"The essential feature of the prairie is its horizon, which you can neither walk to nor touch. It is like the horizon of the sea." (Paul Gruchow in Journal of a Prairie Year)
The Geography 105 class took at field trip to Kasota Prairie on April 13 to study the geologic history of the area. We also saw a lot of wildlife: turkeys, deer, turtles, numerous birds, and a big nest of (carpenter?) ants.
The lovely pasque flower was in bloom. . .
. . . As was the prairie buttercup.
Turtles were out sunning themselves after a long, cold winter.
A really big and busy ant hill.
A juniper wedges its roots into a block of dolomite.
Great pictures (now wallpaper, thanks!).