All Nature/No Bird (I)

Misc. nature from last Saturday morning at Presque Isle State Park. (Birds covered in previous post.)

Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)

Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) enjoying the traffic-free road. Or something.


Took a long time to deploy these deer decoys on the Pine Tree Trail:

Deer duo (Odocoileus virginianus)
Double deer
Dashing deer

Invasive/beautiful Yellow Iris (Iris pseudacorus) along the Gull Point Trail:

Yellow threat

Probably Northern Blue Flag Iris (Iris veriscolor) near Thompson Circle:

Beautiful blue
Spatterdock (probably Nuphar advena) @ Thompson Bay swamp/pond
Clematis (?) by Thompson Circle

Plenty of beautiful Lupine (Lupinus perennis) along the Dead Pond Trail, in the sandy/open area between B Trail and Thompson Circle. More Lupine shots in the next post.

Lupine and other flowers

Invasive Yellow Hawkweed (Hieracium caespitosum) (+ unknown insect) along the Dead Pond Trail:

Hawkweed

And, invasive Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) also along the Dead Pond Trail:


Next time, more Lupine, and lots of butterflies!