A bounty of spring wildflowers bloom along the roadside of Oslo Road to the east of US Highway 1 in the vicinity of the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, including lots of lyre-leaved sage (Salvia lyrata) and oak leaf fleabane (Erigeron…
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Mangrove buckeye
This mangrove buckeye butterfly (Junonia evarete) posed for me at the Toni Robinson Waterfront Trail. The larval food for this butterfly is black mangrove (Avicennia germinans): As a result, you will see this butterfly in open areas near mangroves and…
Thanks to the Thompsons
Thanks to Joyce and Dave Thompson who hosted us a their home following our walk at the Captain Forster Preserve. Their gracious hospitality always is appreciated at what has become an annual event. Birder Doug Sutherland pictured seated next to…
Snow square stem: Pollinator candy
Snow squarestem (Melanthera nivea) flowered along the wide main trail at Captain Forster Preserve on our walk yesterday, attracting bevies of pollinators including this carpenter bee. Note the black anthers on the wonderful white flowers. These bees also liked the…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 