Jim Brandenburg / Thickspike Gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya) flowering on tallgrass prairie, Crow-Hassan Park Reserve, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / Thickspike Gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya) flowers with eagle-shaped cloud, Touch the Sky Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / American Bison (Bison bison) herd of adults and calves on tallgrass prairie, South Dakota
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Jim Brandenburg / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly group resting on Thickspike Gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya) flowers, North America
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Jim Brandenburg / American Bison (Bison bison) male walking through tallgrass prairie, South Dakota
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Jim Brandenburg / Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) trio peeking out of burrow in tallgrass prairie, South Dakota
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Jim Brandenburg / Cloudy sky over tallgrass prairie, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota
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Jim Brandenburg / Prairie burn in Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Oklahoma
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Jim Brandenburg / Thickspike Gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya) flowers in grass, Touch the Sky Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / Tree in tallgrass prairie, Blue Mounds State Park, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / Storm over Touch the Sky Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota
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LYNN M. STONE / Bottle Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) flowering in tallgrass prairie remnant, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
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LYNN M. STONE / Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus), showing some wear and tear on wing, feeding on nectar of Rough Blazing-Star (Liatris aspera) growing in tallgrass prairie remnant, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
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LYNN M. STONE / Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus), dark phase female, on Pink Thistle in tallgrass prairie remnant, Illinois, USA (an intermediate phase between the typical yellow and the entirely...
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Jim Brandenburg / Sioux Quartzite in tallgrass prairie with oncoming storm, Blue Mounds State Park, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / Great Plains Toad (Bufo cognatus) male calling and competing for access to female in amplexus with another male, Touch the Sky Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, southwest Minnesota
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Thomas Lazar / Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) male in breeding plumage perched, Tallgrass Prairie WR, Wisconsin, USA, June
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Thomas Lazar / Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) male in breeding plumage perched on nestbox sumac tree, Tallgrass Prairie WR, Wisconsin, USA, May
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Thomas Lazar / Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) male in breeding plumage perched on nestbox, Tallgrass Prairie WR, Wisconsin, USA, June.
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Thomas Lazar / Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) female in breeding plumage perched on nestbox with insect prey for chicks, Tallgrass Prairie WR, Wisconsin, USA, June
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Thomas Lazar / Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) female in breeding plumage perched on nestbox with insect prey for chicks, Tallgrass Prairie WR, Wisconsin, USA, June
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Thomas Lazar / Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) female in breeding plumage, Tallgrass Prairie WR, Wisconsin, USA, May
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Thomas Lazar / Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) pair in breeding plumage perched on nest box, female above, Tallgrass Prairie WR, Wisconsin, USA, May
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Thomas Lazar / Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) male in breeding plumage, Tallgrass Prairie WR, Wisconsin, USA, May
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Thomas Lazar / American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) male in breeding plumage, Tallgrass Priarie WR, Wisconsin, USA, June
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Jim Brandenburg / Sioux Quartzite on tallgrass prairie, Blue Mounds State Park, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / Sioux Quartzite, Blue Mounds State Park, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / Tallgrass prairie, Touch the Sky Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / Tallgrass prairie, Touch the Sky Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / American Bison (Bison bison) herd in winter, Blue Mounds State Park, Minnesota
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Tim Fitzharris / Tallgrass prairie showing grasses and bushes, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas
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Tim Fitzharris / Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas
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Michael Durham / Columbia Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) erupting into flight from tallgrass, Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, northeast Oregon
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Jim Brandenburg / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly on Thickspike Gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya) flowers in tallgrass prairie, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) with cocked head, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, South Dakota
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Jim Brandenburg / Tallgrass prairie under stormy skies, South Dakota
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Tim Fitzharris / Oak (Quercus sp) trees shrouded in fog, tallgrass prairie in Flint Hills which has been taken over by invasive Great Brome Grass (Bromus diandrus), Kansas
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Tim Fitzharris / Misty morning over prairie, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas
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Claus Meyer / Tall grasses and marshes of Taim area, seasonally flooded plains with diverse wildlife, Rio Grande Do Sul, southern Brazil
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Jim Brandenburg / Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) grass blowing in the wind, an important part of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, South Dakota
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Jim Brandenburg / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly on Thickspike Gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya) flower in tallgrass prairie, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / American Bison (Bison bison) herd of adults and calves on tallgrass prairie, South Dakota
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Jim Brandenburg / Common Reed (Phragmites australis) field at sunset, Tallgrass Prairie, South Dakota
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Jim Brandenburg / Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana) resting in grass, South Dakota
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Jim Brandenburg / Prairie burn in Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Oklahoma
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Jim Brandenburg / Prairie and storm clouds, Touch the Sky Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / Abstract coneflowers on tallgrass prairie, North America
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Jim Brandenburg / Sign and storm clouds, Touch the Sky Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / Thickspike Gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya) flowers in grass, Touch the Sky Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / Sioux Quartzite in tallgrass prairie with oncoming storm, Blue Mounds State Park, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / Sioux Quartzite in tallgrass prairie, Blue Mounds State Park, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / Sioux Quartzite on tallgrass prairie, Blue Mounds State Park, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / Sioux Quartzite on tallgrass prairie, Blue Mounds State Park, Minnesota
Jim Brandenburg / Sioux Quartzite scratching post rubbed smooth by American Bison (Bison bison) over a period of hundreds of year, Touch the Sky Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / Sioux Quartzite scratching post rubbed smooth by American Bison (Bison bison) over a period of hundreds of year, Touch the Sky Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota
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Jim Brandenburg / Stormy skies over tallgrass prairie, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota
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Jim Brandenburg / American Bison (Bison bison) herd of adults and calves on tallgrass prairie, South Dakota
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Jim Brandenburg / American Bison (Bison bison) herd of adults and calves on tallgrass prairie, South Dakota
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Jim Brandenburg / American Bison (Bison bison) calf in tallgrass prairie, South Dakota
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Jim Brandenburg / Touch the Sky Prairie at sunrise, Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota