Chrysidid wasp

[steorra]

This morning I saw a shiny blue-green insect that I'm fairly sure was Chrysidid wasp (cuckoo wasp, emerald wasp). One picture behind the cut.
( Shiny blue-green wasp )

For more pictures and details of my identification process, see this post on my own journal.

Mountain goats

[seasonoftowers]

Saw them on some rocky formations last time I was on a hike. They let you get really close as long as you're on a different rocky formation from them, which is why I could take this pic with a 300mm lens.

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