So close yet so fat from home a Sand Dollar washed up on the beach as the tide goes down. I can empathize with this guy as the west becomes more developed and the human heard marches across that landscape. Home feels so close yet so far away.
Tag: nature
Horns Up
Hunting for a meal in the dry grass a Horned Lark with those Horns up.
Pawnee National Grasslands, CO.
Watching the Weather
A beautiful fall afternoon in the Tetons spent watching the weather pass from Cloudy-to cloudy to mostly cloudy with the added bonus of beautiful fall colors.
Grand Teton National Park
Leaves and Lake
Golden fall colors reflecting upon Crown Hill lake. Wheat Ridge, CO.
Fall Robin
The robins have returned and are enjoying the fall in the forest nearby. We have so many around in spring and early summer and then the vanish only to return as fall begins.
I enjoy their company and are grateful for their return to our little woodland nearby.
on a swivel
Quietly perched and giving us the 180 degree head turn like only an owl can give a Great Horned Owl waits in the early evening light for their day to begin.
Happy hunting to the owl and have a great weekend to all.
Fur Coats
Tow different alpine moths each wearing fur coats forage up high in the mountains of central Colorado.
Photographed in early September.
Just an hour after posting this I came across a news story describing the decline of insects by 75% in Germany. I am sure this is happening globally to varying decrees. This sixth extinction caused by our human species will have consequences and is affecting life big and small. A link to the study is provided below:
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0185809
A dash of color
With a snow storm moving in beautiful colors pop from the rocks and trees near Lizard Head Pass, Colorado.
Fuzzy
Fuzzy Purple Asters up high near tree line. It seems that when you ascend up towards the tundra the Asters become more fuzzy. A fur coat to protect against the chilly nights?
The butterflies like them as much as I do.
Photographed in August near tree-line in Central Colorado.
Buffalo Fork
Snow up high and rain moving in down low along the Buffalo Fork of the Snake River in Wyoming. Fall colors in the Valley and dark clouds up high portend the early arrival of old man winter.
nature has no boss 
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