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Hiking to Crater Lake, Revisited
Today’s post originally published about a year ago, as I concluded a trip to Maroon Bells in Colorado. As I re-post this, I have just completed another visit to this area and will have several posts from the Maroon Bells, including another wonderful hike with my good friend Adam Jack, to Crater Lake. Until I […]
Posted in 2013, Blog, Landscape Photography, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: 2013, Blog, Colorado, Crater Lake, landscape, Maroon Bells, nature, nature photography, photography, summer, travel
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Wildflowers of Crater Lake
As we left Crater Lake, walking down the trail, we came upon 3 wildflowers that we had not seen around Maroon Lake. The first one was one of my favorites, Blue Columbine, a beautiful but dainty-looking wildflower: The next one we found was Indian Paintbrush, which grew in small clumps in one […]
Posted in 2012, Blog, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Travel Photography, Wildflowers
Tags: 2012, Blog, Colorado, Crater Lake, Crater Lake 2012, hiking, landscape, macro photography, Maroon Bells, Maroon Bells 2012, nature, photography, summer, travel, wildflower
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Here A Quack, There A Quack, Everywhere A Quack Quack!
Upon arriving at Crater Lake, we took a short break to eat some snacks and just enjoy our surroundings (check this out if you missed the Crater Lake landscape images!). While we were sitting there, we saw several ducks on the far side of Crater Lake. A short time later, we saw a hen with […]
Posted in 2012, Birds, Blog, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: 2012, behavior, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Colorado, Crater Lake, Crater Lake 2012, cute, ducklings, ducks, Maroon Bells, Maroon Bells 2012, nature, photography, summer, travel
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Golden Critters Found at Crater Lake
When we hiked to Crater Lake, we had a colony of Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus lateralis) that became active as the sun rose above the treeline. Here are a couple of my favorite images: Cute little guys! They resemble the numerous Colorado Chipmunks that seemed to be everywhere. But the biggest differences were […]
Posted in 2012, Blog, Mammals, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: 2012, behavior, Blog, Colorado, Crater Lake, Crater Lake 2012, cute, mammals, Maroon Bells, Maroon Bells 2012, meadow, nature, photography, summer, travel
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Fun Friday: “You Tourists are Boring Me!”
Today’s “Fun Friday” post comes from along the Crater Lake Trail, in Colorado’s Maroon Bells area. As Adam and I hiked back down the mountain from Crater Lake, we had this cute little Pika that was very patient with us, sitting on a rock, watching us, and yawning! Here is a sequence that shows the […]
Posted in Blog
Tags: behavior, Blog, Colorado, Crater Lake, cute, hiking, mammals, Maroon Bells, nature, photography, summer, travel
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Mountain Climbing, Anyone?
One of the surprises Adam and I found along the Crater Lake Trail was totally unexpected. As we hiked the trail, we had just come across an area where several pikas were scurrying among the loose rocks (“A ‘Life’ Mammal … On Top of the Mountain”). We decided it would be best to find a […]
Posted in Blog
Tags: behavior, Blog, Colorado, Crater Lake, cute, goat, hiking, mammals, Maroon Bells, mountain goat, nature, newborn, photography, summer, travel
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A “Life” Mammal … on Top of the Mountain!
If you missed yesterday’s lead-in post for today’s feature, you might want to read it first (“Hiking to Crater Lake”). Today’s post features a “life” mammal for me, one I had never seen before. The lucky guy, an American Pika (Ochotona princeps). About three quarters of the way to Crater Lake, at an altitude nearing […]
Posted in Blog
Tags: behavior, Blog, Colorado, Crater Lake, cute, mammals, nature, photography, pika, summer, travel
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Hiking to Crater Lake
A couple of days after arriving at Maroon Bells, my good friend Adam Jack (aka @wildobs, for all you Twitter followers) joined me for a couple of days. We had a blast, hiking around Maroon Bells Lake and hiking through some of the area meadows/woodlands, as we searched out interesting wildlife. But our highlight was […]
Posted in Blog
Tags: Blog, Colorado, Crater Lake, hiking, lakes, landscape, Maroon Bells, nature, photography, reflections, summer, travel
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