Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: interestingness#170

On an all-day hike along the Gunnery Pass Trail, off Highway 40 (Kananaskis) on Saturday, we saw several of these attractive (most likely Northern) Checkerspot butterflies towards the end of the hike. I don't know which kind of Checkerspot it is - would welcome any ID help : ) Holy smokes - what a slow day at Flickr today!! Later: thanks, Doug, for the info!

We saw this huddle of teeny Richardson's Ground Squirrels at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary yesterday. People also call these animals Gophers. They haven't had time yet to learn what humans are, so only dart down into their burrow at the very last minute when you approach. They provide food for wildlife such as "my" family of Great Horned Owls.