And a few more birds 8/13/22 American goldfinch Swainson’s hawk Mourning doves Sleepy western grebe Canada geese A view Water output Water closeups A view of the Menan Buttes: extinct volcanoes with clouds overhead echoing past glories.
I came back to look for the grebe parents and chick. Of course there were other birds too. 8/13/22 Double crested cormorants Western grebe View Great blue heron Juvenile coots Bright yellow/green legs of a Black crowned night heron Snowy egret in hiding Black crowned night heron American coot chick American coots with juveniles
8/7/22
A new access road to the Mud Lake location, I was super happy to find this. 8/7/22 Mixed flock of blackbirds Mourning dove Canada geese Bald eagle American white pelicans and Double crested cormorant Western grebe Great blue heron American white pelicans Western grebe Western grebe with chick I did not see the chick when … More Mud Lake on the way home from Missoula
Sunday Morning at the Lee Metcalf NWR 8/7/22 American kestrel Old red barn Stump decorated with Eastern kingbirds Sandhill cranes A final view of the white barn and pond Another old barn on the way out Beautiful creek Surprise, wild turkey by the side of the road in the long grass
Sunday Morning at the Lee Metcalf NWR 8/7/22 Another pond Trumpeter swans More mallards And another pond One of so many ponds with mallards And swans
Sunday Morning at the Lee Metcalf NWR 8/7/22 Eastern kingbird Young mallards White tailed deer fawn (one of two) One of the ponds Funny mallard splashing Rear view
Sunday Morning at the Lee Metcalf NWR 8/7/22 On the way home from Missoula I stopped at the Lee Metcalf NWR check it out here: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/lee-metcalf. This is a lovely refuge with easy walking trails, I did not stop and walk any of them since I was hoping to get home early. Instead I drove … More Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge pt 1
Another stop on the way to Missoula 8/3/22 Sage thrasher Mourning dove The rework of the water pathways at the Camas National Wildlife Refuge continues Interesting and lovely on the road to Dubois Derelict
On my way to Missoula I stopped at Market Lake 8/3/22 Mallard chicks Great blue heron Red tailed hawk with Western tanager photobombing Great blue heron Muskrat Geese Mallard female Beautiful landscape Sunflowers Canada geese
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