
Cushion plant community on saddle of Mount Jumbo, Missoula

Yellow-bellied marmot

Seeley Lake area

White-tailed deer fawn

Birding at Maclay Flat

Arrowleaf balsamroot blooming in June

Albino shooting stars found on Mount Jumbo, Missoula

Great gray owl at Maclay Flat, Missoula

Striped coralroot found at Placid Lake in the Seeley Swan Valley

Cross-country ski tracks at Lolo Pass on Montana/Idaho border

Yellow pine chipmunk

Skiing the Packer Meadow Loop at Lolo Pass on the Montana/Idaho border

Alpine wildflower field in July

Mountain river with green forest and small waterfall

Glacier lily (Erythronium grandiflorum)

Fairy slipper orchid (Calypso bulbosa)

Great blue heron, one of my favorite birds

Winter birding in Missoula

Blue Mountain National Recreation Area, Missoula

Blackfoot River, Missoula

Bitterroot River, Missoula

Woodland skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides)

Wilson's snipe

Red squirrel

Lolo Pass

Praying mantis

Dissecting a short-eared owl pellet

Glacier lilies

Collecting aquatic invertebrates for closer examination and identification

Water strider

Fireweed at Blue Mountain

Mountain chickadee

Snowshoe hare tracks

Bitterroot flowers

Lichen

Beartooth mushroom

Red naped sapsucker

Elena teaching Montana Master Naturalist students how to identify native shrubs

Elena skiiing Lolo Pass

Birding the Bitterroot River in Missoula

Mayfly larvae found during an Aquatic Invertebrate Exploration

Osprey