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Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
06/11/2015
The wildflowers around Haviland Lake are wonderful in June.
Matt Leidecker
Photo Date:
09/15/2012
False hellebore, or corn lily (Caltha leptosepala).
Amy Brown
Photo Date:
06/18/2015
Cairn Basin meadow.
Kyle Jenkins
Photo Date:
10/24/2016
A moose wades leisurely in Willow Lake.
Patrick Mueller
Photo Date:
08/04/2015
A wary chipmunk.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
05/04/2016
Crystal Spring in Ash Meadows.
Aron Bosworth
Photo Date:
09/13/2014
Tuolomne Meadows.
Aron Bosworth
Photo Date:
09/13/2014
Tuolumne Meadows as seen from the top of Lembert Dome. Cathedral Peak (10,912 ft), left, towers above.
Jonathan Stull
Photo Date:
08/28/2016
A yet-unbloomed thistle.
Jonathan Stull
Photo Date:
08/28/2016
An insect alights on blooming spotted knapweed.
Matt Leidecker
Photo Date:
07/25/2011
The flower displays along the southern edge of Elk Meadow change as the summer progresses. Here is a late June bloom of Mountain shooting star (Dodecatheon jeffreyi).
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
06/15/2013
Female red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus).
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
06/15/2013
Cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus spp.).
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
06/15/2013
Oregon swallowtail butterfly (Papilio oregonius).
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
06/15/2013
Camp Polk Meadow Preserve.
Brandon Fralic
Photo Date:
10/09/2014
Fall fireweed in the meadows of Blue Lake.
Jonathan Stull
Photo Date:
10/14/2016
Wilson Meadows and Lizard Head.
Kyle Jenkins
Photo Date:
08/02/2015
The Stillwater's open valley, Christmas Meadows.
Duncan Sadava
Photo Date:
09/20/2015
Fall colors at Brandywine Meadows.
Patrick Mueller
Photo Date:
07/05/2016
The Milky Way rises early in the night above Kings Creek Meadow.
Amy Brown
Photo Date:
06/25/2015
Three Fingered Jack from Canyon Creek Meadow.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
08/24/2014
Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.