June Travels

This past week, I traveled to Quivira National Wildlife Refuge for the fifth time this year.  New species found there were Least Terns and a singing Cassin’s Sparrow.  Due to all the rain, the roads were messy and I had a chance to use my four-wheel drive, a bonus on the trip.  Later in the week I traveled to the Oregon Trail Park in Pottawatomie County where I saw many new insects and a new lizard for the year.  

This was one of many Snowy Plovers seen at Quivira NWR; a location that this species nests at every year.

 

 A Six-lined Racerunner playing hide and seek with me on the Oregon Trail Park.