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Photos from CypressHills-WestBlock on 2007may24:
Red-tailed hawk: melanistic form Mule-deer: distant Waxleaf penstemon=Penstemon nitidus: Cowboys: and cattle Moss phlox=Phlox hoodii: Cut-leaf anemone=Anemone multifida: plant in bud Cut-leaf anemone=Anemone multifida: plant in bud Gumbo evening-primrose=Oenothera caespitosa: plant in bud Gumbo evening-primrose=Oenothera caespitosa: buds closer Prairie buttercup=Ranunculus rhomboideus: yellow-composite: Fairy bells: Clematis: Mountain ash: Western-Canada violet=Viola rugulosa: Clematis: Platanthera obtusata?: leaves Fairy bells?: in bud Fragile bladder fern: Frog-pelt lichen: Frog-pelt lichen: sign: Cypress Hills West Block Waxleaf penstemon=Penstemon nitidus: plant Waxleaf penstemon=Penstemon nitidus: clump with pods and buds Waxleaf penstemon=Penstemon nitidus: plant Waxleaf penstemon=Penstemon nitidus: plant Waxleaf penstemon=Penstemon nitidus: pods me: and Waxleaf penstemon=Penstemon nitidus me: and Waxleaf penstemon=Penstemon nitidus
- thanks to Chet Neufeld, the blue-flowered plant originally identified as Lance-leaved lungwort=Mertensia lanceolata has been corrected to Waxleaf penstemon=Penstemon nitidus

Photos from MapleCreek-to-Eastend on 2007may24:
Cowboy boot: nailed onto every fencepost Cowboy boot: ranch valley: of the FrenchmanRiver showing the white-mud used for pottery

Photos from Eastend on 2007may24:
Whitemud-Clay Pottery Gallery: in Eastend Plains prickly-pear-cactus=Opuntia polyacantha: or Pincushion Cactus=Escobaria vivipara? in frontyard of WhitemudClayPotteryGallery

Photos from Eastend-to-PineCreeCampground on 2007may24:
Pronghorn antelope: male Pronghorn antelope: male+six-females

Photos from PineCreeCampground on 2007may24:
Early blue violet=Viola adunca: clump Early blue violet=Viola adunca: flower Amerorchis rotundifolia: in bud