West Yellowstone to Lamar Valley (5/6/22) Bison Mountain chickadee Fluffy bison head Bison with baby Raven nest Raven on the nest (head down, tail up) Raven and snow Elk Black bear Bighorn sheep females, they are shedding their lighter winter coat which is why they look so patchy. I thought it might be mud but … More Yellowstone – May 6 2022
Morning at Island Park ID (5/6/22) Trumpeter swan with American wigeons Sandhill crane Caspian tern Muskrat (so fluffy and cute!) Osprey Bird List: Trumpeter swan American wigeons Mallards Lesser scaup Red winged blackbirds Canada geese Common ravens American robins American coots Sandhill cranes Buffleheads Starlings Brewer’s blackbirds Common mergansers Caspian tern Osprey Tree swallows Dark … More Island Park – May 2022
Bear River Refuge: The D Route – Silent (Slow TV 2:09:42) Driving the Bear River Refuge reversed to D route and then D route out. Lots of American coots, Black necked stilts, American avocets, Double crested cormorants, American white pelicans, Northern shovelers and many other water birds. April 23, 2022 Bear River Refuge: the Reverse … More Bear River Refuge – Videos
Driving the auto route in the wrong direction April 23, 2022 Long billed curlew Red breasted mergansers Northern shovelers American avocet Common goldeneye Cinnamon teal American white pelicans, double crested cormorants, with solo coot & gull Snowy egrets Female red breasted merganser Pied billed grebe Tree swallow Peregrine falcon, not a good photo, but proof … More Bear River Refuge Reversed – April 2022
Turning into the D route April 23, 2022 Great blue heron A new view Rookery for Double crested cormorants, gulls and other birds Rookery with Northern shovelers American avocets Black necked stilts Eared grebes Another new view White faced ibis Another island rookery full of gulls and cormorants Hello song sparrow, thank you for posing … More Bear River Refuge – the D Route
I was so excited when the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge announced that it would be opening up the D route and running the standard auto tour pattern in reverse for one day. I was less excited since I had just spent last weekend+ in Utah birding and attending the College Rodeo. I had really … More Bear River Refuge – April 23 2022
I just started working with video. I think these are pretty rough. I have so much to learn, but I love being able to share the scope of what I get to see. Antelope Island 4 17 22 (Slow TV 1:50:33) Antelope Island 4/17/22 Early Morning Ducks (short 0:01:20) Antelope Island Sunrise aspect 2 (0:23:48)
4/17/22 on the island at dawn The view from the causeway So many American avocets Avocets and assorted ducks Western meadowlark These are a favorite bird from my childhood. We lived out in the country and I knew it was summer vacation because these birds would call me awake in the early morning. Long billed … More Antelope Island – April 2022
Spent the early morning hours at the refuge birding and dodging raindrops. Stunning vistas Silvery grays sky & water with pelican and ducks Yellow headed blackbirds Yellow headed blackbirds American coot in silhouette Mallards American white pelican Ring necked ducks, Rehead, Northern shoveler Long billed curlew Gadwall Buffleheads Marsh wren Very wet Cinnamon teal and … More Bear River Refuge – April 26 2022
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