Ross Scott

Two late blooming wildflowers: gentian and ladies' tresses, Dieken Prairie, Otoe County, Nebraska Wachiska Audubon Society and Nebraska Environmental Trust #Prairie #wildflowers #nativeplants #grasslands

Gentian at Dieken Prairie in Otoe County, Nebraska Wachiska Audubon Society #prairie #wildflowers #nativeplants #grasslands

Spider with cicada, Dieken Prairie, Otoe County, Nebraska Wachiska Audubon Society #prairie #grasslands #nature

Thickspike gayfeather seed will be ready to harvest soon. Wachiska Audubon Society's Fertig Prairie north of the Platte River in Colfax County, Nebraska #Prairie #nativeplants #wildflowers #grasslands

I recommend visiting the Washita Battlefield Historic Site where Custer attacked Black Kettle's band of the southern Cheyenne who were seeking peace. It is just north of Cheyenne, Oklahoma on the Washita River.

Conical burial mound at Four Mounds north of
Dubuque, Iowa

That's exactly what I told my spouse as we heard it on NPR this afternoon‼️

Red admiral on showy spurge, Lamb Prairie, Johnson County Nebraska Wachiska Audubon Society #wildflowers #nativeplants #prairie #butterflies

hawkmoth and swallowtail on tall thistle at Wildcat Creek Tallgrass Prairie, Gage County, Nebraska, Wachiska Audubon Society

Favorite protest sign! #butterflies #nativeplants #nature

Thanks! I was checking on a prairie and a native restoration planting. Luckily I had my telephoto lens with me so I could zoom in without disturbing the butterflies.

They used to plant jimson weed in hog lots for shade as it is one plant that they would not eat. I remember it from my grandfather's farm.

Butterfly milkweed seed pod, Wildcat Creek Tallgrass Prairie, Gage County, Nebraska, Wachiska Audubon Society #nativeplants #grasslands #prairie

Flying insect on pale purple coneflower, Lamb Prairie, Johnson County, Nebraska, Wachiska Audubon Society, #prairie #nativeplants #grasslands #insects #nature

Fritillary Butterfly on tall thistle at Wildcat Creek Tallgrass Prairie, Gage County, Nebraska Wachiska Audubon Society
#Grasslands #Prairies #Butterflies #Nature #Nativeplants

Hawkmoth on tall thistle at Wildcat Creek Tallgrass Prairie, Gage County Nebraska, Wachiska Audubon Society #nativeplants #grasslands #nature #moths

Beefalo Springfield

Eastern Bluebird in Locust tree, Roca, Nebraska
#birds #nature

If every famer set aside 10% of their 'problem' acres such as waterways, turn rows and field borders, then planted pollinator strips the country side would blossom, soil erosion would decline and water quality would improve! 🌎

Hawkweed, Dieken Prairie, Otoe County, NE August 2023
#prairie #nativeplants

Eastern bluebird, Roca, Nebraska #nature #birds

Sometimes you need to look back east to see the best colors at sunset. Photo taken from my front porch last week. #Nature #clouds #sunset

Silver sage in angrassplants alkali spot at Berg Prairie, Nemaha County, Nebraska Wachiska Audubon Society #nativeplants #Grasslands

black bug on blazing star plant #nativeplants #nature #Wildflowers

My favorite mid-grass. Thanks for capturing it blooming.

Eastern Bluebird. I had this box up for several years before it was 'weathered' enough for a pair to nest in it.

One of the wetter spots in Knott Prairie, a lowland prairie in the Platte River floodplain protected by Wachiska Audubon Society in Saunders County, Nebraska. Our next project will be controlling invasive eastern red cedar (ERC) and shrubs encroaching on the boundaries.

It amazes me, the power that resides in a seed.

I have been startled by more northern water snakes than I can count.

Thick spike gayfeather starting to bloom at Knott Prairie east of Yutan in Saunders County, Nebraska. The Platte River is just beyond the tree line. Wachiska Audubon Society #wildflowers #nativeplants