Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Indian Cave State Park, NE: 6-11-19




Bird Mobile at our lunch spot





Eastern Gray Treefrog




Male Yellow Warbler





Baby Eastern Bluebirds




Papa Bluebird showed up




Chipping Sparrow








He was singing to his mate





Many of the roads and trails in the park were closed due to flooding, erosion and/or flooding.





This kind of destruction is hard to imagine and what these poor people are suffering through has no relief in sight.  The lady in the park office told us that at a dam in South Dakota the Corps of Engineers for some unknown reason was releasing twice as much water as normal into the Missouri River, causing continued flooding.  Go figure!




Silver-spotted Skipper





Western Meadowlark, Nebraska’s state bird.





Though there are subtle differences between the Eastern and Western Meadowlarks, where their ranges overlap true birders say the only reliable way to tell them apart is by their calls.  This one was singing beautifully and we easily identified its song as that of the Western Meadowlark.





Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly



So beautiful






As is the equally beautiful  Red-spotted Purple Butterfly









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