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I pass a patch of white thistles on the way down to the canyon below Eagle Rocks

5413-thistles.jpg I choose to follow a drainage downward into the canyon below Eagle RocksThumbnailsAfter crossing the canyon, I climb up the hill toward the Eagle Rocks turretsI choose to follow a drainage downward into the canyon below Eagle RocksThumbnailsAfter crossing the canyon, I climb up the hill toward the Eagle Rocks turretsI choose to follow a drainage downward into the canyon below Eagle RocksThumbnailsAfter crossing the canyon, I climb up the hill toward the Eagle Rocks turretsI choose to follow a drainage downward into the canyon below Eagle RocksThumbnailsAfter crossing the canyon, I climb up the hill toward the Eagle Rocks turretsI choose to follow a drainage downward into the canyon below Eagle RocksThumbnailsAfter crossing the canyon, I climb up the hill toward the Eagle Rocks turrets

I've noticed that these thistles, while blooming, always seem to have insects feeding on the flowers.