I went to Boulder, Colorado for some training the week before last. On a couple of the evenings, I was able to get away for some walks up in the mountains. The picture above is from one of those walks. I got rained on a little bit, just enough to cool me down a little bit.
Yesterday, Mariana and I went butterfly counting at the Big Oaks National Wildlife refuge. Here is a picture of a Spicebush Swallowtail and a Tiger Swallowtail on some butterfly bush. We spent an interesting morning learning the names of all kinds of butterfly species found in our area.
We had to take a safety class and sign a release before we went out counting butterflies, because Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge is the former Jefferson Proving grounds, where the army test-fired artillery for 50 years. Mariana spotted this unexploded shell in a creek near a bridge where we were looking at butterflies.
3 comments:
Wow butterflies and bombs all on one field trip. Who would have known. Thanks for sharing. -Anette
The butterfly count is interesting. I was just thinking the other day that it has been several years since I saw a monarch. We get lots of swallowtails that land on the pasture mud. I think they must be trying to get salt.
Loved the cloud pic. That must have been a nice walk. Mom
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