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Colt
I spent a bit of time this week observing a sandhill crane family feeding near Junction Butte. Not sure which is cuter – a baby bison or this little guy. Read more…
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Calliope
I have wanted to see a male calliope hummingbird ever since learning they are in Yellowstone a few years ago. We spotted one on a hike recently and it had returned to the same area when we walked back so I hung around for a bit and was rewarded with a very lucky close encounter… Read more…
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Dusky Dust-up
With a friend’s birding group soon to visit, I went out looking for dusky grouse that Melissa could share with them on her tour. I got more than I bargained for. Read more…
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Avian Hovercraft
While we were driving home earlier this week Melissa spotted a hovering kestrel and then another. We turned back and parked in a pullout and watched these aerobatic raptors as they showcased their amazing abilities while hunting. Read more…
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Sunday Meander
I spent my Sunday afternoon watching a couple of canids do their thing in the northern range. Not a bad way to spend a few hours. Read more…
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Yard Elk
The elk have been hanging around the yard a bit more lately and now a town bull has started following them around. And that is not the only yard wildlife we are seeing! Read more…
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All Roads…
Moving doesn’t change who you are. It only changes the view outside your window. ~Rachel Hollis Most of you probably already know about our coming big change (we put it up on FaceBook a few weeks ago). But, if you don’t, here it is. Melissa and I bought a house in Gardiner, Montana, the north… Read more…
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Predator Potpourri
You can’t imagine anything like nature as we know it without predators. ~Dale Jamieson I’ve been out in the yard a lot these past couple of weeks doing the spring chores of removing the dead stalks from last year’s wildflowers, adding some mulch to walkways, etc. The spring wildflowers are showing themselves as are the… Read more…
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Egg-citing
The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside is shell. ~Zora Neale Hurston This is a quick follow-up to my last post about the breeding congress of Spotted Salamanders two nights ago. I went out last night around 10 pm and checked both pools. In the murky pool (lots… Read more…
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They’re At It Again!
All nature’s creatures join to express nature’s purpose. Somewhere in their mounting and mating, rutting and butting is the very secret of nature itself. ~Graham Swift Rainy nights in January and February bring out the lust in our neighborhood…salamander lust that is. My last post highlighted the first major mating migration of the year for… Read more…
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