Khürt Williams<p><strong>Sleepy Orange and Bearded Beggarticks</strong></p>
After an unexpectedly rewarding morning spotting a Green Heron and a Solitary Sandpiper near the water, I felt content. But I wanted to complete my original task, so I wandered over to the pipeline trail to see if any wildflowers were still lingering in the autumn light.
As I walked along the path toward the trail, a flicker of orange caught my eye—a butterfly, flitting in a jerky, erratic dance between a patch of asters and the dry, dusty earth below. It was a Sleepy Orange (Abaeis […]
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