Cactus Flowers
Spring Flowers near the San Juan River in Utah.
Spring Flowers near the San Juan River in Utah.
The pleasing curves of an unrolling fern frond can be eye-catching in the spring forest undergrowth.
This is one of a number of Lesser Goldfinches that were raiding some wild sunflowers in the Colorado mountains. They were fearless, but moved so quickly it was difficult to get a good picture.
This prairie dog was enjoying the sunshine while eating, and didn’t care that we were close by observing.
This plum tree was completely covered in blossoms this spring, but this branch caught my eye because the cluster at the end of the branch was almost shaped like a pineapple.
These icicles are the result of cold nights during the spring thaw. Just up river from this cliff is a waterfall that was creating a cloud of mist, freezing into fantastical shapes along the ledges.
These green butterflies are the tailed green jay (graphium agamemnon), native to parts of south Asia and the pacific islands. I had the opportunity to see them at a butterfly exhibit at Como Park Zoo in St. Paul MN.
Mountainsides covered in flowers are a spectacular sight, and these mountains were completely covered in Indian Paintbrush and Bluebells. This was a cloudy day at the Johnston Ridge Observatory near Mt Saint Helens, so the trees and flowers were most of the visible sights.
Occasionally Lake Superior is calm enough on cold nights to freeze over a large area of the with thin ice. Once a breeze picks up it pushes the ice onto the shore making what look like piles of broken panes of glass.