Tag: Monarch

It’s been almost ten years since I collected milkweed seeds with students in our school’s certified Monarch Waystation. Even after the garden clubs I led ended in 2017 and 2019, I continued to collect seeds of several varieties of Asclepias (milkweed) in my yard. These primarily consi...

Water levels are low at Nyleta Wetlands/Hasties Swamp. They expose a muddy shore that encourages wading birds to stop by. Stilts and dotterels share the expanding edge with occasional Marsh and Sharp-tailed Sandpipers. Dense thickets of Slender Waterpepper (Persicaria decipiens, Polygonaceae) hav...