Jim F.
Still a Genuine Montana Fossil
Color me jealous. What wonderful photo opportunities to have at home.
Backyard Wildlife
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Jim F.
Still a Genuine Montana Fossil
Looks like the home land to me
SpeyrodGB
Steelhead
Judging by the caption under your avatar, yes. SW portion.Looks like the home land to me
Alligator Lizard
Can anyone ID? Beaver?
Ya was unsure. Also worth noting this is about 5' from a medium sized creek
Bass-O-Matic
Life of the Party
Well.. once upon it was my backyard.
Bass-O-Matic
Life of the Party
Was cleaning up a slash pile and staking out the house on the property today, when an entire herd of blacktail tromped right through where our future kitchen will be. Zoom in on the center two firs.
Later took a break to remind myself why almost 2 years in permits will be worth it. Checked out a suggestion from a buddy to build a viewing deck on the top of the slope. Think this spot about 80' to the right of the maple in the above shot should work.
Later took a break to remind myself why almost 2 years in permits will be worth it. Checked out a suggestion from a buddy to build a viewing deck on the top of the slope. Think this spot about 80' to the right of the maple in the above shot should work.
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While most of the birds flitting through the trees and shrubs outside my home office window are small birds: chickadees and juncos, the occasional large bird bursts by as well. Most of these are robins or Northern flickers, but some birds pass by and then beyond my line of sight as blurs, that I’m never really sure who they are.
Well, today I could be sure of who one of these flashes was: an immature Cooper’s Hawk. I first saw it just about lunch time when it landed in a lower branch of a Douglas fir, about 20 feet off the ground; it scanned the area for a minute or two before zooming off toward the bird feeder. Camera in hand, I rushed over to the bird feeder but it wasn’t there.
About an hour later, it again perched on the same lower branch.
It then dropped down onto the top of a patch of salal.
There had been spotted towhees in that patch earlier. It repositioned itself deeper in the pile to reconnoiter.
Then it flashed to the edge of the salal patch to see if something had been scared out.
Then, it was up into a short shrub and then off.
Steve
Well, today I could be sure of who one of these flashes was: an immature Cooper’s Hawk. I first saw it just about lunch time when it landed in a lower branch of a Douglas fir, about 20 feet off the ground; it scanned the area for a minute or two before zooming off toward the bird feeder. Camera in hand, I rushed over to the bird feeder but it wasn’t there.
About an hour later, it again perched on the same lower branch.
It then dropped down onto the top of a patch of salal.
There had been spotted towhees in that patch earlier. It repositioned itself deeper in the pile to reconnoiter.
Then it flashed to the edge of the salal patch to see if something had been scared out.
Then, it was up into a short shrub and then off.
Steve
Marginal quality cell phone photo from this morning, but notably these two critters got in a big fight right afterwards.
The rabbit surprisingly held its own, batting at the squirrel with its front paws. Fun to witness!
The rabbit surprisingly held its own, batting at the squirrel with its front paws. Fun to witness!
TicTokCroc
Sunkist and Sudafed
2 days in a row
Chubby & Tubby visiting today.
SF
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