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| The roof in the background is our Nature Center at Arrowhead. |
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| One of the many waterfowl ponds at Arrowhead. These were originally built as fish hatchery ponds in the fifties. |
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| The DNR teeam plowing and planting the pond areas (with rice and other plants meant to help attract waterfowl) turned up this little snake. |
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| I think this guy is a Northern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor) |
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| Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans) is in bloom all over Arrowhead right now. |
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| I first knew this as Cow Itch. Trumpet Vine is a much more pleasant name. |
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| Trumpet Vine buds. |
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| Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) and Cloudless Sulphur butterfly. |
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Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) |
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| This is a big guy. Eastern King Snake populations are down according to reports while Copperhead numbers are up. At Arrowhead I have yet to see a Copperhead but I've seen lots of King Snakes so far. Yay! |
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| If you look carefully you will see four little Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) nestlings. They occupy one of two nests on the front porch at Arrowhead. |
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