Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) in a gooseberry thicket. At Wehr Nature Center at Whitnall Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
I saw grosbeaks on the first day of my Great Lakes excursion, and this one on the last day, just hours before my flight home. They make nice bookends for a memorable trip, and a good way to end this very long series.
Prairie trillium (Trillium recurvatum), at Wehr Nature Center at Whitnall Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Trillium grandiflorum at Wehr Nature Center at Whitnall Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
True or false?
False rue anemone (Enemion biternatum), at Wehr Nature Center at Whitnall Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Update: I originally mis-captioned this as rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides), but had a change of heart. I should have counted the flowers’ naughty bits, as Linnaeus taught us.
Largeflower bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora), at Wehr Nature Center at Whitnall Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Veery (Catharus fuscescens), at Wehr Nature Center at Whitnall Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) at Wehr Nature Center at Whitnall Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
White-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) at Wehr Nature Center at Whitnall Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Emerging leaves and catkins.
White oak (Quercus alba), at Wehr Nature Center in Whitnall Park, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
Dithyramb 