The dark, cold skies of Fall are filled with the sights & sounds of birds heading south across the Dakota prairie. It is Friday & here’s an early Friday Prairie Zen for you. Volume up & enjoy!
#prairiezen #geese #waterfowl #fall #migration #northdakota

It’s beginning to feel, look, & sound like Fall. Canada geese coming back to the pond after feeding. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen! Volume up & enjoy!
#prairiezen #geese #waterfowl #fall #northdakota

Friday afternoon. Come spend some time with a Swallowtail caterpillar as it feeds on some Golden Alexander. Your Friday Prairie Zen. Enjoy!
#prairiezen #caterpillars #butterflies #fall #northdakota

A migrating Monarch butterfly flying through a Tallgrass Prairie in Iowa on its way to a forest in Mexico. If one thinks about it, it seems an impossible journey. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Enjoy!
#prairiezen #monarch #butterflies #migration #iowa #prairie

A couple of prairie wanderers look into each other’s eyes. A female Bison & her calf break off from the wandering herd, to share something. Your Friday Prairie Zen. Volume up & enjoy!
#prairiezen #fall #bison #northdakota #prairie #wandering

Sunflower Sunday! Late Summer turning into early Fall on the Dakota prairie. Let’s spend a nice blu sky day with some Maximilian Sunflowers swaying in the prairie breeze. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Enjoy!
#prairiezen #wildflowers #sunflowers #northdakota #prairie

Fall on the Dakota prairie. A coulee protected from wildfires grows some woody vegetation whose leaves are now changing colors in the cooler air. You can hear a female Bison munch on the dry grasses as she wanders across the prairie. Your Friday Prairie Zen.
#prairiezen #fall #bison #northdakota

It is Fall & that means hunting season! Let’s go hunting for Bottle Gentians in some of Iowa’s Tallgrass Prairie. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Enjoy!
#prairiezen #wildflowers #wandering #iowa #prairie

Come, sit, & watch a Northern Amber Bumblebee back out of a Pale Gentian flower after collecting it’s pollen. Because of the tightly closed flowers, it requires the largest Bumblebees to pry the flowers open in order to pollinate them. Your Friday Prairie Zen. Enjoy!
#prairiezen #wildflowers #bees

It is truly a Pollinatorpalooza! There has been a major rave/party going on that makes Burning Man look like an afternoon event if you’re a pollinator. Painted Ladies, Moths, & dozens of many species of Bumblers. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Enjoy!
#prairiezen #moths #butterflies #bees

It’s Friday! A Hummingbird Moth has been visiting the Petunias lately. I remember first seeing one & thought it was a new species of hummingbird. 🤣
Your Friday Prairie Zen. Enjoy!
#prairiezen #moths #butterflies #pollinators #northdakota

Monarchpalooza! Look closely to see all the Monarch butterflies fueling up on the prairie wildflowers in a Minnesota prairie before making their way to the Oyamel forests in Mexico. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Enjoy!
#prairiezen #monarchs #butterflies #migration #prairie #fall #minnesota