Oak

The oaks are turning color slower than normal this year, drought related I'm sure, but finally they are turning! 

Just over the Horizon

Is a John Deere Combine!  I love the lines left behind after the crops have been harvested.

 

A herd of wild corn bails wander a field in Story County, Iowa. Approach with caution, they can be quite dangerous when spooked, rolling here and there with no particular destination in mind!

 

 

Deer at the Prairie

Neil Smith Wildlife Refuge, Prairie City, Iowa.

The Marsh is Green!

Well after it dried up it rained, but not enough to fill the marsh again, now it's filled with vegetation most of it appears to be fox tail.

Bjorkboda marsh all greened up, can't wait for the rains to fill it again.

More Wind Damage

Bjorkboda Marsh - Cottonwoods

Wind Damage at the Marsh

Lots of trees down at the marsh, we had some storms rip through here last week with high winds. 

One of the younger trees also came down in the wind storm.

???

The plants were about three to four feet tall.

Brown-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Tall or Giant Sunflower

Helianthus giganteus

Partridge Pea???

Egret

This one was acting pretty confused, hanging out in the middle of the road for several minutes before finally flying off.

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The marsh is now dried up, the grass has greened up after this past weeks rains, am  hoping the birds return and soon.

Swamp Milkweed

Swamp Milkweed or Asclepias incarnata

Trumpeter Swans

The trumpeter swans have moved from the marsh over to the USDA pond, which doesn't have near enough water.

Drought at the Marsh

This is the lowest I've ever seen the marsh before.

Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey looks to be a hen, I really had to work to get this shot as she was a good 300 yards away, so if it's a male well my apologies!

Doe

A young White Tail Deer, somewhere in Story County, Iowa.

She was running like she was injured.

Yellow Coneflowers - Ratibida pinnata

Red Winged Black Bird taken at Cooper's Marsh, Story County, Iowa.

Iowa and Corn

Iowa at 55 MPH - The corn is up and looking good!

Swan Dance

Bjorkboda Marsh, Hamilton County, Iowa.

Snack Time

A young male red squirrel eating red oak tree blossoms!  The tree is covered, and heavily, in blossoms this spring.

Hot in April

Young male red squirrel resting on a red oak branch.

Coopers Marsh 032312

Went out to the marsh to listen to the spring peppers today, took some photos and started dinking with them in photoshop. 

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Frosted Window.

Prairie Burn

Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge Prairie Burn

Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge

There's smoke off to the right, the DNR was doing a burn today.