#Trees #Thorn #Iowa #DailyWalk

If you ever need material for a crown of thorns, I recommend Honeylocust.

#Birds #Ducks #Fedipajareo #Iowa
#MarshMadness

On the #DailyWalk, more flying birds. In this case, a pair of wood ducks. A little blurry, but the female's distinctive, white eye-ring in definitely visible.

#Birds #Vulture #Hawk #Iowa

The theme on today's #DailyWalk was birds in flight. Turkey Vulture, Northern Flicker (probably), and a large hawk.

#MarshMadness #NativePlants #Iowa

Horsetail (Equisetum sp.), willows, pond. #DailyWalk

#MarshMadness #Iowa #Tadpole #frogs

Seen on the #DailyWalk: Tadpoles.

These are overwintering tadpoles. Most likely Bullfrog, but I was just reading that Leopard Frog tadpoles will sometimes overwinter, too.

#Birds #Iowa #Colombia

On the #DailyWalk, I spotted this Eastern Wood Peewee by the pond. It's the first one I've ever identified. It looked to me like an Eastern Kingbird, but smaller and slimmer.

These birds overwinter in Colombia and are making the long migration north. This individual might nest here or might still be heading north.

#DailyWalk #Insects #Trees #Iowa

Willow rosette galls caused by the egg-laying activity of a small flying insect (a midge).

#mondog #dogwalks Lusha portrait

#DogsOfMastodon #DailyWalk