Sunday, July 28, 2024

Exploring nearby Livingston, MT

 

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