Posted in Animals, Montana, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, tagged Humane Society of Western Montana on February 16, 2008 | 24 Comments »
Intermingled with the joys of life there are also times of sadness. In May of last year, our family entered into one of those sad times when our Labrador Retriever friend of ten years succumbed to an incurable problem with his immune system. His name was Colonel, and few have ever had more loyal, forgiving [...]
Posted in Animals, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, White-tail deer, tagged whitetail deer on February 15, 2008 | 18 Comments »
In the future, when I’m asked what a typical whitetail deer looks like, I will refer to this photo that I captured today: it is so typical.
The brush in which she is lying and through which she is peeking is also typical of her habitat with which she is perfectly in tune. It is a [...]
Posted in Animals, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, White-tail deer, tagged whitetail deer on January 25, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Several days ago just before noon I checked the outdoor temperature from our sensor mounted in the shade of a big fir tree in the yard; 10ºF. A moment later I noticed that another thermometer mounted in the sun on the south side of our garage indicated 75ºF. An interesting contrast!
At this latitude, the winter [...]
Posted in Animals, Bighorn sheep, Elk, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, tagged Bighorn sheep, Elk on January 15, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Above, elk browse a south-facing slope.
At my feet, a winter stream.
Above and to the right of the elk, a big ram surveys his domain.
This is Montana!
Posted in Animals, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, White-tail deer, tagged White-tail deer on December 19, 2007 | 22 Comments »
This was the only photo I brought back from today’s hike,
but it sure reminded me of this one taken back in July.
Posted in Animals, Bighorn sheep, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, tagged Cabinet Mountains, Rocky Mountain Bighorn, western Montana on December 8, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Several years ago I had the rare privilege of witnessing a battle for supremacy within a group of Rock Mountain Bighorn rams, and I’ll never forget it. One huge ram took on all challengers, calmly, one at a time, until he was the undisputed king of that mountain. The sound of their massive horns colliding [...]
Posted in Animals, Cabinet Mountains, Hunting, Montana, Mule deer, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, tagged Cabinet Mountains, Mule deer buck, western Montana on November 6, 2007 | 12 Comments »
After thoroughly examining him through my rifle scope, I chose to shoot this Mulie with the camera instead. I may regret that later, but for now I’ll keep looking for one with more hardware, although he has exceptionally large antlers for a 2X2!
Here’s the view he has each morning from his front window:
Posted in Animals, Bighorn sheep, Cabinet Mountains, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, tagged Bighorn sheep on November 4, 2007 | 15 Comments »
Sure, if we were hunting for sheep, we would have been up to our elbows in elk!
Isn’t the little guy cute though?
Posted in Animals, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, White-tail deer on September 29, 2007 | 13 Comments »
He’s just a youngster, but he knows where all the apple trees are.
This guy is in really, really big trouble because he ate a bunch of my wife’s favorite flowers last night.
Posted in Animals, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures on September 1, 2007 | 15 Comments »
I’ve tried for some time to get a photo of one of these noisy little guys. I like this one:
The noisiest critter in the woods! If you’re not familiar with the pine squirrel, they’re not much larger than a chipmunk and subsist mostly on the small seeds of conifers. Their avocation though is making noise. [...]
