A suburban Chicago ecosystem
Image Gallery
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Visiting Wild Bergamot
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 1, 2024, 1:58 p.m. -
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
At the tall grass prairie
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: Aug. 7, 2023, 10:11 a.m. -
Bumble Bee
Visiting Wild Bergamot
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 25, 2023, 10:25 a.m. -
Rain Garden
Yellow Coneflower, Blue Vervain, Wild Bergamot, Purple Coneflower, and Joe Pye
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 17, 2023, 5:24 p.m. -
Rain Garden
Yellow Coneflower, Blue Vervain, Purple Coneflower, Wild Bergamot, Joe Pye, Prairie Blazingstar, and Queen of the Prairie
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 17, 2023, 5:24 p.m. -
Rain Garden
Purple Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower, Wild Bergamot, and Joe Pye
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 17, 2023, 5:24 p.m. -
Rain Garden
Purple Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower, Joe Pye Weed, Wild Bergamot, Common Elderberry
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 17, 2023, 5:27 p.m. -
Rain Garden
Yellow Coneflower, Queen of the Prairie, Wild Bergamot, Joe Pye, Purple Coneflower, and Blue Vervain
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 17, 2023, 5:27 p.m. -
Wild Bergamot
Starting to bloom in the backyard gardens
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: July 5, 2022, 2:43 p.m. -
Hummingbird Clearwing
Visiting Wild Bergamot in the Backyard Garden
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 13, 2021, 1:39 p.m. -
Hummingbird Clearwing
Visiting Wild Bergamot in the Backyard Garden
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 13, 2021, 1:36 p.m. -
Hummingbird Clearwing
Visiting Wild Bergamot in the Backyard Garden
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 13, 2021, 1:36 p.m. -
Wild Bergamot
New shoots emerging 2021
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: March 11, 2021, 3:21 p.m. -
Wild Bergamot
New shoots emerging in spring
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: March 21, 2020, 4:42 p.m. -
American Goldfinch Male
Eating the seeds of Wild Bergamot in the rain garden
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 27, 2020, 3:13 p.m. -
American Goldfinch Male
Eating the seeds of Wild Bergamot in the rain garden
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 27, 2020, 3:15 p.m. -
American Goldfinch
Eating the seeds of Wild Bergamot
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 27, 2020, 3:12 p.m. -
Monarch on Wild Bergamot
Monarch Seeks Nectar from Wild Bergamot in Backyard Garden
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 9, 2020, 8:03 a.m. -
Wild Bergamot with Eastern Black Swallowtail
A Patch of Wild Bergamot in the Rain Garden Attracts a Female Eastern Black Swallowtail
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 13, 2020, 2:21 p.m. -
Bumble Bee on Wild Bergamot
Bumble Bee Pollinating Wild Bergamot in the Rain Garden
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 9, 2020, 10:16 a.m.