2014-04 Big Bend National Park

Nugent Mountain

Main Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Mountain

Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Debbie

Cattail Falls Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Trees

A bit of water year-round provides for trees.

Cattail Falls Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Longspur Columbine & Southern Maidenhair Fern

Aquilegia longissima & Adiantum capillus-veneris

Cattail Falls, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Cattail Falls

Just a trickle of water this time.

Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Eastern Fence Lizard

Sceloporus undulatus - showing its bright belly.

Cattail Falls, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Giant Helleborine

Epipactis gigantea - finding this  orchid was a real treat for me.

Cattail Falls, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Giant Helleborine

Epipactis gigantea - if there had not been flowers, I might have missed this orchid.

Cattail Falls, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Longspur Columbine

Aquilegia longissima

Cattail Falls, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Rain Cloud

We saw this coming, suspecting a bit of rain.

Cattail Falls Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Cattail Wash

A lot of water over a long time carved this wash.

Cattail Falls Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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