This is the flower I've been looking for: the purple prairie clover. More on that later!
It was a beautiful morning out at Neale Woods, but it quickly got very, very hot in the sun.
I was able to see many flowers today. Flowers like this one, which I know as claret cup, and the local guidebooks call purple poppy mallow:
And these mixed prairie flowers:
There were bees everywhere, sulphur butterflies, a monarch, and what looked like skippers. I also saw a bird that appeared to be a summer tanager in the woods, but I am not sure.
I saw where a deer or another large animal spent the night:
All in all, it was a beautiful morning. I took 150+ photos out there. Time to rest!
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