Category: Flora and Fauna
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Yosemite Nature Notes 27: Bighorn Sheep
It’s time again for another great episode of Yosemite Nature Notes.
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Come visit Yosemite, now with more bighorn sheep
If you’ve ever been lucky enough to see a bighorn sheep in Yosemite then you’ve witnessed something very special that very few visitors ever see. But now that is all changing.
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Edie’s Image of the Day: Black Headed Grosbeak
A black headed grosbeak sits in an apple tree in the stable orchard. (Cross posted from The Little Red Tent)
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Edie’s Image of the Day: Showy Milkweed
Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) leaves, the habitat plant for monarch butterflies(Cross posted from The Little Red Tent)
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Edie’s Image of the Day: In velvet
Buck mule deer, antlers still covered in velvet. (Cross posted from The Little Red Tent)
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Edie’s Image of the Day: Swallowtail Butterfly
One of over 550 species of swallowtail butterflies. This one is probably a tiger swallowtail butterfly. (Cross posted from The Little Red Tent)
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Edie’s Image of the Day: Spicebush
Spicebush (calycanthus occidentalis) flower. Stems were used as arrow shafts.(Cross posted from The Little Red Tent)
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Edie’s Image of the Day: Hanging Garden
Plants grow from a crack in Glacier Point Apron(Cross posted from The Little Red Tent)
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Edie’s Image of the Day: The Fen
A fen is a marsh or bog, a low area of land subject to seasonal flooding.(Cross posted from The Little Red Tent)
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Edie’s Image of the Day: Cow Parsnip
Cow Parsnip (Heracleum maximum) blossoms. (Cross posted from The Little Red Tent)