So… it’s easy to upload a video to Facebook. I’m trying to see if I can link to it here, so everyone can see it… even those of you who aren’t on Facebook! Well, it looks like the correct link came through, so I will post this short video of some elk through the trees,…
Tag: wildlife
#TBT: Deer Rescue
’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
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…
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…
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…
Got It
For those of you who’ve never been in a western state, you might not have seen these exquisite creatures, the pronghorn antelope. Small, fleet of foot with exceptional vision, “goats” as I grew up calling them, are everywhere in Wyoming. There will be small bunches on the tops of the Big Horn Mountains (in open…
Visitors in the Night
I checked in with the guys and their current project… Took some random photos… and returned home followed by Tess and the kids. I had mentioned making applesauce, and Tess was here to tackle that problem! For the rest of the afternoon, we peeled, sliced, and cooked our way to 34 pints of applesauce… or…