Making a quick appearance with a nasal honk-honk-honk a Red Breasted Nuthatch inspects a tree searching for a meal.
Tag: environment
Bombus Ternarius: Tri-Colored Bee
It’s always nice to have these bess buzzing about and who doesn’t like saying Bombus Ternarius.
From Wikipedia “Bombus ternarius, commonly known as the orange-belted bumblebee or tricoloured bumblebee,[2] is a yellow, orange and black bumblebee. It is a ground-nesting social insect whose colony cycle lasts only one season, common throughout the northeastern United States and parts of Canada.[3] The orange-belted bumblebee forages on Rubus, goldenrods, Vaccinium, and milkweeds found throughout the colony’s range. Like many other members of the genus, Bombus ternarius exhibits complex social structure with a reproductive queen caste and a multitude of sister workers with labor such as foraging, nursing, and nest maintenance divided among the subordinates.”
To read more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombus_ternarius
Just for fun ….Bombus!
Sharp Tailed Grouse
A female Sharp Tailed Grouse enjoys a sunny morning in Eastern Idaho.
Good as Gold
The Aspen tress are doing their thing and a day spent soaking it up is an experience as good as gold.
Chubby
This Marmot looks like they are just about ready for winter as their fuel tanks look to be topped off. Well just perhaps one or two more meals as long as the weather is fine before heading into the burrow for 5-6 months.
Scars of summer
As summer comes to a close a Lorquins Admirals wings tell the tale of a summer passed.
It’s safe to say those scared and faed wings have served them well. Flying strong with colors bright to find a mate and produce a new generation of butterflies we can look upon with wonder when summer returns again.
A Fine Day
Hiking up high near Lake Irwin in central Colorado on a fine September day.
Twins
The forest is just a bit damper from the heavy morning dew and the colors are changing before my very eyes. Fall is in the air.
Male Yellowthroat
It’s always a treat when a Male Common Yellowthroat pops out of the cattails and sits quietly for a minute or two. Just close enough to get a good look and soak up all that wonderful color.
A job well done
The other day I saw a yellow flash land in a nice cedar tree. Thinking it was an unusual insect I quickly went over to get a look. Alas, it was not a new insect but a Honey Bee and to say this one was covered in pollen might be an understatement. This little bee could hard fly with the load they had acquired. After a few minutes of rest they slowly lifted off and headed back to the hive. A job well done.
nature has no boss 
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