Hi Chris,
Great shot of the butterfly. Be careful with the mountain lion.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Discussion Group" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 8:49 AM
Subject: [OM] IMGs Chaparral Woldflowers and Butterfly
> The weather here was suitable for hiking in the chaparral yesterday,
> and I came across a nice display of some late season wildflowers. The
> first one is Hooker's Evening Primrose:
>
> <https://picasaweb.google.com/117647316926309333001/PicasaPhotoAlbum?authkey=Gv1sRgCJSmwLq4kMOzJQ#5668903424822030722>
>
> These plants get to be as much as 2 meters tall, much like Bridger's
> Evening Primrose in the Utah canyon country but with a smaller flower.
> The second wildflower is Sandyseed Clammyweed:
>
> <https://picasaweb.google.com/117647316926309333001/PicasaPhotoAlbum?authkey=Gv1sRgCJSmwLq4kMOzJQ#5668903561492863506>
>
> Don't ask me where these common names come from. We have another one out
> here called Texas Frog Fruit, which I have yet to see.
>
> While sorting through earlier photos of the area I was in, I came
> across this one of an Edith's Checkerspot butterfly that I took back in
> March of this year:
>
> <https://picasaweb.google.com/117647316926309333001/PicasaPhotoAlbum?authkey=Gv1sRgCJSmwLq4kMOzJQ#5668903701843277618>
>
> It was hanging around an area of Wright's Deer Vetch. It stood still long
> enogh for me to get the camera settings just right.
>
> Yesterday did have one great surprise: I rounded the corner of a wash
> and about 150 meters ahead of me was an adult Mountain Lion. I've never
> seen one in the wild before. I immediately froze and slowly reached for
> the camera, but by the time I had it in place he had ducked into a thicket
> of Mesquite, Jojoba, Wolfberry, and cactus. So, I found a suitable blind
> downwind of him behind a large boulder in the shade of a cliff, with the
> telephoto zoom in place. After two hours I ran out of shade and had to
> leave, but in the meantime the cactus wrens raised a ruckus as he moved
> about in the thicket.
>
> From the profusion of tracks it was obvious that the thicket is his
> home, so there may be other opportunities to photograph him if I get there
> early enough in the morning.
>
> Chris
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