Cinnamon Teal preening at Cherry River near Bozeman
Cinnamon Teal pair
Yellow-headed Blackbird a colony nesting in the cattails
Doing his squeaky gate call
Marsh Wren
Came in for a close up photo
Trip to Bench Road in Three Forks gave us a plesant surprise - Short-eared Owl
Found secord Short-eared Owl flying over the marsh
Small marsh pond produced a good number of waterfowl - Redhead
Ruddy Duck drake in nuptial colors
Common Yellowthroat singing
Another surprise - Lark Bunting, our first for Montana
Burrowing Owl - same nesting spot as last year
Checking everywhere, staying alert
Nearby Long-billed Curlews were nesting, three young chicks scurried into the grass
Adults kept warning us off hoping we would leave
Calling overhead, and after our short visit we left
Five foot long Gopher Snake
Non-venomous species
Lamar Valley at Yellowstone National Park
Concentrated on bird watching - (saw 59 bird species for the morning) Cinnamon Teal pair
Blue-winged Teal
Brewer's Sparrow singing on Sagebrush
Cassin's Finch
Lincoln's Sparrow
Gray Catbird
North to Wilsall and the Reservoir, American Wigeon
Lesser Scaup pair and Cinnamon Teal
Cinnamon Teal are fun to see - certainly not rare as back east
Northern Shoveler
Two drake Shovelers escort female
Northern Pintail pair
Eared Grebe
Flock of Wilson's Phalaropes twirl while feeding
Pair of Black-necked Stilts
Stilts in flight
Pair of Sandhill Cranes
Bald Eagle by his usual nest site
Pronghorn Antelope
Pishing for birds is not always strickly for the brids, Red Squirrel came to see what's up?
Yellow Avalanche-Lilies at Bridger Bowl Ski Hill
Yellow Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Early morning ride to Tom Miner Basin we encountered a preforming Dusky Grouse.
Our Grand-neice and husband came with us.
Who the courting was for, two female Dusky Grouse
Rare for Montana Rose-breasted Grosbeak singing on territory
Red-naped Sapsucker
Many Elk were out early
A boxing match between two young Elk bulls
One bull ran far away leaving the does and calves
This cow Elk kept circling this Grizzly Bear with her three cubs.
Based on past experiences we know that she lost her calf to the bear family.
Grizzly Sow with three cubs the apex predators quickly consume the carcass
Mama bear sits and watches us watching her and cubs.
God's creation may seem cruel sometimes, but it keeps all in balance until He returns.
❤️ Love & Prayers 🙏🏽
Ty & Ida Baumann
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