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Light in the Valley: December 2016
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Light in the Valley. Sunday, December 18, 2016. For only the third time in almost 25 years, we find ourselves snowed in on our property. This time around is not as bad as two years ago when we had about twice as much snow and Ken was traveling, leaving me to fend for myself and the llamas alone. But we did get much colder temps with this storm and it is not over yet. The pinyon jays and rosy-finches are lucky enough to have a stocked bird feeder and fresh water at their disposal. View my complete profile.
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Light in the Valley: A Tale of Two Winters
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Light in the Valley. Monday, February 23, 2015. A Tale of Two Winters. We saw very little wildlife on our trip into Snow Lodge. Even the swans on the Firehole River seemed to be in hiding. One exception was a pair of healthy looking coyotes who were hunting rodents along the river's edge. Once we arrived at Old Faithful we threw our stuff in our room and headed out on a hike around the boardwalk. This Hairy Woodpecker entertained us for a while as he searched for bugs in a downed log. At this point her h...
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Light in the Valley: October 2014
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Light in the Valley. Tuesday, October 7, 2014. I put on a lot of miles in a few days as I tried to take in much of Teton Park as well as hike some of the local trails. These two baldies were sharing a branch in a tree near Hoback Junction. I love the "plasticized" look of this common merganser as she popped up from underwater fishing at Oxbow Bend. This pronghorn seemed to be fat and healthy despite having horns that were obviously distorted. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Light in the Valley: April 2014
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Light in the Valley. Wednesday, April 16, 2014. I have always wanted to hike down to Beartooth Falls in the winter. There is no actual trail and few people even attempt the trek in the summer despite the fact that thousands of visitors drive by and marvel at the sight off the Beartooth Highway. Once we reached the bottom of the cliff we were in a world of giant snow pillows. The river at the top was alive with dippers but we saw no other tracks of any kind in that part of our journey. The drive in was te...
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Light in the Valley: August 2014
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Light in the Valley. Saturday, August 9, 2014. The Best Kept Secret. One of the best kept summer secrets of this area is the Woody Creek Cabin owned and operated by Beartooth Powder Guides. The cabin sees quite a bit of use from back country skiers in the winter months but tends to be forgotten by the locals once summertime rolls around. The fringed gentian were just beginning to bloom, still furled in their newness. This ground squirrel was totally unfazed by our presence and continued collecting and ea...
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Light in the Valley: The Bark
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Light in the Valley: Three Good Terns
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Light in the Valley. Monday, January 9, 2017. We had the pleasure of observing three different varieties of Terns during our last visit to Florida. The largest of the group are the Caspian Terns, seen here in the first image. Besides their size, they can be distinguished from other terns by the mottled dark forehead. The Common Tern is much smaller and less colorful in its non-breeding months when its bill is black instead of red. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Light in the Valley: The Dark Side
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Light in the Valley. Monday, January 2, 2017. I am not sure why but my favorite images from the latest visit to Florida were all taken under low light conditions and have a feeling of the spotlight about them. Almost all were shot underexposed - in a couple cases, dramatically so. This Brown Pelican, above, flew into the first light just at sunrise. The extreme low tide adds to the feeling of darkness. These birds seem prehistoric to me at the best of times but especially so in this image!
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Light in the Valley: Winter Weather
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Light in the Valley. Sunday, December 18, 2016. For only the third time in almost 25 years, we find ourselves snowed in on our property. This time around is not as bad as two years ago when we had about twice as much snow and Ken was traveling, leaving me to fend for myself and the llamas alone. But we did get much colder temps with this storm and it is not over yet. The pinyon jays and rosy-finches are lucky enough to have a stocked bird feeder and fresh water at their disposal. View my complete profile.
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