Tag: wildlife
Soft Kitty
My sister is back for a couple of days… and we were working on another project… On our way, we spied this little cutie. Kind of a strange little kitty, let’s look at him again. All right… I’ll get a little more…
Sandhill Crane Watercolor
After getting some new belts for the combine, we were Back in Business. Vernon and Brandon stayed busy thrashing the grain, hauling truckloads of it off to the granary, and baling the straw. I kept busy mowing and working on my website. Finally, I managed a few photos… When you don’t quite have enough hay…
Wordless Wednesday – “Hemileuca Hera”
Hemileuca hera, also called the Hera buckmoth. Photo taken as I was riding last week, great shot for just leaning out of my saddle! **** Q&A tomorrow. LAST CHANCE FOR QUESTIONS!
We Have Elk! Video
Turn up your volume. Turns out, you HEAR the elk tons more than you see them! I knew they were there in the trees… and I could see flitting patches of warm brown fur between the trees, much better than my camera could. The call between cows and their calves is haunting, and desperate, and…
We Have ELK!
Last night the decision was made to move our cows. They are up in our high mountain pasture, which, unfortunately, has a fair amount of larkspur in it. Tall purple larkspur, while a somewhat attractive wildflower, is also highly toxic to cattle. It also must taste ok, because they’ll eat it! The older it is…
Wildflower Covered
In the midst of photographing wildflowers… thirty head of elk, including a few calves, watched us from afar… I’m working on a slideshow of my wildflowers… plus a long overdue movie… so ELK ON A WILDFLOWER COVERED HILLSIDE… is all you get!
Wordless Wednesday – “Swallow Moon”
Cliff swallows settle on a power line under the moon.
Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark… Wyoming’s state bird…
Ruddy Duck
Town called my name ALL DAY today… So, a bit of yesterday’s tour… A blue billed Ruddy Duck sails by the cattle on Wire Corral Reservoir. Isn’t he pretty?
Warm Light and Vultures
Finally. Warm light. and vultures. It must be spring!
Last Year’s Baby
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