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everydayhiker

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  • @everydayhiker@lemmy.world this is what balsam looks like

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  • Oh nice, I’ve never actually seen before it I don’t think, or at least didn’t realize that’s what it was.

  • An American Goldfinch eating a Balsamroot Seed

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  • Should be an arrowleaf balsamroot, which is in the sunflower family. I’ve always just called them balsam flowers, but I guess I’ve never really seen the other balsam flower that people grow in gardens. I feel like I butchered this post haha.

  • An American Goldfinch eating a Balsamroot Seed

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  • Hell yeah, I love bee balm! Looks great and its such a great attractor.

  • An American Goldfinch eating a Balsamroot Seed

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  • Just crossposted, thanks for the suggestion!

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    An American Goldfinch eating a Balsamroot Seed

  • An American Goldfinch eating a Balsamroot Seed

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  • Nice! It looks so great when it covers a large area!

  • An American Goldfinch eating a Balsamroot Seed

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  • Nice! Yeah, they really pop out of their surroundings.

  • Twin Sisters via Caine's Coulee, Makoshika State Park, Glendive MT

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  • Absolutely! Badlands are some of my favorite places to go, I always call them my spirit landscape haha.

  • An American Goldfinch eating a Balsamroot Seed

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  • Yep, totally had it marked wrong from the get go and didn't even notice as I was copy pasting. Hoped to correct in time, but always appreciate corrections.

  • An American Goldfinch eating a Balsamroot Seed

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  • Yeah, I was blindly copying what I had saved before I realized I had marked it wrong from the get go. Been going back and changing all the different places I put it before I noticed. Hoped I got it corrected before anyone else saw, but appreciate the heads up

  • Photography @lemmy.world
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    An American Goldfinch eating a Balsamroot Seed

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    Caprock Coulee Trail, Makoshika State Park, Glendive MT

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    Twin Sisters via Caine's Coulee, Makoshika State Park, Glendive MT

  • Makoshika State Park Museum/Visitor's Center, Glendive, MT

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  • Yeah, I’m not too sure, possibly the hardiness of the flora and needing more ‘gut space’ to help break it down? I know there was a blip somewhere in the museum disussing how the dinosaurs were starting to be dominated by larger species near the extinction. May have been the same forces at play. I also think, in general, a cooler climate supports larger animals.. as per the second comment, yeah I absolutely love Montana. Don’t think I could deal with the winters, but I try to make it to at least a part of it every year.

  • Gunner's Ridge to Hungry Joe Overlook, Makoshika State Park, MT

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  • Ooh, I’ll add it to the list, thanks!

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    Makoshika State Park Museum/Visitor's Center, Glendive, MT

  • Gunner's Ridge to Hungry Joe Overlook, Makoshika State Park, MT

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  • Hmm, I’m not too sure. Seems like half of the things named in that area are food terms repurposed or ‘hungry ____.’ Probably just a bunch of people that have been caught out in the badlands being hungry haha. I’ll have to look up hingry horse sometime, not sure if I know that one. Yeah, I don’t make it to eastern Montana as often, but it has some really great spots for sure.

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    Gunner's Ridge to Hungry Joe Overlook, Makoshika State Park, MT

  • Oldman Lake Trail Glacier National Park, MT

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  • It’s along the northern border fairly west in MT, so I think maybe 4 hours if you were headed from Yellowstone. I’ve never gone direct between the two on any of my visits but it’s certainly an option.

  • Crypt Lake Trail, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

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  • Thanks! Yeah, it’s tough to show the scale sometimes. Glad I was able to pull it off, that viewpoint is so stunning.

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    Oldman Lake Trail Glacier National Park, MT

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    Crypt Lake Trail, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

  • Red Canyon Trail and Blakiston Falls, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

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  • I didn't get into it here, at the main lake it was chilly but refreshing. I think the majority of the canyon water is more splash around with kids as opposed to swimming hole. The falls are pretty well isolated from the trail.

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    Red Canyon Trail and Blakiston Falls, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

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    Akamina Ridge Trail, Forum Lake to Wall Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

  • Lineham Falls Trail, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

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  • Yeah, the main photo is taken from the start of the ledge, here's another one from there with me in it, you can go right up to the edge 6 or so feet to my right in the photo and its solid footing until a cliff edge. You can't tell from the photos, but beneath that ledge the falls goes for like 50 more feet and then still has a big canyon bowl beyond that so you're really on these falls.. For sure, especially fun if you can get behind a waterfall.

    (Lineham falls with me standing on the ledge area after the scramble.)

  • Southfork Lakes Trail, Castle Wildland Provincial Park, Pincher Creek, Alberta

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  • And just a heads up, I'll be out of cell service until I think Sunday (Isle Royale backpacking) so it'll be a short hiatus on these posts.

  • Robertson Peak/Crowsnest Ridge, Crowsnest Provincial Park, Sparwood BC

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  • Whenever I see them, my first thought is always ‘who is wearing toes shoes out here?’

  • Robertson Peak/Crowsnest Ridge, Crowsnest Provincial Park, Sparwood BC

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  • Haha, it’s totally scat from an animal. I think it was a bear that had gone through there, but not 100%. Towards the end of the hike I saw a bunch of individual pieces that collectively were probably a black bear near there.