Late summer in the mountains in raspberry season! Torrey and I hiked through several patches of raspberries on our trek through the Rockies in August, and it was lovely. We were on the look out for bears and spotted this adorable little thing stuffing her face with fat, ripe, juicy raspberries. She would scurry to one plant, eat a bunch of berries, then hurry to another. She wasn't bothered by us one bit. Berries are an important food source in the mountains, especially in late summer when everything is fattening up for a long and cold winter. Chipmunks aren't the only animals to hang out around a berry patch; lots of birds eat the berries too, as do bears! We were always cautious when entering a berry patch because surprising one of the park's thirty or so bears was not high on our list of things to do. Especially not a mother with her cubs. We didn't have any problems among the berries though, and enjoyed watching the little chipmunks run around with fat cheeks. Happy harvesting, little one!
Leave me a comment and tell me about a berry patch you came upon while on a hike or walk. What kind were they?
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