Mary, Kannan and I went to the WMWR in search of the Black-capped Vireo, but along the way we enjoyed the Spring wildflowers in bloom (and I used the iNaturalist app on my phone to ID many of them).
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We started the morning at Lake Elmer Thomas dam.
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Kannan, looking for the Black-capped Vireo
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Kannan and Steve
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Our next stop was the Mt Scott picnic area, which is below the mountain, on the S side of the road.
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Kannan, taking a recording of the singing Black-capped Vireo
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Our next stop was the Quanah Park Lake dam area; this is the view below, from the dam.
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The remaining photos were taken with my phone--and I may have cropped some of them later. I used them to submit to the iNaturalist app to identify the plants. I am including the IDs we recorded:
lance-leaved coreopsis
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antelope horn milkweed
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stiff greenthread
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wooly white
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yellow salsify
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rock spikemoss
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spiderwort bluejacket
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diamond-flowers
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silver wormwood
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diamond-flowers
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plains prickly pear cactus
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yellow stonecrop (sedum)
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nodding beardtongue
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nodding beardtongue
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whitemouth dayflower
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whitemouth dayflower
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wild four o'clock
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wild four o'clock
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wavyleaf thistle
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'asters and allies' is as close as inaturalist got, though experts may weigh in later