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The drake Lesser Scaup did come in close enough to be able to take a few images of it where it almost filled the frame before a man and his dog walked by and caused the scaup to make a hasty retreat to the middle of the pond.
Wherever you are, whatever holiday you celebrate if you celebrate at all, I wish you joy and peace and hope that you will feel the love of your family and friends today and every day.
Like to fish? Hunt? Watch wildlife? Recreate on public lands? Then think real hard at what the reduction of existing national monuments mean and the precedent that might be set.
I've written before that I love American Coots and I guess that will never change, I will stop for coots any time I see them, I will photograph them and enjoy their antics.
The juvenile and out of focus adult Mourning Doves were perched on a lichen encrusted, slightly frosted fence rail near the road in the southern part of the Centennial Valley.
Title: Centennial Valley Savannah Sparrow on Greasewood
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/10/2017
Title: Close up Tree Swallow perched on a fence post
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/10/2017
The people who will lose are the people who love the lands, value it and know our public lands are a legacy for all.
On my last two trips up to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge I have heard Savannah Sparrows singing "sit sit sit sit suh-EEEEE say" from somewhere in the marshes.
As the weather warms up I admit that I'm itching to hit the road to go camping, to get away from the city, the news and to immerse myself in natural surroundings.
There are some that say the state can better care for those lands. I'd call them fools but we humans are all distant cousins so I'll tame that down a bit and call them misled instead. Intentionally and deliberately misled.
Wow, today is the last day of the year 2016. This is my photographic year in review from Utah, Idaho and Montana!
I feel worried for the future and I am filled with angst right now and I know I am not alone. However; I do know that even when times are difficult life is good. The sun rises after every sunset.
Today I am celebrating having published 2000 posts on birds, wildlife and nature at On The Wing Photography and sharing the stories behind the images along with the journeys I take to find my subjects.
I've been meaning to post images of this sub-adult Swainson's Hawk in low light for about a year now and I am finally getting around to it.
Title: Long-billed Dowitcher in a silty pond
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 8/7/2011
Title: Least Sandpiper foraging in an alkali pond
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/14/2016
Title: Least Sandpiper in Beaverhead County
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/14/2016
Title: Killdeer chick on a mudflat
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/14/2016
Title: Resting Killdeer chick
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/14/2016
Title: Wilson’s Phalarope chick in a pond
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/12/2016
Title: Wilson’s Phalarope chick hunting for prey
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/12/2016
Five evenings ago I was able to photograph a cooperative Vesper Sparrow in Montana's Centennial Valley.
Title: Singing Vesper Sparrow
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/3/2016