Another beautiful Sunrise!
Milkweed pods
Canada Goose flocks looking for feeding areas
Fresh cut field draws grazing geese
New backyard bird lands above feeders.
Cooper's Hawk checking for birds at the feeder, literally running back and forth on the overhead cable
Drops down to feeder but everything is hiding!
Western Wood-Pewee comes into yard looking for insects.
The deer didn't eat all of our sunflowers which are attracting butterflies and bees.
Neighborhood White-tailed doe eyes the apples above
She finds the stone to give her a leg up to reach the apples.
We look for birds everywhere we go.
Willow Flycatcher at the cemetery
Red-tailed Hawk takes flight.
No mistaking the I D on this raptor.
Another Red-tailed Hawk on irrigation wheel
Juvenile Tree Swallows home reunion
Ferruginous Hawk looking for ground squirrels
Hunting juvenile Bald Eagle flies over Reservoir
Flushing Sandhill Cranes...
and flocks of shorebirds
Visited Martinsdale Reservoir for the first time.
Very productive for migrating birds.
Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit and Whimbrel
Franklin's Gull and White-faced Ibis
Cow Moose grazing on lush irrigated pasture in Shield's River Valley
Mule Deer fawn
Red Fox getting up in the world, hay bales afford elevated rodent lookout.
Good place to rest.
Stopped at Sacajawea Park to check on "our" juvenile Osprey
Mom brings more branches into the nest.
It's time for you to move out?
I'm flying, I'm flying! Notice the speckled feathers,
We got to witness the "Maiden voyage" of a flight around the park.
Dad gives a victory flyover
Landing on the adjacent pole with both parents cheering!
Another adventurous two weeks of enjoying God's creation!
❤️ Love & Prayers 🙏🏽
Ty & Ida Baumann
