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.
Tag: nature
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.
then and now
The sun has moved from north to south and the flowers have turned to berries.
Then and Now.
Although they’re one they’re not the same or at least it feels that way.
The flowers are beautiful but the berries are somewhat poisonous (depending on your species and I assume most of you reading this are human of course) and produced form a the pervasive and often considered to be invasive Bittersweet Nightshade vine.
Common Loon
A Common Loon adds a bit of sunshine to what ended up being a cloudy day.
Feeding the family
Earlier this summer we got lucky and happened to walk under a nice old cottonwood tree and heard the unmistakable sound of little newborn birds chirping away for food. The nest in the tree belong to a family of Bullocks Orioles and like all oriole nest was well hidden in the leaves of the tree. It was amazing how rapidly the parents would fly into the tree, deliver the meals, and then fly back out making it somewhat difficult to get a photo or two.
Both parents we equally active in delivering meals to the kids. Above the male delivers some freshly caught bugs.
within minutes of the males departing Mom flew in and delivered another meal for to the growing chicks.
If this meal is any indiction of what the kids were eating I think the youngsters were well fed that day.
The youngsters have fledged and the nest is long empty now as another summer has come and gone.
Summer 2017 Denver, CO.
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.
After the fire
An American Robin surveys the surroundings from a burnt tree which matches their color quite well. This fire happened long ago but burnt trees still fill the landscape even as decades have passed.
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.
Yellow Headed Blackbird
A fine looking female Yellow Headed Blackbird makes the most of a soft cattail in the marsh.
nature has no boss 
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