A colorful Western Tanager holding still just long enough for a quick portrait. Lovely color to brighten up an overcast spring day. Just outside the North Gate to Yellowstone National park.
Tag: nature
After the snowmelt
Looking west while heading towards Sepulcher Mountain Trail in Yellowstone NP. The snow has melted from down low and spring storms are heading in from the west to help green up the grasses. Things are falling into place.
Technique
When hunting for limpets it’s all about technique and these two Oyster Catchers seem to have it down. Slide bill under sand and pry limpet up, eat and repeat….limpets beware.
Just before spring
Just before spring with small buds on the tress and the grass still brown the sun was hard at work. Zero Image Pinhole Camera and Kodak Ektar- 100 iso film, Crown Hill Park, Wheat Ridge Colorado.
Home in the Forest
A fine pair of Stellar’s Jays enjoying some time in the early spring forrest. Sunshine and fresh green leaves made for a fine morning hike.
Succulent
Finding succulents succulent and in full bloom. Spring color in abundance, butterfly and flower, green leaves and blue sky along the Mendocino coast.
Bigfoot
Bigger than Bigfoot, a Redwood tree firmly in touch with the Earth.
Lessons to be learned from these wise old beings.
Mothers Love
To our Mom’s.
Yellowstone National Park, 2014.
Wilsons Snipe
A Wilson’s Snipe enjoying the spring wetlands before the summer sun does it’s thing. Green grass and plenty of water, who could ask for more. Arapahoe National WIldlife refuge.
Just over the hill
The spring storms keep rolling in and this one is just over the hill. The spring rains provide wetland habitat for migratory birds and a welcome drink for the high sagebrush landscape of Arapahoe National Wildlife refuge near Walden, Colorado.
nature has no boss 
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