Sep 30, 2020: September 2020 AHHP Photo Collage

September 2020 photos from the blog by Wolf. Oesterreich, Kevin Kane, and Tana Tesdall.

Sep 29, 2020: Great Blue Heron

A great blue heron on pond M in the early morning hours of September 23rd. (Tana Tesdall, 9/23/20)

Sep 28, 2020: Summer is Falling

 
 

Sumac in the park is beginning to turn brilliant red. (Kevin Kane, 9/26/20)

Sep 27, 2020: Fall Harvest

 

A bumblebee searches for pollen in the asters in the southwestern prairie. (Kevin Kane, 9/26/20)

Sep 26, 2020: Northern Waterthrush

Northern Waterthrushes, a warbler, forage along the shorelines of ponds, lakes, bogs, swamps, and streams, searching for aquatic insects.  They have a habit of bobbing the rear of their bodies while foraging.  This bird was found along the SW corner of Pond E. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 9/22/20)

Sep 25, 2020: Caspian Tern

Caspian Terns can be observed at the Park on both their northward and southward migrations.  This tern has just caught a small fish from near the surface of the south lake. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 9/7/20)