Sunday, August 14, 2011

Flora and Fauna

Here are some additional photos not on my Picasa site of the variety of flora and fauna found in Glacier National Park.  The park has an extremely short visitor season, especially this year when the Going-to-the-Sun Road did not open until mid-July.  Animals are busy foraging and flowers are in bloom EVERYwhere.  We took a ranger-led walk to identify wildflowers, and we ended up remembering the names of about 3 species...
Mountain Goats on the way to Hidden Lake

One of many deer throughout the park

Bighorn Sheep near Logan Pass

One of many species of white flowers that I kept thinking were Queen Anne's Lace (no QAL in Glacier)

Columbine

Wildflowers galore on the hillside by Lake Josephine

Black Bear - we did not see any Grizzlies

Bald Eagle - we saw two at Two Medicine

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