Cottonwood Lake north to Yellowstone Park south

 

Spring is in the air!  Livingston sunrise.

Western Meadowlark is back singing his melodious song.

Competition - American Robin

Mountain Bluebird checking out nestbox

Many returned on the same day.

Townsend's Solitaire takes off!

Snow Geese headed north

Exceptionally light Eurasian Collared-Dove coming to feeder

Red-winged Blackbird males have arrived

Canada Goose incubating 35 feet up in former Eagle's nesst

Cottonwood Lake north of Wilsall has thawed and draws lots of waterfowl.

Pair of Bald Eagles perched across from lake

Three Bald Eagles Come over to harrass the ducks

Canvasback

Common Merganser pair

Common Goldeneye pair

Incubating Bald Eagle (head left of center). Black-billed Magpies - uninvited guests

Elk herd starting Spring molt

Road trip to Yellowstone National Park

Started out at 24 degrees in Lamar Valley,  end of 13 hour trip it was 65.

Hundreds of Bison wandered the valley

At least this bull wasn't blocking the roadway

Barrow's Goldeneye drake in Lamar River

Stretching to impress the females

A special treat, a Black Bear den with two cubs.

Sow watches cubs carefully as they want to explore outside.

Cub number 1 

Cub number 2

Coyote exploring - hunting for food

We saw four different coyotes that morning.

Sandhill Cranes on rock strewn foothill

Pronghorn Antelope herd

Osprey returns to nest, perched at end of white limb on the right. (Zoom in)

Ground Squirrel out of winter den

Shaggy Bighorn sheep in the molt

Horned Lark claims property at Dailey Lake

Another Osprey returned to it's nest

April weather is definetly unpredictable, Summer? Spring? Winter again?  All in one week!

Wishing you all a Blessed Easter (Resurrection Day).

Jesus is alive!

❤️ Love & Prayers,🙏🏽

Ty & Ida Baumann

 

March in Montana

 

Up in the mountains, there is still plenty of snow.

Mill Creek runs all through the winter.

Many of the fields are blown open and early migrants take advantage of the grass.

Trumpeter Swans and Canada Geese stop to rest.

House Finches have returned from wherever they spent the winter.

That goes for the Dark-eyed Junco too.

A sure sign of Spring, Red-winged Blackbirds.

American Goldfinch

Red-shafted Flicker digs through the snow to hopefully find a worm.

Our local deer herd.

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk juvenile

Three juvenile Bald Eagles interact - two lock talons and spin downward.

Second year Bald Eagle with ground squirrel attracts Ravens

Elk herd on the ridge.

Another Bald Eagle story

Adult perches on utility pole with a ground squirrel

Getting harassed by Raven, eagle scolds

Time for a bite or two

Here comes trouble,  juvenile wants to steal lunch

In hot persuit....

Adult gets away with quarry

Coyote runs quickly up the hill from the road.

Aah! Safe at last - a look back.

Snow in Livingston is all gone but it is probably not the last of it.

Coming to the end of our first winter in the north and it went pretty fast.

Looking forward to Spring migration.

❤️ LOVE & PRAYERS 🙏🏽

Ty & Ida Baumann