Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Silver Falls State Park May 27th Hike

As I was heading out on my weekly excursion to the park this morning, I decided that I would hike an area that I have never been at before--the bike loop trail. Aside from getting spooked by a small animal--possibly a rabbit--due to whatever it was running right behind me when I had my audio equipment on as high as it could go, it was a fairly nice walk. I also saw two Western Thatcher Ant hills that had been ripped open by a Black Bear, and as I noticed the ants were scrambling to move the baby ants still in their white pods, I was spooked once again when I came to the conclusion that those ant hills could have been ripped open that very morning--so I walked a little faster. As usual, below are some of my favorite pictures of the day...

 Western Trumpet Honeysuckle

 Oregon Iris

 Pacific Fritillery

 Baldhip Rose

 Early Blue Violet

 Red Elderberry

Pacific Rhododendron

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