Last Days at Livingston, Montana

This will be our last days to enjoy the mountains around Livingston, we head out early tomorrow morning to the east toward the plains.  We have had a wonderful 10 weeks in this beautiful area.  It has been wonderful blessing to be near Ty's Brother Daryl and his wife Vicki.

Spittle Bug froth that the bug produces to hide from predators.

However, this White-banded Crab Spider found it's prey.

Columbine

Lyale's Angelica

Mexican Hat Prairie Cone Flower

White-tailed Doe

Pronghorn Antelope fawns are growing fast

Red-shafted Flicker

Tree Swallow

Gray Partridge with three chicks

Mariposa Lily

Harebell

Common Blanket Flower

Common Tansy

Richardson's Geranium

Black Bear Cub spotted at Livingston Peak

Black Bear sow and her cubs

Pearly Everlasting

Black-capped Chickadee, one of our RV yard birds

 

Red-tailed Hawk soars over the RV Park

White-tailed Deer,  with her tail flag up

Goat's Beard going to seed, Montana summer waning

Last Osen RV Park sunrise

Adios to the Crazy Mountains in our rear view mirror.

Love & Prayers,

Ty & Ida Baumann

Tom Miner Canyon to Bear Tooth Pass Trips

Time is moving on, we have already been in Livingston, Montana for two months with 2 weeks left to go before we move east to Wisconsin.  Things seem pretty much the same for us.  Except the news, if it weren't for that, we would hardly know that things have changed so much in the world.

We are enjoying seeing God's creation as we venture out on road trips in the area.  We went with Daryl and Vicki to Tom Miner Canyon for an afternoon field trip.

Large Elk herd enjoying the sprinklers and the new hay on a hot day

Twins taking a shower

Road to Tom Miner Canyon

Ty yells "Stop!  A Badger" and jumps out to get a photo

He smells something in the air,  Who's here?

Okay, I'll pose for a while, then I have to get back to digging this hole.

Back at Daryl's house, there are mouths to feed.  House Wrens almost ready to fledge

  On another trip to the west, we went up Spring Creek Road, best surprise was a family of Long-billed Curlews on their high nesting grounds.

Sentinal guards the area.  Long-billed Curlew

This bird calls and tries to draw us away from the family

While Daryl & Vicki took a trip to Colorado to see the gandkids,  We headed south to Yellowstone National Park
Lamar Valley

Bison was having a fine time taking a dust bath

Baby Bison are growing up fast

Pronghorn Antelope is very alert to what is happening around him.

Glacier formed Cirque near the top of Bear Tooth Pass

God's Mountain top Flower Garden

Yellow-bellied Marmot

Sky Pilot

Showy Alpine Ragwort

Alpine Forget-Me-Not

Subalpine Fleabane

Rugged Mountains of Bear Tooth Pass

Rocky Mountain Dwarf Primrose

Fernleaf Lousewort

Feather-leaf Kittentails

Ball-head Skyrocket

Tundra Clover

Pika eating Forget-Me-Not blossoms

Curious "Cute" Pika

Overlooking Rock Creek Canyon - northwest end of Bear Tooth Pass

Clark's Nutcracker

Bird responds to Ty,  this bird is Number 400 on our year list

Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel

Least Chipmunk

After the rain storm, we were treated to a double Rainbow,  Definitly not easy to get a photo of, but the cell phone did the trick.

Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann