Marys Peak butterfly explosion 6/25
Posted: June 25th, 2015, 7:06 pm
Far and away more butterflys than I have ever seen anywhere before including any of the migrations passing Mt Hood. The Fritillarys' were everywhere.. Like say this Tiger Lily that was maybe twenty feet from the car....
But they more commonly came in bunches..
The summit meadow area and below are packed full of Tiger Lily..
There's a view or three up there too. Mt Adams and Mt Rainier to the north were hid in the haze for camera purposes but visible as was Diamond Peak to the south. Here's Mt Jefferson and the Three Sisters with smaller peaks tucked between..
And add Mt Hood to this one..
Bottomside of a Swallowtail on a Tiger Lily..
Topside..
Fenders Blue..
Closer view of Three Sisters..
So far it's been Fritillary on orange and white... here's yellow
And purple..
A mini rock garden on the summit..
A patch of Oregon Sunshine, strangely butterfly free at that particular moment..
Down into the darker forest with a Sorrel covered floor..
Star-Flowered False Solomon's Seal..
Columbine..
The Meadows Edge Trail winds thru an old growth noble fir forest..
with big trees and blue sky above..
And itty bitty flowers lining sections of the trail..
I think this one is a moth.. he's bright red when flying..
Dock (red stuff) in the summit meadow area..
Time to try and count the butterflys...
It just went on and on like this. It was hard not to step on them. They really were everywhere..
It does tend to make for a verrrrry slow pace..
Which was so exhausting it required a refueling stop at..
The cool, cloudy, howling windy Yaquina Head series.. (63 degrees I think it was...brrr)
Pelicans in formation (my notes say penguins...glad I caught that... )...
Lighthouse..
Some of that marine layer of clouds would feel nice in this apt. right about now..
The cloudbank hovering just off the coast (though it covered 101 in places coming up from Waldport too)..
Slide show version here http://picasaweb.google.com/pdxgene/MarysPeak
We lucked into incredible timing for Marys Peak. The ranger said the butterflys should be around another week or two. It's really not possible to describe or photograph how many of them are there. But if you like that kind of thing as much as we did.... JUST GO!
it's worth it..
But they more commonly came in bunches..
The summit meadow area and below are packed full of Tiger Lily..
There's a view or three up there too. Mt Adams and Mt Rainier to the north were hid in the haze for camera purposes but visible as was Diamond Peak to the south. Here's Mt Jefferson and the Three Sisters with smaller peaks tucked between..
And add Mt Hood to this one..
Bottomside of a Swallowtail on a Tiger Lily..
Topside..
Fenders Blue..
Closer view of Three Sisters..
So far it's been Fritillary on orange and white... here's yellow
And purple..
A mini rock garden on the summit..
A patch of Oregon Sunshine, strangely butterfly free at that particular moment..
Down into the darker forest with a Sorrel covered floor..
Star-Flowered False Solomon's Seal..
Columbine..
The Meadows Edge Trail winds thru an old growth noble fir forest..
with big trees and blue sky above..
And itty bitty flowers lining sections of the trail..
I think this one is a moth.. he's bright red when flying..
Dock (red stuff) in the summit meadow area..
Time to try and count the butterflys...
It just went on and on like this. It was hard not to step on them. They really were everywhere..
It does tend to make for a verrrrry slow pace..
Which was so exhausting it required a refueling stop at..
The cool, cloudy, howling windy Yaquina Head series.. (63 degrees I think it was...brrr)
Pelicans in formation (my notes say penguins...glad I caught that... )...
Lighthouse..
Some of that marine layer of clouds would feel nice in this apt. right about now..
The cloudbank hovering just off the coast (though it covered 101 in places coming up from Waldport too)..
Slide show version here http://picasaweb.google.com/pdxgene/MarysPeak
We lucked into incredible timing for Marys Peak. The ranger said the butterflys should be around another week or two. It's really not possible to describe or photograph how many of them are there. But if you like that kind of thing as much as we did.... JUST GO!
it's worth it..