I have been able to capture Killdeer birds at various times this year including when I was in Colorado. This bird was pretending to be injured, it must have had a nest somewhat near but I did not ever see it. I liked this image because it showed off their red eyes in the evening sunlight.
Happy Monday and happy new week! Happy new month as well, it's September already! I thought I would start off the week with another of my favorite flowers that always makes me happy to see. This is a bloom from my Shasta Daisy I have growing in the back yard.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Today's image is from the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden. This is the first Cog Railway locomotive that was used at Pikes Peak. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1890 and made it's first trip to the summit in 1891. It was retired in 1941 and put on display at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. The CRRM acquired it in 1979.
In early August, I had to a different building in the morning so I was taking a different route. There was a beautiful sunrise that morning and I had to stop and take a photo. I especially liked the rays the clouds were making.
There have been a large number of Cicadas around lately. I captured this one on my G Scale raised layout one day. It was very shady and a bit challenging to photograph.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! Today's flower is one that blooms for quite a while in my area, Wild Alfalfa. It usually blooms May to July but I saw some still blooming in August this year. Wild Alfalfa resembles it's domestic relative but has smaller leaves and is very drought tolerant with roots that can go as deep as 10 feet. This particular image is from last year and I never shared it.
