marsh_sampler

The plants and animals of the marsh hold my entire heart. This pattern is for them.

Each animal is based off of the ones I've seen-- and I've got photos and vids of (almost) all of them!

I've never gotten a pic of the field mice (too fast), bald eagles (too high up), or fireflies (too mesmerizing...), and the one time I was pretty sure I saw a green heron the footage didn't quite come out-- but the others, well! You can take a look at them here:

The Animals of the Sampler

Row 1: Red-winged blackbird | Grasshopper | Mallard Ducks | Honeybee | Raccoons

Row 2: Field mouse | 💙Great Blue Heron💙| Mysterious Elegant Fish I Saw Once (species unknown) | Painted Turtle | Bald Eagle

Row 3: Swans | Crawdad (I call them ‘crayfish’ but at the last nature fest I took a poll and was soundly outvoted) | Killdeer | Woolly Bear | Canada Geese

Row 4: Whitetail Deer | Monarch | Northern Leopard Frog* | Muskrat <3 | Gray rat snake*

Row 5: Dragonfly | Rabbit | Green Heron | Egret | Firefly

*Thanks to my friend Pej for the ID!