Make Your Own Field Guide

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Creating a field guide to your backyard is recommended as a family activity.  For me it's more like an open-source wildlife habitat.  I enjoy sharing news and images of my yard in hopes of inspiring other folks to appreciate their own little corner of the world.  Plus I get to share experiences with other gardeners -- the ones I watch most regularly are scattered far around the globe.  I figure central Illinois and my prairie garden are as exotic to my friends in New Zealand etc. as theirs are to me. 

Some snippets from my yard:
Spring Flower Photos
Photography: Ice and Light
Seen at the Hopper Feeder
Examining the Snag
Photography: Wildlife
Photography: Forest Layers
Photography: Additional Prairie Plants