As we finish our trip on July 4th with the Egret, we moved forward and found some iris in the distance we aren’t sure what kind we could not get the best photo to identify them. 
Just overhead another Great White Egret flies in and it landed in front of another Green Heron. Then just over head another Green heron flies over. 
For egrets and herons it was not a bad day for photos. We noticed it was getting late and we decide well let’s just finish up this hike and go get lunch. We kept walking and spotted another Gray Catbird and you can see one is showing the rusty red mark which if we are correct it was doing that for courting. 
We noticed some Yellow Coneflowers coming into bloom. 
Seen a couple of new ones for us, a possible Smooth Oxeye and one called a Butter and Eggs. 
Towards the end of the walk at the visitor center they had some beautiful red bell shaped flowers growing not sure the type if anyone knows it would be nice to name these. 
Till the next time, enjoy the photos and keep your eyes on the skies.Updated: Dawn of Dawn's Bloggy Blog identified the red trumpet-shaped flowers as the Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans). We confirmed with another site here.
6 comments:
I'm not familiar with many wildflower names but I do know Butter and Eggs.
Isn't that just the greatest name?
Lizette thought the name was a pretty cool name for this beautiful flower.
Very nice post. Enjoyed it a lot. I need to work on my flying heron pictures
Troutbirder, we've been thankful for these rare opportunities, most of the time we just see them fly by.
Howdee you two..
that flower looks like a type of trumpet vine.
http://www.dnr.mo.gov/greenbldg/wildflowers/trumpet-vine.htm
Hi Dawn, thanks for the identification of this flower.
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