Fog rises from water warmer than the air.
Ducks begin their day.
Coffee warms my bones.
Red Rocks Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Tag: landscape
Mostly Green
Taken on a hike along the west coast of Vancouver Island near Port Renfrew.
More Sounds of Silence
Sound to take in without sound to block out.
Although I posted this a week ago I just became aware of this new study on noise in our national parks and thought it important to pass along. The link is below.
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2017/06/sounds-nature-national-parks-are-being-trampled-noise
Yes it is more than just a feeling ….Noise levels in our wild places are increasing at a rapid pace and what the consequences are only time will tell. Unless we respect that silence it seems it will soon be gone.
Yes, Silence has a sound that is becoming silenced.
Taking time
Sometimes you just need to linger in a landscape to soak it all up.
Taking time is something that takes time… yet it is time well spent.
Dinosaur National Monument, Utah.
In a blink of the eye
In what feels to be the blink of an eye spring has changed to summer. Green grass, hot afternoons and a forest that is just a bit quieter once the sun gets to work. A familiar spot that has gone from spring https://naturehasnoboss.com/2017/04/12/april/ to summer in the blink of an eye. A little reminder to enjoy each season before it is has slipped away.
Denver, CO.
13 lined Ground Squirrel
The photo is a bit blurry but so was our encounter with the 13 Lined Ground Squirrel. We were watching a Prairie Dog Colony and there was one Prairie Dog that just did not seem like the others. He was thinner and smaller. They would stand up tall and then quickly dart to another location very rapidly. They were much more hidden in the grass as well. We tried over and over to get a good look but this is the best we got that afternoon. A fleeting glimpse of a magnificent 13 lined ground squirrel.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Spermophilus_tridecemlineatus/
Seeing a new animal made me realize once again that life is so diverse and wonderful and there is so much yet to see.
Sounds of Silence
Sound to take in without sound to block out.
Lark Sparrow
A male Lark Sparrow pokes about in the short desert grasses of Western Colorado. A unique sparrow and thankfully one that is easy to identify correctly. If you have any good tips or a process you follow to identify sparrows they would sure be welcome.
Fishing hole
Usually you like to keep the location of a good fishing hole to yourself. In this case it looks like the word got out. Pelicans, Cormorants, a Blue Heron, Western Grebe were all present and the Tern you can’t forget the Tern. When the fishing is good you gotta get fishing.
Wild Iris
The gift of spring rains are many and short lived.
Wild Iris blooming in the Arapahoe National Wildlife Refuge, Walden CO.
nature has no boss 
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