’Tis the season, or almost, so I thought I would just reshare a popular post of mine from 2015 instead of a historical photo. This is the story of two mule deer bucks, horns interlocked, and the intervention of me and the Wyoming Game and Fish. To the Rescue
Category: Wildlife
Poor Thing
A little side track… please indulge me. On the way home from our Girl Scout staff reunion, I spotted this poor mule deer. Well, he crossed the road right in front of me, so he was hard to miss! I thought at first that he was covered in burdock… but that wasn’t the case. He…
Spring Elk Herd
Once again, I was happy for the long zoom of my little camera! We stopped to let them pass across the road… https://youtu.be/KvMOk2oxDAk
Sandhill Balance Beam
It almost looks like these sandhill cranes are walking along the top of my fence… but they’re just on the high field across the draw from my fence. Good thing I took this pic yesterday… today it’s blizzard conditions… I imagine they’re hiding in some brush tonight for protection from the storm!
Sage Chickens
One of the signs of spring here in Wyoming, is the strutting of sage chickens. When we first moved to Wyoming, I remember my dad waking me up before daylight, and driving miles out of Casper to a strutting ground, also called a lek. As the sky turned, the males appear, puffing out their chest…
Wordless Wednesday – “Dear Doe Deer”
Dear Doe Deer
Christmas Prep
I’ve been going in to work these past few days, putting in extra hours decorating and prepping the library for our Open House and Silent Auction on December 4th. It’s a major fundraiser for the Friends of the Ten Sleep Library, and with our expansion underway… there will be lots of ways for us to…
Ten Things You Don’t Know About: Pronghorn Antelope
Following my post from a couple of days ago… here are a few things you might not know about my favorite Wyoming animal. Antilocapra americana, locally known as pronghorn, are not really antelope, nor are they “goats”, or “speedgoats” as their nicknames imply. They are their own critter. Their closest relatives are actually giraffes and…