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Uinta Ground Squirrels With Blue, Green And Gold Backgrounds

By Mia McPherson|May 12th, 2020|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, background, blue, canyon, color, gold, grass, grasses, green, ground squirrel, ground squirrels, leafless, mountains, shaded, squirrel, squirrels, Uinta Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus armatus, willows|

Early this month I was able to create this golden background by having leafless willows that line the creek below the road behind the Uinta Ground Squirrel when I photographed it.

Carpet of Gold in Soapstone Basin, Utah

By Mia McPherson|July 15th, 2014|Categories: Soapstone Basin, Utah, Wasatch County, Wildflowers|Tags: basin, carpet of gold, gold, mountain mule ear, mountains, Mule's Ears, summer, wildflowers, wooly mule ear, Wyethia amplexicaulis, yellow flowers, yellow wildflowers|

There were other wildflowers blooming in the mountains yesterday but in the Soapstone Basin it was the Mule's Ears that stole the show.