Seeing silence in the landscape lets the mind relax and a little down time for the mind is needed from time to time.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Late November 2017 YNP.
Tag: ecology
Between earth and sky
Although it feels like there is space between nothing actually separates the earth and sky. They meet as one and continue on.
Yellowstone National Park, 2017.
Across the way
Just across the way is a place where there is a place with room to roam although these spaces are decreasing and now under even greater threat. Keep public lands public.
Tasty Morsel
While hiking along the trail on a sunny November afternoon this little Chipmunk scurried hurriedly past of us started digging through the pine litter right beneath our feet. Within seconds what appeared to be a fungus or perhaps a tuber (heck it could have been a piece of petrified cheese) was extracted from the ground and enjoyed on the spot.
On The Prowl
Well dressed for a late fall hunt a Coyote silently stalks their prey in the deep grass.
Yellowstone National Park.
Guardians
A female Hooded Merganser sits quietly in the cattails protected by three Males. Feels like a story or a painting waiting to happen.
Hot Water
A late fall view looking down the Firehole River as hot water falls from the geysers above.
Yellowstone National Park.
Across the Ravine
Just across the ravine the morning light shines golden on grasslands of Yellowstone National park.
Roadside attraction
Not having Mocking birds around us or having much experience with them we were blown away when while getting some gas on a recent trip we heard this guy singing away in the trees at a roadside oasis. He was imitating birds left and right and singing continuously for minutes at a time.
It was a great show to just sit and watch and a nice relaxing break from the road.
Western Grebe
We usually do not see Grebes on the local pond during winter in our neck of the woods. However, last week, this Western Grebe was swimming in a small section of a local pond that remained unfrozen. Perhaps she if off course in migration and landed here to rest and refuel. Although it was a pleasure to see her, I hope she takes advantage of this weeks thaw to get back on track and is gone the next time I visit this pond.
nature has no boss 
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