Western Salsify

 

Musk Thistle

 

 

Roundleaf Groundsel

 

Emiquon Preserve at Sunset

As we reach the top of the ridge after turning onto SR 97/78, the Emiquon Sign welcomes us to the nature preserve.

 

Clouds blew in just before sunset.

 

Lark Sparrows at the entrance of Path #1.

 

 

Path #1 runs along the top of the ridge.

 

View of Emiquon Valley.

 

Tree Swallow on guard while his mate looks out from the nest box.

 

 

 

Baltimore Oriole sings for a while before flying away.

 

 

 

Meadowlark singing beside Path #1 on the Emiquon Ridge.

 

 

Sunset over the Emiquon ridge.

 

 

 

 

The Transformation Begins!

Lizanne Gray was at Emiquon during the recent tree planting. She took these photographs that show the very beginning of the transformation that will take place over the next few years. Currently you have to look hard to find the wildlife at Emiquon. Horned Larks blend in with the brown corn stubbles that still exist in most of the vast expanse of the Emiquon Valley. But if you look hard, you will find it. And as the landscape changes, the animals will return!