February 27, 2016 - A beautiful immature tiercel Peregrine Falcon.  The photograph was taken on a hunting trip along the Pecos River in New Mexico thirty-eight winters ago.

February 26, 2016 - A sunny day in late winter; whitetail doe and last year's fawn.



February 25, 2016 - This tin sign is an image of the 1960 Duck Stamp which was the last duck stamp my grandfather purchased.  He died that year.  I "forged" his signature on the sign in the manner and location of my grandfather on his stamp.  Budge had all the Duck Stamps from the first one in 1935 up to this one in 1960.  As I remember, this stamp art is of the black lab, King Buck, a National Champion.  No other dog has ever appeared on a Federal Duck Stamp.  I have the sign on my back porch.  I see it every day.  I got to go goose hunting with Budge one time on a frigid, crystal clear winter morning in southeastern Colorado.  We were huddled in the pit blind before daylight.  I was about ten years old.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

February 24, 2016 - The sunrise and moon set along the face of the Bighorns this morning.  Along the horizon from left to right: the Buffalo Tongue, the moon, Fallen City, and Steamboat Rock.

February 23, 2016 - A flock of Grey-crowned Rosy Finches in the yard this sunny winter morning.

 
 

February 22, 2016 - We had a bit of wind, sleet, and snow early this morning.

February 21, 2016 - A frozen Shell Falls.

February 20, 2016 - Hand made belts and buckles. 

February 19, 2016 - The prairie high life.

February 18, 2016 - Clouds moving up Little Tongue Canyon.

February 17, 2016 - I really like this sculpture at the Indian Memorial site at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.



February 16, 2016 - Snow last night, the front gate before sunrise.

February 15, 2016 - Winter colors in the hills north of the mouth of Tongue River Canyon.

February 14, 2016 - An American Indian beaded otter skin pipe bag.

February 13, 2016 - A mountain chickadee, red osier, white aspens and a blue sky.

February 12, 2016 - An early foal along Little Tongue River.  They couldn't have a nicer day in mid-February.

February 11, 2016 - "Partners For the Winter Larder"

The Prairie Falcon "Dancer" and Dan.  A pencil drawing from 1977.

February 10, 2016 - Antlers in the rafters of the cabin.

February 9, 2016 - Sunrise colors through the winter aspens out back.

February 8, 2016 - Shotgun shell boxes were prettier in the old days.

February 7, 2016 - A sharptail grouse feeding at the top of a buffaloberry bush by the creek.

February 6, 2016 - Color to brighten the winter house.

February 5, 2016 - Rattlesnake Ridge and the Ponderosa Pines.

February 4, 2016 - A clear winter day and the view of Chocolate Drop, Rattlesnake Ridge and Wolf Canyon near the ranch road by the red corrals. 

February 3, 2016 - A pair of Common Goldeneye drakes on Little Goose Creek in the bright sun today.

February 2, 2016 - Looking down Wolf Creek from the bridge this morning.

February 1, 2016 - Snow all day; and the Grandfathers out back this afternoon.