A nearby cemetery has been a great place to bird with large trees.
Great Horned Owls have nested here over the years. This owlet perched on headstone.
Owlet number two close by.
Owlet flys up so they can rest in peace.
Bobolink male occupied nearby hayfield
American Goldfinch
House Finch
Female Black-headed Grosbeak
American Robins finding worms in flooded field
Western Kingbird
Cliff Swallow carrying insect back to nest under bridge.
White-breasted Nuthatch
Western Meadowlark singing his bubbling song
Vesper Sparrows - common grassland bird
Long-billed Curlews encountered in grasslands at 5,000 foot altitude
We saw eight Curlews within a mile
Female Brewer's Blackbird
Male Brewer's Blackbird
Incoming Red-shafted Flicker
Wilson's Snipe in small wetland pocket
Mule Deer Buck
White-tailed Buck
Fawn twins in our backyard
White-tailed doe checking for traffic before crossing.
This year's Teasle
Wild Bergamot
Red Dome Blanket Flower
Showy Fleabane
Bald Eagle
Four juvenile Red-tailed Hawks
Female calls to her brood
She carries rodents continually to feed her foursome
Crow chases after her. (note extremely red plumage on western rufous morph Red-tails)
Another rodent comes in her talons
When we aren't outside we can enjoy our wildlife gallery inside of Ty's
photos from our North American travels.
❤️ Love & Prayers 🙏
Ty & Ida Baumann
