Two lakes, two birds

Durant Nature Park has two lakes.  One large one small.

On this day, there was a heron fishing in the bigger lake.

And another, resting on a log in the smaller lake.

 

Welcome to the garden

The gate between the butterfly garden and the bird garden at Durant Nature Park.  

 

Resurrected

The resurrection ferns are thriving after a rain.

They are epiphytes, here they are living on rocks.  (here)  In a drought they shrivel up and look dead.  With the rains, they spring back into life.

 

Pearl crescent

This Pearl crescent butterfly was enjoying the yellow crownbeard.

 

Cloudless sulfur

Another butterfly.

 

What did Katy do?

The yellow crownbeard was a favorite for all kinds of insects.  This katydid was just enjoying the scenery.

 

Yellow crownbeard

These flowers always look messy.  They only have a few petals so they don't look right.  Like a symmetrical daisy that has lost its petals.

It's like a forest of yellow when you walk through the field.