Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve

Went to visit this place today, and found it to be a wonderful area full of surprises. We saw cranes and kingfishers. Below is Aster pilosus, which is one of the beautiful wild flowers in bloom at this time of year.

To the left is a Yellow Garden Spider, Argiope aurantia, which looks very impressively large but is harmless to people. The females grow to be twice the size of males. There were quite a few to be seen by the side of the path.