Showing posts with label Glacier National Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Glacier National Park. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Wild rose in bloom, with European skipper butterfly and beetle

 


In Glacier National Park, we hiked the Running Eagle Falls nature trail and saw this wild rose blooming with a couple of insects checking it out. The butterfly is a European skipper, accidentally introduced into America over a hundred years ago. The trail has signs along the way that identify bushes and trees in English and the native Pikuni (Blackfeet) people's language.

Samsung a52, f1.8, 1/1591 sec., ISO 25, 5.2 mm, cropped tighter


Remember, it's not just a picture, it's a story!

Saturday, August 5, 2023

Bighorn Sheep having lunch on a slope in Glacier National Park


We saw a small herd of bighorn sheep along the Going-to-the-Sun Road, in Glacier National Park, cross the road and head down the slope. This bigger male was keeping others away from the spot he wanted so he could get the choicest vegetation. I waited for him to move away from the rest of the herd and get to the spot he wanted before I captured this image. We were along the road west of Logan Pass.


215 mm focal length, f8, ISO 200, 1/80 sec


Remeber, it's not just a picture, it's a story!