Here are some prairie sightings for this #wednesdaywalk by
We went to a large state park that is all prairie lands. As usual there were plenty of chipmunks spying on us along the way.
The trees were full of tent caterpillars.
One can only hope they have a natural predator out there because there must have been thousands of them everywhere. I suspect their fur might be stingy and who knows if birds want to mess with them.
Perhaps the tiger beetles can take them on when they leave the tent.
Sadly this was the only mushroom I found. I was hoping to discover new patches of morels. Instead I just found a tough dryad's saddle.
Part of the reason we go to this large state park is to look for nesting sandhill cranes. We only saw one this time but this is also the first time I saw one making a nest. Maybe by the end of the month there will be babies exploring the swamps.
Painted turtles are quite common around here. I always look to see if there is a more rare turtle around them but its mostly just red eared sliders and painted turtles.
My daughter really loved the open prairie areas. This open area is great for seeing bobolinks nesting during summer. Right now the weeds are still to low for them to start building nests.
After the park we went to a grass fed farm to look at the pigs.
These two were paired up in their own pen to make more pigs. They ran over to us thinking we had food but grunted when they realized we didn't have any.
That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)