A Natural History Of Trail Ridge Road
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Kayaks in Icy Straight.
Male calliope hummingbird flicking out his tongue. Notice that he has lower eyelashes.
Disk of the sunflowers is made up of spirals of flowers that follow the Fibonacci sequence.
Pelicans fly in formation.
At first, Darwin wasn’t sure he wanted to play with Tegan.
Herons, more than almost any other bird, show me that birds are descended from dinosaurs.
purple fringe, gravelly hillsides, montane to alpine
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Butterflies Galore
I’m not really an expert on butterflies. But while hiking recently in the Front Range foothills , I saw so many of such varied species that I had to check into them a bit more. All these different butterflies are … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, butterfly, Colorado, milkweed, nature, photography, thistle
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Bees and Butterflies
Our neighbors behind us are turning their backyard into a farm. They have a garden. They have chickens. They have fruit trees. This year, they added honey bees. We, on the other hand, have always had a hummingbird garden that … Continue reading
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Tagged Asclepias, bees, butterfly, Colorado, milkweed, Monarch butterfly, nature
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Great Wildflower, Part 2
From our great spring crop of blooms, (https://coloradogeography.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/get-out/) this continues to be an outstanding season for wildflowers. Every time we begin to dry out, we get a rainstorm that waters the plants. And the flowers just keep comin’. According to … Continue reading
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Tagged bee balm, bees, clover, Colorado, Dalea, lily, Monarda, natural history, nature, plants, rain, thistle, wildflowers
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