Lane's Landing and Wastewater This Morning

I found no gallinules this morning at Lane's Landing but recorded 25 other species from 7:00-8:30.  Four billion mosquitoes and four Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (including these two females) buzzed among the branches from the inner gate up to the U-Pond.

Two hours meandering around the Wastewater produced 29 species including two Bobolinks, finally!  The juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (from the July 12 post below) was out of the woods on the south side ...

... and his mom was still swearing at me and upsetting the neighbors.

I came across these flowers on the southside grassfields.  Carol calls them Purple Cone Flowers.  I call them gorgeous.

- Ric