeDay! As you can imagine, bees are one of the primary focuses of my native plant gardens. I have plants blooming in my gardens from late March through October, and many species were planted to help specific bees. #nativeplants #nativegarden #gardening #Wisconsin

🐝 World Bee Day! 🐝 Bumble working the Aster in my garden last summer #bugsky #bees #nativeplants #worldbeeday

Bugs & Blooms spotted on tonight’s garden walk through. #nativeplants #bugsky #gardening #bugsnblooms

It's Tuesday! Let's go for a virtual hike on the prairie together; discover "May on the Prairie" tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/m... #nativeplants #gardening #nature #photography #writing

Lupine is just about to pop #nativeplants #gardening

The Harebells are starting to bloom. Despite looking so delicate, they are surprisingly hardy and easy to grow. In Illinois, they occur primarily here in the Northern part of the state. #nativeplants #gardening

Finally put out the sign I got a long time ago. When we first started ripping out our front lawn two years ago the neighbor came over and said “wow you just hate mowing that much or what?” Yeah, something like that! #nativeplants #gardening #pollinators

50 plugs in the ground on Wednesday, 32 more this morning, and I just got a shipping confirmation from Prairie Moon that 38 more are on the way! These ones were my Valentine’s Day present ❤️ #nativeplants #gardening

Successful morning at the native plant sale 🌱 Excited for scoring some Wild Blue Indigo #nativeplants #gardening

50 more plugs to plant tonight! #nativeplants #gardening

🚨 Illinois Native Plant People! Plant sale this weekend! This is my favorite semi-local native plant supplier. They always have a great selection of plugs 🌱 #nativeplants #illinois #gardening

It's Tuesday! Let's go for a virtual hike on the prairie together; discover "A Beloved Prairie Remnant" tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/a... #nativeplants #prairie #midwest

Kane County Wild Ones Native Plant Sale

🚨 Wisconsin Native Plant People! #nativeplants #wisconsin #gardening

📍Stonebarn Savanna, Nachusa Grasslands #nativeplants #nachusagrasslands

Song Sparrow 📍Elizabeth, IL #birds #birding

Brown-Headed Cowbird 📍Nachusa Grasslands #birds #birding #nachusagrasslands

Bobolink 📍 Valley Of Eden Bird Sanctuary, Stockton IL #birds #birding

Savannah Sparrow 📍Elizabeth, IL #birds #birding

Deer standing among the Lupines and Golden Alexander 📍Nachusa Grasslands #nachusagrasslands #wildlife #nativeplants

Dickcissel 📍Nachusa Grasslands #birding #birds #nachusagrasslands

Great Crested Flycatcher 📍Nachusa Grasslands #birding #birds #nachusagrasslands

Pileated Woodpecker 📍Nachusa Grasslands #birding #birds #nachusagrasslands

Summer Tanager 📍Stonebarn Savanna, Nachusa Grasslands #birds #birding #nachusagrasslands

Spring Bird Count Day 2! Today we birded for Lee County IL. Still a few photos to check for species confirmation, but tentatively at 60 species for the 5 hours we walked our route. #birding #birds

Great Blue Heron Mukbang 📍 Jay Meiners Wetlands, Nachusa Grasslands #birding #birds #heron

Spring Bird Count with Jo Daviess County IL conservation today! Our team observed 66 species in 6 hours on our route. My favorite find was the Pileated Woodpecker #birding #birds

So much Wild Geranium 😍 📍Mississippi Palisades State Park #nativeplants #illinois

Some pollinator offerings at my house this morning .. Golden Alexander, Columbine, Wild Strawberry, Wild Geranium. Bring on the invertebrates 🐛 🐝 🐜 🪲 #nativeplants #spring