August 7, 2024
Some photos from last month:
Paintbrush at Schweitzer mountain...
Immature blackheaded grosbeak, my back yard...
Upper end of Upper Twin Lake. Native lilies...
female black headed grosbeak
August 16
We
visited Round Lake State Park yesterday. As a plus, it's an
undeveloped 50 acre lake enclosed in a state park. As a minus,
it's very popular with campers and visitors. But yesterday we
only saw a handful of people on or along the lake, and none on the
trail around it...
This is at the outlet.
On
the far side is a swampy area with the largest patch of skunk cabbage
I've seen. It's name derives from the smell it emits while
flowering with yellow flowers in the spring. It's inedible--has
the same stuff in it that rhubarb leaves have...
On the side where the inlet comes in, it was good bird viewing at the bridge. Cedar waxwing.
Juvenile cedar waxwing.
August 17
And here's a male blackheaded grosbeak:
Plus a juvenile bathing:
With goldfinches in attendance...
August 23
We
made a day trip to Queen Lake north of Moyie Springs today. It's
a little pothole lake at 5000 elevation, very quiet and we had the
place to ourselves
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