Hairy Woodpecker
Seven magpies gathered around a fallen tree on a Colorado hillside along the front range of the Rocky Mountains
While the garden shrubs and flowers have lost nearly all their leaves and gone to seed
This painting is my attempt to share this enchanting encounter
Cards blank on the inside with information about the pictured chickadees on the back
Through the Seasons: A Rocky Mountain Front Range Native Wildflower Garden in SUMMER Crested Butte Hairy WoodpeckerA native wildflower garden along the front range of the Rocky Mountains delivers beauty as well as habitat for birds and pollinators throughout the year. During July and August, shades of pink, fuchsia and lavender blossoms dominate as yucca, shell leaf beardtongue, coneflower, bee balm, poppy mallow, prairie clover, and showy milkweed come into bloom. Blanketflower, chocolate flower, golden columbine, sulfur flowered buckwheat, prairie coneflower,