Tag: Potholes

• Zion National Park’s Many Pools Trail

  

  We went up there in search of the Canyon Tree Frog but discovered that the hatching season of their eggs had not commenced. Maybe in a few weeks will see the eggs morph into tadpoles and ultimately, the 2 1/4 inch Canyon Tree Frog. But the potholes on this trail at Zion’s Eastside were brimming…

  Michael Andrew Just

  May 18, 2019

  Desert Southwest, National Parks, Utah, Zion

  erosion, Images, Many Pools Trail, Nature, Photos. Photography, Potholes, Sandstone, utah, Wilderness, zion national park

• The Very Loud Canyon Tree Frog

  Yes, this frog, only 2 inches long, can really make some noise! And it’s not a single rivet. It’s a series of rivets that have a staccato-like delivery that resembles a machine gun sound or the sound of a woodpecker pecking.  The male frog produces this sound to attract females during the spring breeding season.…

  Michael Andrew Just

  June 2, 2015

  Desert Southwest, National Parks, Utah, Zion

  Amphibians, Audio, Breeding, Canyon Tree Frogs, Desert, Digital, Frogs, Images, National Park, Photography, photos, Pools, Potholes, Sounds, Southwest, Tadpoles, utah, Wildlife, Zion

• Zion’s Many Many Pools Trail

  Up on the Eastside of Zion National Park is an unmarked and unpublicized trail that offers a different look than the rest of the park. The Many Pools Trail is exactly what the name implies. A bunch of pools or potholes carved through erosion into the soft sandstone. The recent May rains have filled the…

  Michael Andrew Just

  June 1, 2015

  Desert Southwest, National Parks, Zion

  Digital, Eastside, Images, Landscape, Many Pools, National Park, Nature, Photography, photos, Pools, Potholes, Reflections, Sandstone, Wilderness, Zion