Porcupine

Porcupine ~ erethizon dorsatum

While they used to be plentiful in this region, Porcupines are pretty scarce now. This is one of my favorite pictures from back in 2008. He was hiding pretty well, wasn’t he!

Coeur d’Alene Mountains

Photos were taken from the Munson Creek trail head.

Early touch of winter

After about a week, the snow has finally stopped and a couple cold nights are coming up (temps in the low teens (F) so today I went on a short hike on a favorite forest road. The snow was deep enough to make hiking a little unpleasant, but the trees are nicely decorated.

Night watch

His senses are far superior to mine: I wonder what data he was receiving from beyond my flashlight beam.

Wild Horse Plains

In western Montana the Clark Fork of the Columbia River flows through a valley called “Wild Horse Plains”.

Two photo day

Today’s hike on Koo Koo Sint Ridge was truncated by the heat. Some days are like that.

The flowers up in that region are showing the effects of the very hot and dry weather. Even the Indian Paintbrush were dry and turning brown. This one which was growing in the shade was the best I could find.