Friday, August 4, 2017

Two weeks in Madison


Compass Plant


Lake Farm Campground is surrounded by acres of prairie flowers, all in full bloom in late July.  Ty spent many hours fighting off mosquitos to capture the blooms, bugs, and birds of the native restored prairie.
Spotted Gayfeather

Sedge Wren

Willow Flycatcher

Rattlesnake Master

Eastern Harvester on Black-eyed Susan

Purple Cone Flower

Bumble Bee

Bumble Bee full of pollen

Soldier Beetle and Silky Ant

Agapostemon Sweat Bee

Eastern Amberwing

Paper Wasp

Monarch Butterfly on Field Milkweed

Snowy Tree Cricket on Chicory

White-banded Crab Spider

Red-spotted Purple Butterfly

Silver-spotted Skipper

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - dark female

Hummingbird Moth on Bergamot 

Ambush Bug

Twelve-spotted Skimmer

Blue Dasher

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Black Saddlebags

Common Whitetail Dragonfly

Spined Soldier Bug

Thin-legged Wolf Spider

Troy, Carmen & Bucky Badger


The best part about being in Madison is spending time with Troy & Carmen.  We went out to eat, went to the IMAX to see "Dunkirk", and enjoyed several hours walking the newly renovated Henry Vilas Zoo.  Amazing improvements since we last visited.
Badger

Tamarin 

Yellow-rumped Cacique

Blue & Gold Macaw

White-cheeked Turaco

Grizzly Bear

Polar Bear





Now we are back in Green Bay for a couple weeks, hoping to visit with everyone we didn't get to see in May.


Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann

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