Bird on floating log, Hecla Lake
Close up, Goldenrod flowers with a single golden soldier beetle Chauliognathus sp.
It was a warm day (60's?), but the ants were still a little slow so it was easier to photograph them.
They were busy carrying pebbles from their nest.
Boulder County, Colorado, US
Boulder County, Colorado, US
This was picked up by a volunteer as we were repairing the path after the flood of 2013. He was released away from the work site.
Resting in grass near campus sidewalk
Rabbit laying low in stealth mode in what seems to be prairie dog burrow entrance adjacent to open space
Rabbit taking advantage of prairie dog burrow entrance for possible escape route. Expecting developers will soon kill prairie dogs and turn fields into asphalt, concrete, steel and glass for human workspaces.