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Beautiful Western Tailed-Blue Butterfly In Rocky Mountain National Park

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May 17th, 2012 by

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The butterflies are out in abundance in Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes Park. It’s trying to photograph one that’s on a flower or someplace still that’s the challenge.

While we were out on a hike a couple of days ago, Phil and I both photographed two different Western Tailed-Blue Butterflies. His was on a dead branch and mine was on the ground. We both decided that we liked mine better, but it was pretty close.

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The Early Larkspur Wildflower Is Blooming In Rocky Mountain National Park

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May 16th, 2012 by

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Yesterday Phil and I were out hiking on our “secret” trail enjoying the day. He was photographing a butterfly when I glimpsed some purple in the background.

When he finished photographing a gorgeous Western Tailed-Blue Butterfly I went to see what the purple was…and there was a beautiful, purple Early Larkspur. I had never seen one blooming so early. What a treat!

The Early Larkspur has five showy sepals with one forming a conspicuous rear spur. They grow from 4-12 inches from May to June. This one was about 6″ tall and really was pretty!

Have you ever seen one blooming so early?

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Trail Ridge Road Opened Yesterday With A Lot Less Snow Than Last Year In Rocky Mountain National Park!

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May 15th, 2012 by

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When we heard that Trail Ridge Road was opening, we decided that we had to be one of the first to drive up on the first day.

Unlike last year when we were inundated with snow in May and Trail Ridge Road didn’t open until June 6th, this year is the third earliest opening ever. We knew there hadn’t been much snow this past winter, so there hadn’t been much plowing up there either.

The highest drifts this year which were about 6-10 feet paled in comparison to last year’s 20-30 foot snowdrifts.

Here is last year’s photo.

Here is a photo from two years ago.

 

 

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This Baby Big Horn Sheep Was Looking In My Bedroom Window Here In Estes Park!

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May 14th, 2012 by

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I thought I had posted this photograph many weeks ago but can’t I find it anywhere in my Blogs. I must have put it on You Report It but not the Blog. It’s one of my favorite!

It was taken a couple of months ago when the Big Horn Sheep came down. Phil happened to walk out the front door and see this little one looking in our bedroom window. How cute is that??

He didn’t have time to run in and get his camera so he used his iPhone and took a couple of pictures. I still love it and just had to share it with you all! This little guy is just precious!

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Beautiful, White Sandlily Wildflower Growing By Lake Estes

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May 13th, 2012 by

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Phil and  I were walking around Lake Estes the other day when I saw a little grove of beautiful, white Sand-lilies in the grass. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before, at least not to identify it.

I looked them up in my wildflower book and learned that their white, fragrant flowers are stemless and grow in clumps to about 6″ high. The petals look almost as sheer as tissue paper. The six stamens are bright yellow and the pollen was falling everywhere.

I thought this was a beautiful wildflower to post on Mother’s Day. Wishing you all a Happy Mother’s Day! I hope this day is special for everyone!

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The Richardson’s Ground Squirrels Are back In Estes Park And RMNP!

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May 12th, 2012 by

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We saw our first Richardson’s Ground Squirrel a few weeks ago but they are hard to take a picture of as they scurry about so quickly. I waited beside one of their holes to get these photographs. The first one looks like he is out looking for some food.

You can see these little guys all over the place…in Rocky Mountain National Park as well as all around the town, especially on the golf courses.

In the second photograph it looks like he is trying to make his home a bit bigger. Cute little guys…

 

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