Saturday, August 14, 2021

Livingston to Craters of the Moon

Smoke shrouded mountains all around Livingston

Pinion Jay flock attack peanuts

Pinion Jays - dawn visitors

Pinion Jay Fledgling food begging

House Finch

Golden Eagle walking the balance beam for gold medal

Another Golden Eagle

Mountain Bluebird 

American Kestrel scolding

Mountain Chickadee fledgling

Evening Grosbeak eating wild chokecherry

Oh what a mess, time to clean bill.

Fawns are growing fast

Tail end of our Montana visit.  We will miss family until next year.

We left Livingston and headed through West Yellowstone into Idaho.

Yellowstone elk, cows and calves

Swainson's Hawk, one of 25 that were feeding on insects in a
freshly cut grain field.

Arrived at Craters of the Moon National Monument and were
welcomed to our campsite by this Antelope Ground Squirrel

Rugged Volcanic landscape and large cinder cones


Dwarf Buckwheat takes root on volcanic ash

Limberpine Cones

Clark's Nutcrackers constantly flying overhead

Nutcracker feeds primarily on pine nuts



Volcanic cinders



Forest fire smoke enhances the sunrise

Two Fox Kits scamper across the lava beds

Fox Kit number one stops to study us

Fos Kit number two sneaks a peek

Red-shafted Flicker checks out cavity

Giant Blazing-Star

Lava flow into older crater

Say's Phoebe watching for insects

Volcanic cinders support abundant lichen growth

Lava crust collapse reveals caves and lava tubes

Mountain Bluebird

As we left Idaho, we pasted around Bear Lake with it's turquoise blue waters.

Love & Prayers,
Ty and Ida Baumann



 

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