Native Wildflowers at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Milwaukee County Wisconsin on July 23, 2018

I stopped at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Milwaukee County this morning for some mid-summer birding. Birding was about what is expected for this time of year, sorta slow, but the native wildflowers on the grounds there were stunning. I walked some of the prairie and woodland edge trail and path areas there and there is a lot going on as far as species blooming. Prairie grasses are just about to start blooming. Very few mosquitoes which surprised me. It was a nice morning with temps starting around 65, full sun but a few clouds rolled in soon, a little bit of a breeze. Images were taken on July 23, 2018.

Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta

Monkey Flower, Mimulus ringens

Culver’s Root, Veronicastrum virginicum, with a butterfly…

New Jersy Tea, Ceanothus americanus, with Syrhpid Fly

Compass Plant, Silphium laciniatum

Early Goldenrod, Solidago juncea

Wild Bergamot, Monarda fistulosa

Leadplant, Amorpha canescens

White Yarrow, Achillea millefolium

Virginia Mountain Mint, Pycnanthemum virginianum

Blue Vervain, Verbena hastata

Rattlesnake Master, Eryngium yuccifolium

Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta

Culver’s Root, Veronicastrum virginicum,

Another… New Jersy Tea, Ceanothus americanus, with Syrhpid Fly

Bunny Rabbit