One reason that we elected to visit Yellowstone in the May was the appeal of seeing the “Yellowstone Babies”…..red dogs (bison calves), elk calves, bear cubs, Bighorn sheep kids, and scores of other wildlife offspring are visible in the park during late spring and early summer. Of course, you wouldn’t have known from the weather [...]
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Yellowstone Wolves
Early this morning, at Yellowstone’s Blacktail Ponds, we watched wolves scavaging the last bits from a bison carcass. Last night’s fresh snow helped us track the wolves as they moved down the slopes to the ponds.
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A Rose-Breasted Grosbeak from our Magee Marsh visit. These birds are so striking, yet they can be so non-obtrusive in the foliage that I am often surprised to look up and see them there.
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We returned yesterday from our annual pilgrimage to Magee Marsh. The marsh is located on the southern shores of Lake Erie, just east of Toledo. During the migration, the marsh serves as a resting spot for birds to feed and rest before crossing the lake. Depending on weather patterns, the birds may be low in [...]
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I made a quick visit to Greene County yesterday hoping to find a flock of Bobolinks that had been reported. Along an isolated country road, bordered by alfalfa fields, I was able to locate about 25 of the yellow-capped birds. Photographing them was tricky. As I drove by, they would hop off of their perches [...]
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