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Photos from Narcisse snake-den-nbr2 on 2006may08:
Gartersnake: many Gartersnake: many Gartersnake: many Gartersnake: many Gartersnake: many Gartersnake: head Gartersnake: head Gartersnake: head closeup Gartersnake: many

Photos from Marble Ridge on 2006may08:
Kidney-leaved white violet=Viola renifolia: plant Kidney-leaved white violet=Viola renifolia: flower Yellow ladyslipper: emerging Calypso: flower Calypso: emerging Doris: at marker4 habitat: at MarbleRidge marker4 Calypso: clump Calypso: clump Ramshead ladyslipper: emerging clump Coyote: droppings Calypso: plant

My camera's auto-focus had a very bad day; it usually picked the background, occasionally the subject, and often neither. Dark conditions and a battery that's nearing the end of its life may be the cause?