Monday, June 6, 2022

Wisconsin to Montana - Grasslands to Mountains

 

Bobolink in the Rain
Buena Vista Grasslands, Wisconsin


Bobolink tries to hide in the Dandilions


Brewer's Blackbird

Migrating Trumpeter Swans 
There were 33 scattered in the field ponds

Brown Thrasher 

Nesting Am. Robin at South Dakota Campground

White-breasted Nuthatch


Badlands National Park - a fun drive through


Stark beauty in the Badlands

Ribbons of color

Bison enjoying the green grass


Prairie Dog taking five!

The baby prairie dog gangs all here

Snow-capped Absaroka Mountains - Livingston, Montana


Western Tanagers - cold weather migration - hungry birds



Western Tanager

 


Looking for insects in the Crab Apple blossoms


Flocks of Cedar Waxwings feeding on Apple Blossom petals

Evening Grosbeak

Eurasian Collared Dove - more abundant as we travel west

Black-billed Magpies a common sight in Livingston

Two juvenile Magpies interacting

Just fledged Magpie

Mule Deer launches

Cleared the high bar

 Button buck Mule Deer - winter pelage



Pine Siskin

Purple Finch pair

Black-headed Grosbeak 

Lazuli Bunting

We are enjoying our visit with Ty's brother Daryl and wife Vicki, and their dog Toby for the next two months.  If we don't wear out our welcome!  We are staying about a mile from their house at Osen's RV.


Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann