Thursday, December 31, 2020

December 31, 2020 - New Year's Eve.  Happy Birthday to my good friend.  From the fishing book 45 years ago.



 

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

December 30, 2020 - I meant to post this photo of a Mountain Lion track earlier.  I read this as the lion sneaking on his belly with his tail moving from side to side.  A few lion footprints are visible here too.  There are always Cottontails near this place.



Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Monday, December 28, 2020

December 28, 2020 - Trumpeter Swans on Salt River; a -30F morning.



 

Sunday, December 27, 2020

 December 27, 2020 - Moonrise at sunset over Graham Hill.



Saturday, December 26, 2020

December 26, 2020 - Drifted snow in the Bighorns.


 

Friday, December 25, 2020

 December 25, 2020 - Merry Christmas from Wolf and Lulu (28 years ago).



Thursday, December 24, 2020

 December 24, 2020 - Christmas Eve.  All is calm.



Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

 December 22, 2020 - Our Christmas tree in sagebrush country.



Monday, December 21, 2020

 December 21, 2020 - Christmas ornaments; shortest day of the longest year.



Sunday, December 20, 2020

Saturday, December 19, 2020

December 19, 2020 - Getting the Christmas tree.  New snow in Shell Canyon with Cedar Mountain on the horizon.  



Friday, December 18, 2020

Thursday, December 17, 2020

December 17, 2020 - Hen Mallard on Big Goose Creek.


 

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

December 15, 2020 - Four Bald Eagles in the cottonwoods above Big Goose Valley on a frosty morning.


 

Monday, December 14, 2020

December 14, 2020 - Eagle Scout.  Happy Birthday Dad.  1925.


 

Sunday, December 13, 2020

December 13, 2020 - Pheasants. Thirty years ago.


 

Saturday, December 12, 2020

Friday, December 11, 2020

 December 11, 2020 - Bedded down but hardly hidden.  Six-point bull elk.



Thursday, December 10, 2020

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

December 8, 2020 - A few more before and after photos of the Whitetail buck that broke one antler during the rut.







 

Monday, December 7, 2020

Sunday, December 6, 2020

Saturday, December 5, 2020

Friday, December 4, 2020

December 4, 2020 - Track of the Cat.  I watched as this Mountain Lion lithely strolled down our driveway in the sunlight two mornings ago. 





Thursday, December 3, 2020

December 3, 2020 - Happy Birthday to my favorite 1 year old.


 

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

December 2, 2020 - This Whitetail buck broke off his left antler about 4" above the base during the rut.



Tuesday, December 1, 2020

December 1, 2020 - Bull Elk and Lodgepole Pines.


 

Monday, November 30, 2020

Sunday, November 29, 2020

 November 29, 2020 - Whitetail buck near Big Goose Creek.



 November 28, 2020 - Before dawn out back.



Friday, November 27, 2020

Thursday, November 26, 2020

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

November 25, 2020 - Mule Deer buck near Beckton.


 

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

November 24, 2020 - Raccoon tracks in the heavy frost on the frozen ditch.


 

Monday, November 23, 2020

November 23, 2020 - Bucks above the briar patch.


 

Sunday, November 22, 2020

November 22, 2020 - Brown Creepers do not creep.  This picture was hard to get.  Creepers are never still and forever hopping up and around the tree trunks in search of insects.  This one almost "crept" out of the picture.



Saturday, November 21, 2020

November 21, 2020 - Buck rub across the ditch before sunrise.