You don’t know how excited I was to come face to face with this Toad. I have not encountered a Toad in years and almost missed this one as well. He was well camouflaged and right on the trail. So well camouflaged we almost stepped on him. Strathcona Provincial Park, Vancouver Island BC.
A simple summer afternoon on the pond as a cinnamon teal enjoys the summer sun with a muskrat. North Park, Colorado.
Happy to be back online and I am sure we all feel the same about vacations…they are too short.
We did not stay long enough to see the outcome, but this crab looks to be on the menu for a vibrant purple sea stars breakfast.
Prior to getting this photo several young elk raced across the road heading towards Mammoth hots springs closely followed by two coyotes. Once the calves rejoined the main herd the adult females grouped them together and stood guard. With this cow on lookout there was no way a coyote was going to get close to the youngsters and the same went for me.
Female Moose enjoying an early morning drink on the snake river. Grand Teton National Park, WY.
A lone merganser chick hitching a ride on the Mom-Merganser ferry. Taken while kayaking on Leigh Lake in Grand Teton National Park.
On the way to Riddle Lake in Yellowstone National Park we spotted this sweet doe keeping an eye on us. After a quick hello, and without a second thought, we each went on our merry ways. Riddle Lake Yellowstone National Park.
There ain’t no cure for the summertime blues. Well, except for maybe seeing a beautiful summertime Mountain Bluebird.
Out in the landscpe and what did I see.
Waking across a rock and looking like a leaf.
A big ole Katydid looking back at me.
With the wildflowers full of summertime nectar a Hummingbird poses a question, a question other Hummingbirds would be happy to have, who’s next? So many flowers so little time. In a few weeks summer will be winding down in the high country. Rustlers Gulch trail near Crested Butte, CO.
nature has no boss 
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