RHH's photos with the keyword: tundra

Thanks to gravitywave for the id. This was photographed growing in the scree around Robson Glacier and on the moraines above the glacier in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia.

Thanks to Eric in SF for the id on this plant.

We followed this stream across the tundra to Snowbird Pass and the icefields that lie beyond the pass.

This route heads nearly due east from Robson Glacier over the tundra to Snowbird Pass from which one can look out over the vast icefields that lie to the east of the Pass..

This plant was identified by Upupa4me. It was photographed on the tundra above Robson Glacier and on the trail to Snowbird Pass.

I believe this to be correctly identified as a sedge, but which one I do not know. Perhaps someone who sees the picture can tell me, but I understand that the sedges are exceedingly difficult to distinguish. This was photographed on the tundra along the trail to Snowbird Pass in Mount Robson Provincial Park, but was also seen at lower elevations (alpine and sub-alpine).

I am unsure of the species on this Ranunculus - the species listed is the closest match I could find. This was photographed on the tundra at about 6000 feet, growing in the wetter areas.

Photographed near Berg Lake, Mount Robson Provincial Park.

There are large flocks of swans feeding in the fields south of the town where we live. I was out today and took some photos of them both on the ground and in the air. It appeared that the flocks were a mix both of Tundra or Whistling Swans and Trumpeter Swans. I believe the swans in this shots are Trumpeters. As you can see, the sky is rather threatening and by the time I finished taking pictures a storm had moved in and it was beginning to rain. Trumpeter Swans were hunted for their feathers and were hunted nearly to extinction in the early 1900's but have made a comeback and are quite common now. These birds can live to be as old as 30 years and often mate for life. There is some great information on Trumpeter Swans at this address: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Trumpeter_Swan/lifehistory

This gentian, Gentiana algida, was photographed on the tundra at the top of Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park with a Minolta SRT201 using Kodachrome 24 slide film.