Taking shelter from the storm

On March 2, 2019 By Mike and Christy8 Comments

But in this case the shelter comes with you. An American Bison, with a wonderfully adapted coat, waiting out a day of snow in Yellowstone National Park this winter.

Cinnamon

On February 23, 2019 By Mike and Christy16 Comments

A male Cinnamon Teal strutting his stuff on the edge of the pond and looking like a million bucks. Ladies Beware.

Photographed near Walden, CO.

Let’s talk

On February 22, 2019February 4, 2019 By Mike and Christy19 Comments

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I think these two Ravens might have been having a little conversation and perhaps it went like this…

Let’s get outside and enjoy the weekend before it slips away.

Happy Friday and enjoy your weekend.

Rush hour

On February 17, 2019 By Mike and Christy16 Comments

Bison heading home after a day on the job. Yellowstone National Park.

Body Language

On February 16, 2019January 27, 2019 By Mike and Christy4 Comments

Swans speaking on a winters day in Grand Teton National Park.

All ears

On February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 By Mike and Christy4 Comments

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Out in fields of golden grasses there are days when Mule Deer just appear as all ears.

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A bit like periscopes for sound and all the better to hear you with as they rest on a winter morning.

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On February 9, 2019January 27, 2019 By Mike and Christy4 Comments

A beautiful thermal pool reflecting what little sun could find its way through the overcast afternoon sky. Yes, there can be color on a cloudy day. On the way back to the Upper Geyser Basin after skiing out to Fairy Falls. Yellowstone National Park, 2015.

A Ravens snack

On February 8, 2019February 8, 2019 By Mike and Christy14 Comments

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Perched safely atop a post a Raven enjoys a little snack. Where their meal came from might just have been a recent wolf kill as Ravens and Wolves have formed a relationship in some places as this paper describes. In fact some Ravens have even learned to follow specific wolf groups as they hunt and may even have learned specific hunting calls of certain wolf packs. They know when the dinner bell is ringing so to speak. Anyway we saw this raven enjoying their little snack in an area in which we have heard wolf calls in the past so you just never know, their meal might have been provided by wolves this day.

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Have a great weekend.

Goldeneyes at Golden Hour

On February 2, 2019January 23, 2019 By Mike and Christy8 Comments

Courtship season has begun for the Goldeneyes on our local pond. Photographed with the last bit of golden light reflecting off the ice, a male goldeneye tilts his head way way back in an attempt to attract the onlooking female while another male sizes up his competition.

Inching Along

On February 1, 2019January 23, 2019 By Mike and Christy12 Comments

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Bringing a warm welcome to the start of another wintery month a Caterpillar inches along. We are inching are way though winter, and enjoying every moment of it, yet just like this caterpillar will emerge as a wonderful butterfly (or perhaps a moth) spring will be here in the blink of an eye. So get out and enjoy that snow before it’s melted and gone away.

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Happy Friday, welcome to February and have a wonderful weekend.
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