| Some pics that are backlogging—I’ve got a few from Yellowstone, the Kansas River, and locally that I’ll post over the next few days.
First, a few from the Kansas, in part off-topic. This was a site visit, for work (proof to some biologist friends that environmental attorneys do indeed get in the field some), for federally-listed least terns and piping plovers (the latter had already fledged and moved on).
Habitat
Several amphibians were in and around the log jams on these islands—it was hot, and at least the cricket frogs and toads took on a very bleached look to ward it off. Although these individuals weren’t the best examples, some were extremely light.
This heated fellow would not hold still, so I had to do a grab the back leg shot (he still squirmed his way to blurriness)
Back on shore, the amphibs looked more like themselves
Acris crepitans blanchardi
The only way to travel… at least on the shallow Kansas
And just to satisfy the snakers, a timber from a bit earlier this summer, in situ, as he was posed at the edge of a large rock -- scanned from 35mm so a lot of quality lost
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