A streak of blue still lingering in the the browns of fall. Mountain Bluebird in Grand Teton National Park, WY.
Tag: wilderness
Medicine Bow
Looking up towards Medicine Bow Peak in the Snowy Range on a blustery, and blustery might be an understatement, fall afternoon. Medicine Bow National Forest, WY.
American Robin: Fledgling
While without a doubt we heard the distinctive call of an American Robin coming from this spruce what we saw was a little less distinct yet easy to identify.
White Tailed Doe
Usually when we see a White Tailed Deer on the the trail they are a bit more skittish than the Mule Deer we encounter but on this day a White Tailed Doe walked along in the same direction we were going keeping her distance but foraging away unalarmed. We also noticed that while the mule deer in our area are turning much grayer right now the while tailed deer seem to be getting a rusty red color to their coats.
Green Tailed Towhee: Pipilo chlorurus
We had not seen a Green Tailed Towhee all summer so it was quite a pleasure to see one of these secretive birds in the distance a week or two ago.
Mormon Cricket: Anabrus simplex
The Mormon cricket is actually not a true cricket, but rather a shield-backed katydid. The common name derives from an invasion of the crops of Mormon settlers in the Salt Lake area in the mid-1800s.
We ran across plenty of these katydids on a recent hike although not in the numbers depicted in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy3dQJYquoY. While these insects can be quite destructive to crops they do eat the grasses and plants in natural rangelands much as large grazing mammals do (or did). I also find them quite interning to look at as each has subtle color variations.
Given these were not marching across our hiking trail in plague proportions I enjoyed seeing them on a late fall afternoon moving through the already dry grasses.
A Fine Couple
A wonderful Blue Gentain getting cozy with an Orange Painted Brush up on a hillside in Rustlers Gulch. Crested Butte, CO.
Digitalis
Along the trail on a silent hike the digitalis were ringing strong.
Photographed in a dark yet very green forest.
Hey Mom
What appeared to be a fledgling house wren signing for supper on a summer afternoon. Hey Mom…where’s the grubs.
Have a great weekend.
Just about sunset
The sights, the sounds and the smells all suggest Autumn is fully here. This day was no exception as the sun sets ever earlier and the green grass has long tuned brown.
nature has no boss 
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