… Description: A common bird throughout the Garden, this year-round resident is most often seen in wooded areas and at bird feeders. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This is a small, hunched-up heron, visible on logs in the water, stalking prey along the shore, or flying overhead. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This fairly common, small shorebird is often seen in spring on exposed mudflat areas, especially south of the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This is one of the most common, year-round birds at the Garden, and can be seen in all settings. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This fairly common, small shorebird is often seen in spring on exposed mudflat areas, especially south of the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… Description: When this bird of shrub prairies is seen on migration, it is likely to be found in the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… singer, the wood thrush is the only member of the brown thrush species that regularly nests in McDonald Woods. …
Type: Birding
… deep violet-blue flower spikes over deep green foliage. The flowers are a pollinator magnet in the garden. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial needs partial shade to full shade and moist soil conditions. It belongs in a border and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… needs full sun and moist soil conditions to reach a maximum height of 3 feet. It belongs in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
