prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 8hMonarch Monday! A male Monarch butterfly stops to fuel up on a Cutleaf Coneflower on an Iowa prairie. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #wildflowers #monarch #iowa #pollinators #fall #prairie 061
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 14hMonarch Monday! It appears the migration & tagging season is coming to an end. We had success with 21 tagged mostly from our pollinator garden. The neighborhood kids were involved who now know all about Monarchs & are teaching others. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #nature #butterflies #monarch 041
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Doing a thing… Making some Prairie Cards & Prairie Coasters… www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #fall #prairie #cards #coasters 020
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A migrating Monarch butterfly flying through a Tallgrass Prairie in Iowa on its way to a forest in Mexico. If one thinks about it, it seems an impossible journey. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Enjoy! #prairiezen #monarch #butterflies #migration #iowa #prairie 020
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Added some color to the 1800’s Saturday Selfie! #wandering #dakota 130
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Saturday Selfie! Went back into the time machine. Late 1800’s western Dakota. #theodorerooseveltpresidentiallibrary #selfie #wandering 000
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A couple of prairie wanderers look into each other’s eyes. A female Bison & her calf break off from the wandering herd, to share something. Your Friday Prairie Zen. Volume up & enjoy! #prairiezen #fall #bison #northdakota #prairie #wandering 061
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fall Friday! The beautiful Fall colors of the Dakota prairie. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #fall #wandering #northdakota #prairie 051
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Another 3’fer for your Thursday! Three photos of a pair of migrating Monarch butterflies feeding on Rough Blazingstar out on the Minnesota prairie. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #wildflowers #monarch #minnesota #pollinators #fall 062
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Three’for Thursday! Three migrating Monarch butterflies make a stop on a Minnesota prairie to rest & fuel up on a Cup Plant. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #wildflowers #monarch #minnesota #pollinators #fall 1100
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Wildflower Wednesday! Wandering through an Iowa prairie one cannot help but notice the soft lavender & yellow flowers of New England Asters dotting the landscape. prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #wildflowers #wandering #iowa #prairie 192
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Two’fer Tuesday! Two Bottle or Closed Gentians with different shades of blueish purple. prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #wildflowers #wandering #iowa #prairie 081
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Two’fer Tuesday! Two butterflies share a meal on a Goldenrod. A Painted Lady & a Monarch. One is a local & the other is just passing through. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #wildflowers #monarch #iowa #pollinators #fall 0100
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It’s still Monarch Monday! A couple of male Monarch butterflies make a stop at a Minnesota prairie to fuel up on some Rough Blazingstar nectar before continuing their journey to Mexico. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #wildflowers #monarch #minnesota #pollinators 090
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Many Monarch Monday! A nice group of Monarch Butterflies stop to feed on some Cup Plant in a Minnesota prairie before continuing their migration all the way to central Mexico. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #wildflowers #monarch #minnesota #pollinators #fall 091
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Sunflower Sunday! Late Summer turning into early Fall on the Dakota prairie. Let’s spend a nice blu sky day with some Maximilian Sunflowers swaying in the prairie breeze. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Enjoy! #prairiezen #wildflowers #sunflowers #northdakota #prairie 040
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Saturday Selfie! I found a time machine & I traveled back to the 1800’s in New York. #theodorerooseveltpresidentiallibrary #selfie #wandering 000
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fall on the Dakota prairie. A coulee protected from wildfires grows some woody vegetation whose leaves are now changing colors in the cooler air. You can hear a female Bison munch on the dry grasses as she wanders across the prairie. Your Friday Prairie Zen. #prairiezen #fall #bison #northdakota 010
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Friday Firsts! While wandering through the Tallgrass Prairie of Iowa, I spotted this small, kuhl looking beetle. My first Spotted Cucumber Beetle! prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #insects #beetles #wandering #iowa #prairie 0123
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 24/09/2026That moment you see someone watching you stuffing food into your mouth… prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #chipmunk 050
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It is Wednesday & here’s some waterfowl for you… A male Lesser Scaup from earlier this Spring & the moment it dives under water for a quick snack. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #ducks #birds #iowa #waterfowl #wetlands 0132
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Weasel Wednesday! Been a while since we’ve had one of these… Caught this mink running up to me until it saw me. prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #weasels #mink 0151
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Softness… The soft lavender & yellow colors of New England Aster in a warming Dakota prairie morning light… prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #wildflowers #prairie #northdakota #fall 080
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wandering through a beautiful Fall flowered prairie hunting for Monarch butterflies. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #wildflowers #monarch #minnesota #pollinators #fall 0202
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🎶 “Just another Monarch Monday!”🎶 The Monarch migration continues across the northern prairies. Here a group stops to fuel up at some Cup plants. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #monarch #minnesota #pollinators #migration 0153
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It is Fall & that means hunting season! Let’s go hunting for Bottle Gentians in some of Iowa’s Tallgrass Prairie. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Enjoy! #prairiezen #wildflowers #wandering #iowa #prairie 141
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I couldn’t decide whether it was Sunflower or Selfie Saturday. So here’s a giant Sawtooth Sunflower selfie. I spotted this one way out on the Iowa prairie & knew I needed a photo with it. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #wildflowers #prairie #iowa 040
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Come, sit, & watch a Northern Amber Bumblebee back out of a Pale Gentian flower after collecting it’s pollen. Because of the tightly closed flowers, it requires the largest Bumblebees to pry the flowers open in order to pollinate them. Your Friday Prairie Zen. Enjoy! #prairiezen #wildflowers #bees 041
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A flying Monarch butterfly for your Friday. It is truly amazing that this little, delicate, flying Freak will fly over 2,000 miles from North Dakota to 1 specific forest in Mexico. At least it remembered to roll up its proboscis! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies 072
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I came upon a Pale Gentian & was treated by watching a Northern Amber Bumbler emerging from one of the Gentian’s flowers after seeking some pollen. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #bees #wildflowers #pollinators #iowa 0110
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A Wilson’s Snipe for your Wednesday! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #shorebids #birds #northdakota #prairie 0131
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It’s been a while since I’ve come across an Orange-belted Bumbler. I love their colors. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #bees #pollinators #northdakota 041
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The beautiful colors, patterns, & make up of a visiting White-lined Sphinx moth/Hummingbird moth. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #moth #pollinators #northdakota 0151
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Monarch Monday! Monarchpalooza continues! Although not today as it is finally raining. A few Monarchs feeding on & fluttering around Cup Plants out on the Minnesota prairie. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #monarch #pollinators #minnesota #prairie 0171
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Monarch Monday! A tagged Monarch butterfly rests & feeds on a Maximilian Sunflower before continuing its long journey to Mexico. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #monarch #pollinators 070
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It is truly a Pollinatorpalooza! There has been a major rave/party going on that makes Burning Man look like an afternoon event if you’re a pollinator. Painted Ladies, Moths, & dozens of many species of Bumblers. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Enjoy! #prairiezen #moths #butterflies #bees 050
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Swan Saturday! A pair of Trumpeter Swans enjoying an early Fall morning on a Minnesota wetland. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #swans #birds #minnesota #wetlands 0130
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It’s Friday! A Hummingbird Moth has been visiting the Petunias lately. I remember first seeing one & thought it was a new species of hummingbird. 🤣 Your Friday Prairie Zen. Enjoy! #prairiezen #moths #butterflies #pollinators #northdakota 050
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Flower Friday! I came across some rare, white Bottle/Closed Gentians while out wandering some Tallgrass Prairie in Iowa. prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #wildflowers #prairie #iowa 071
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Today is National Curl Your Proboscis Day!!! If you believe what the Monarchs say anyways… www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #monarch #pollinators 091
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Three’for Thursday! Three migrating Monarch butterflies stop along their journey to Mexico to feed on the same Rough Blazingstar plant somewhere out on the Minnesota prairie. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #monarch #wildflowers #minnesota #pollinators 0100
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Here’s a 2’fer for your Waterfowl Wednesday from earlier this spring. A male Lesser Scaup on calm waters on a big lake & a male Wood Duck watches over its mate as she feeds in a tree lined wetland. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #waterfowl #birds #prairie #iowa 060
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A Pollinator Two’fer Tuesday! A Painted Lady butterfly & a Two-spotted Bumbler share a flower in the Pollinator Garden. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #bees #pollinators #northdakota 0172
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Monarchpalooza on a Monarch Monday! It’s not very often that I catch a Monarch in flight, let only two in the same shot. Monarch butterflies feeding & fluttering around a Cup Plant out on the Minnesota prairie. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #monarch #minnesota 0130
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Monarchpalooza! Look closely to see all the Monarch butterflies fueling up on the prairie wildflowers in a Minnesota prairie before making their way to the Oyamel forests in Mexico. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Enjoy! #prairiezen #monarchs #butterflies #migration #prairie #fall #minnesota 151
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Sunflower Saturday & Monarchpalooza! With the Monarch migration in full swing on the northern prairies, a beautiful wayward migrant stops to fuel up on a Maximilian Sunflower on a Minnesota prairie. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #butterflies #monarch #pollinators #minnesota 0141
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Unlike the visually & audibly noticeable waterfowl migration, you’ll need to look closely to see this migration. Spend some time out on the prairie during the Monarch migration. Your Friday Prairie Zen. Enjoy! #prairiezen #monarchs #butterflies #migration #prairie #fall 070
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A Western Meadowlark standing proud on an old, weathered fence post somewhere out on the Dakota prairie. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #grasslandbirds #birds #prairie #northdakota 090
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Box sets of note cards & coasters I’m donating to a fundraiser. You may see them if you’re at the USFWS Prairie Wetlands Learning Center fundraiser in Fergus Falls, MN. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #wildlife #prairie 030
prairieguy2017.bsky.social @prairieguy2017.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Getting back to work. Creating some ceramic coasters. www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #photography #nature #wildlife #prairie #northdakota 010
