Mountain Lion Kill

This carcass is fairly old now -- I saw some pictures at the station right after the kill occured. I think the skeleton is more palatable than all the organs hanging out. Makes me think about vegatarianism again. Happy, well-fed lion though.

The park rangers said that people have been commenting on this kill for a while, it's about fifteen feet from one of two heavily trafficked trails at Roxborough park. Winter was tough on the deer, I wonder how the heavy snows affected the lions.

These deer are big, it really makes you appreciate the abilities and strength of the lions.

Carabidae

Some kind of ground predator beetle -- it loves giant mealworms, bites 'em clean in half.

Beetles!

My sister put it best when she described her online absence as "falling off the blogging bandwagon." I did manage to do a fair amount of quilting in the interim; I'll post that on Wave, Tree and Bloom.

I'll admit to a little of the blahs lately. Maybe more than a little -- but of what a difference a few beetles can make. I'll post some more pics, still looking for a genus and species.