The late summer flowers are in their finally blooms and going to seed. The prairie dogs are getting fat for winter when they will be largely dormant. Last Sunday I took a scenic walk and took pictures of this colorful natural refuge in an urban setting.
Sunflowers |
Blanket Flower |
Purple or Tansy Aster |
Prairie Dog |
Stopping to smell the flowers |
Going down into his burrow |
Getting fat on seeds and leaves |
Apache Plume |
Apache Plume seed heads |
Desert Bird of Paradise |
Seed pods on New Mexico Locust |
Sared Datura or Jimson Weed |
Jimson Weed Seed Pods |
Goldfinch |
Morning Glory |
Threadleaf Groundsel |
Prairie Coneflower |
Sunflower |
Hackberry |
Maxmillian's Sunflower |
Wright's Wild Buckwheat |
Close up of the Wright's Buckwheat flowers |
Cane Cholla Cactus |
Desert Marigold |
Russian Olive |
Bumble Bee gathering late summer pollen from a sunflower |