“Iridenscent Green Damselfly” by Jake Cseke

Plant(s): Iridescent Green Damselfly
Photo Story: None
Equipment: Cannon SX720 HS
Photo ID: 33369

“Compass Plant” by Jake Cseke

Plant(s): Compass Plant
Photo Story: None
Equipment: Cannon SX720 HS
Photo ID: 33371

“Ironweed” by Jake Cseke

Plant(s): Ironweed
Photo Story: None
Equipment: Cannon SX720 HS
Photo ID: 33372

“”Table for Two”” by Mary Ellen Van Slembrouck

Plant(s): Monarch and a Bumble bee on Asclepias incarnata ‘Cinderella’
Photo Story: I was photographing a Monarch in my front courtyard and did not know the Bumble bee was still feeding beside her.
Equipment: Apple I phone
Photo ID: 33373

“Wood Betony” by Jake Cseke

Plant(s): Wood Betony
Photo Story: None
Equipment: Cannon SX720 HS
Photo ID: 33374

“Bloodroot Bloom” by Jake Cseke

Plant(s): Bloodroot Bloom
Photo Story: None
Equipment: Cannon SX720 HS
Photo ID: 33376

“mirror image” by Robert Andrini

Plant(s): Prothonotary Warbler
Photo Story: Walking the edge of a swamp, this Prothonotary Warbler posed for its picture to be taken. These birds are sometimes hard to get photo of.
Equipment: Canon camera with 100 – 400 MM lens.
Photo ID: 33380

“Dropping In” by Laura Lemmon

Plant(s): Fauna: Papilio glaucus – Eastern Tiger Swallowtail; Flora: Phlox paniculata – Garden Phlox
Photo Story: We watched this youngster tumble out of a nearby Tulip Poplar and gain its wings. After swooping and practicing its new skills, the Tiger Swallowtail landed on a Garden Phlox in the cottage/pollinator garden and began to nectar.
Equipment: Minolta Dimage Z3 Digital Camera
4.0 Mega Pixels
Photo ID: 33381

“Make it fun!” by Lynn Kirkpatrick

Plant(s): Spotted Joe-pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum), Southern blue flag (Iris virginica), Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum), Cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Photo Story: Four year old Sam loves walking among the wildflowers and jumping across the ditch-turned-creek in our backyard.
Equipment: Android camera
Photo ID: 33383

“Plum-Believable!” by Kate Trnka

Plant(s): American Plum (Prunus Americana); also known as Wild Plum, Goose Plum, River Plum
Photo Story: I was checking on the quaking aspen I had found the year before while I was clearing bramble when I noticed a flowering tree right next to it. I could tell it wasn’t bearing the same flowers that I saw on the pin cherry, the chokecherry or the black cherry trees. I used my plant ID app on my phone to determine that it was a wild plum tree! I was so excited to see it here. Having only been the steward of this land since October of 2020 (I don’t live there…yet) it’s been so much fun discovering all the various flora growing on this delightful piece of land!
Equipment: I took this shot with my iPhone 13
Photo ID: 33384

“Enjoying the Little Things” by Christine McCluskey

Plant(s): Southern Pink Moth (Inornate Pyrausta Moth) on Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis).
Photo Story: I was fascinated to find this beautiful little moth on the blooming buttonbush this Summer, seeming just the right size for all the tiny flowers comprising the funky clusters decorating this unique shrub!
Equipment: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 IV
Photo ID: 33387

“Monarch Birthday” by Christine McCluskey

Plant(s): Monarch butterfly on Common milkweed.
Photo Story: I had been checking my milkweed regularly for monarch caterpillar activity when this brand-new fresh monarch butterfly caught my eye, it was only upon closer inspection I determined it had just emerged from it’s chrysalis formed directly under the common milkweed leaf!
Equipment: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ300
Photo ID: 33388

“Eastern Amberwing on Hyssop” by Leanne Phinney

Plant(s): Female Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly on Blue Giant Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum).
Photo Story: This photo was taken at the Island Lake Elementary School, which has a native plant garden that our Wild Ones chapter tends as one of our service projects. One lovely day in July, while I was working in the garden, several of this beautiful dragonfly were enjoying posing on the Blue Giant Hyssops at the garden.
Equipment: Panasonic Lumix
Photo ID: 33389

“A Prickly Pair” by Louise DeCesare

Plant(s): Eastern Prickly-Pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa).
Photo Story: This photo was taken at the Tackapausha Museum Native Plant Demonstration Garden in Seaford, New York.
Equipment: iPhone SE first genera
Photo ID: 33390

“Pond and Flowers from Driveway” by Sheila Walters

Plant(s): Milk Weed, Joe-Pye Weed, Black Eyed Susan, Purple Coneflower, False Indigo Willow.
Photo Story: These flowers were planted by Dr Peggi Tabor and are native to the area. We purchased the property in early spring after she grew a garden and established a Wildlife Habitat over a period of 30 years. The pond is entirely contained on the property and has an artesian spring.
Equipment: iPhone 15 Pro Max
Photo ID: 33391

“Evening Primrose on the Pond” by Sheila Walters

Plant(s): Evening Primrose.
Photo Story: Taken 8/30/2023 in my yard.
Equipment: iPhone 15 Pro Max
Photo ID: 33393

“A Bee in the Balm” by Louise DeCesare

Plant(s): Bumble bee and Bee Balm (Monarda)
Photo Story: I could not resist taking this photo of the bee on the bee balm. Photographed at the Tackapausha Museum Native Demonstration Garden in Seaford, New York.
Equipment: iPhone SE first genera
Photo ID: 33394

“There’s a ZEBRA in My Garden!” by Christine McCluskey

Plant(s): Zebra Swallowtail butterfly (Eurytides marcellus) on tickseed (coreopsis).
Photo Story: I could not believe my luck to spot a zebra swallowtail at all, let alone in the front garden right at home! This beauty spend the entire afternoon enjoying the native tickseed, while I clicked away with my camera.
Equipment: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 IV
Photo ID: 33395

“Pollinator garden” by Joanne Valek

Plant(s): Pennsylvania sedge, mountain mint, swamp oak, penstemon, little blue stem, switch grass, obedient plant, joe pye, phlox Jeana.
Photo Story: N/A
Equipment: iPhone
Photo ID: 33396

“Wake-up You Sleepy Head” by Louise DeCesare

Plant(s): Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia Hirta)
Photo Story: Photographed at the Tackapausha Museum Native Demonstration Garden in Seaford, New York.
Equipment: iPhone SE first generation
Photo ID: 33398

“Bloom’n Milkweed” by Louise DeCesare

Plant(s): Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca).
Photo Story: Photographed at the Tackapausha Museum Native Demonstration Garden in Seaford, New York.
Equipment: iPhone 8 plus
Photo ID: 33399

“Emergence” by Kate Trnka

Plant(s): Black oak (Quercus Velutina) plus a visitor insect and a seed
Photo Story: It’s always fun to see new life emerging and this little black oak is no exception. I didn’t notice until I looked at the picture that there was a seed deposited on the upper right and a small insect on the underside (right).
Equipment: iPhone 13 Pro Max
Photo ID: 33400

“Cardinal Nestlings” by Mary Ellen Van Slembrouck

Plant(s): Cardinal nestlings in a nest of ferns.
Photo Story: The Meadow Brook Garden Captain, Becky Ely, found 3 nestlings on the ground under a Red cedar in the Gatsby Garden at Meadow Brook. She called me over to ask what to do & we decided to protect them. Rose Gardener, Kim Scholtz & Becky decided to build a nest out of a wire basket, some ferns, some red cedar foliage, and to attach it up on a trellis against a brick wall. Mama cardinal instantly began feeding these 3 nestlings that were almost fledglings. We did not want the riding lawn mower near them so the nest was built. The funny thing is that the Woodland gardeners decided to check on them every day and a “Tiki Roof” was built using more foliage so they would be dry and safe from predators.
Equipment: Apple i Phone
Photo ID: 33401

“New York Ironweed” by Louise DeCesare

Plant(s): New York Ironweed (Veronia noveboracensis).
Photo Story: Photographed at the Tackapausha Museum Native Demonstration Garden in Seaford, New York.
Equipment: iPhone 8 plus
Photo ID: 33402

“The Pink Lady” by Kate Trnka

Plant(s): Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium Acaule) also known as Moccasin Flower.
Photo Story: This beauty is growing right beside my little 200 sq. ft. cabin. She’s all by herself. I made sure she was protected when the cabin was getting a new roof put on. This year she had an additional bloom which was very thrilling!
Equipment: iPhone 13 Pro Max
Photo ID: 33404

“Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Joe Pye Weed” by Leanne Phinney

Plant(s): Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) on Joe Pye Weed.
Photo Story: This photo was taken in our yard in Shoreview MN on a lovely July afternoon. That day I was out in my garden looking for photo opportunities when this beautiful Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly flew in and enjoyed my Joe Pye Weed for several minutes.
Equipment: Panasonic Lumix
Photo ID: 33405

“In the Sky / Cutleaf Coneflower Bumblebee” by Sheila Walters

Plant(s): Cut leaf Coneflower or Tall Coneflower (over five feet tall).
Photo Story: There are masses of these coneflowers taller than me that have been bee central of my yard. taken 8-30-2023
Equipment: iPhone 15 Pro Max
Photo ID: 33406

“Thanks for the Leftovers!” by Christine McCluskey

Plant(s): American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) on Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea).
Photo Story: I am an avid birdwatcher so often skip deadheading in favor of leaving the drying seeds for the local backyard birds to eat. The goldfinch tend to be a bit skittish, so catching them in the act can be difficult, but when I noticed my indoor cat staring so intently out the front door I was able to quietly sneak up from inside the house and snap off a few shots through the glass.
Equipment: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 IV
Photo ID: 33407

“Bee there or be Square” by Sheila Walters

Plant(s): Tall Coneflower or Cutleaf Coneflower aka Green-Head Coneflowers.
Photo Story: This is bee central to my yard. The most attracted area for pollinators. Wasps and Bees are buzzing here all the time! Taken 8/30/2023
Equipment: iPhone 15 Pro Max
Photo ID: 33409

“Outstanding in the Field” by Louise DeCesare

Plant(s): Coneflower (Echineacea purpuria) amongst other native plants–in the foreground common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum).
Photo Story: Photographed at the Tackapausha Museum Native Demonstration Garden in Seaford, New York.
Equipment: iPhone 8 plus
Photo ID: 33410