A female Sharp Tailed Grouse enjoys a sunny morning in Eastern Idaho.
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On the Mullen
A female Downey Head Woodpecker found the Mullen plant to her liking this morning as she spent quite a bit of time hunting and then pecking away for a meal.
She inspected the plant then with target in sight and eyes closed tight she pecked away like only a woodpecker can peck.
Then back again for another round on the beautiful Mullen plant.
Good as Gold
The Aspen tress are doing their thing and a day spent soaking it up is an experience as good as gold.
Chubby
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.
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.
Pink Edged Sulfur
It’s always nice to have a little company while out on a hike and this day it seemed we always had one of these beautiful Pink Edged Sulfur butterflies fluttering about either in front or along side of us as we made our way along the trail.
They seldom seemed to take a break from their flight. Luckily one did and that gave us a chance for a close up look before they lifted off fluttered way.
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.
nature has no boss 
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