June 17 – Corn Lilly
June 18 Burrowing Owls gets dinner cricket
June 18 Burrowing Owls flies off pole
June 17 – The Three Amigos – red-tailed hawk babies wait for breakfast
June 16 – Male Bullock’s Oriole on a Yucca plant
June 14 – Cow elk with her yearling
June 11 – Eared-Grebe has fish for Female
June 6 – Wildflower Field Chickweed
June 5 – Spotted Fritillary at the cabin path
June 5 – Female Bullock’s Oriole
June 5 – Bluebird in the Little Belts
June 4 – Upland Sandpiper at Benton Lake
June 3 – Sandhill Crane parents with very young colt
June 3 – Common Yellowthroat
May 31 – Meadowlark with 2 crickets
May 31 – Short-eared owl flying by
May 31 – Short-eared owl – last light
May 31 – Short-eared owl diving in front of me.
May 31 – Shortie in the grass
May 30 – Sandhill Crane near nest at Benton Lake
May 26 – Yellow Warbler
May 25 – Cinnamon Teal
May 25 – Yellow-headed Blackbird
May 25 – Great Horned Owlet at Giant Springs
May 21 – Wildflowers at the cabin
May 11 – Kestrel, King of the voles
May 11 – Landing Kestrel with vole
May 9 – White-faced Ibis
May 9 – Eared grebe pair in pond 3
May 8 – Duck and Antelope at Benton Lake
May 8 – Male and Female scaups with a Eared grebe
May 7 – Sandhill Crane flying over marsh
May 4 – First wildflower at the Cabin – Pasqueflower
May 5 – Chocolate Lilly
May 1 – Red-napped sapsucker with his telltale sap holes
April 29 – Shortie in late evening
April 28 – Short-eared owl on a mullein stalk
April 28 – Avocets mating rituals
April 27 – Swainson’s Hawk on usual tree at Benton Lake
April 27 – Blue-winged teal pair
April 27 – Giant flock of Avocets at West Bank park – morning
April 26 – 19 Avocets at West Bank Park
April 26 – American Avocet flying along the channel
April 11 – Goose nest on River drive
April 26 – Fresh hatch on River Dr.
April 25 – Flicker fight at Giant springs
April 24 – Male Sharp-tailed grouse dancing
April 24 – First burrowing owl
April 24 – Canada Goose with chicks
April 23 – First Swainson’s hawk of the season
April 23 – Male ring-necked pheasant on Sheep Creek road
April 23 – Golden Eagle flying
April 18 – Honker Hilton release
April 21 – Loon on the river
April 21 – Ring-necked duck displaying for nearby lady
April 19 – Mountain chickadee warns Red-breasted nuthatch
April 5 – Redtail on Sheep creek road, Cascade
April 15 – Osprey pair at Cascade
April 15 – Lone Sandhill Crane
April 14 – Tree sparrows have arrived
April 14 – Shortie backlit by sun
April 9 – Short-eared owl at Baker road
April 9 – Moon over raptor route
April 10 – Northern Flicker drumming on our chimney cap
April 6 – American White Pelican going incognito.
April 6 – Pretty pair of pruning Pelicans
April 4 – Heron fishing techniques
April 7 – Upside down yawn from an American White Pelican
April 6 – Osprey in our neighborhood
April 5 – Red-tailed hawk on a pole
April 4 – Coyote passes by and stands for a portrait
April 4 – Short-eared owl flying by
April 4 – Short-eared owl flying towards me
April 4 – Short-eared owl in the blue hour
April 4 – Shortie hiding in the grass
March 26 – White tails jumping
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March 26 – Common Goldeneye at Benton Lake
March 18 – Morning: Sandhill flying over farmer’s field
March 18 – Evening: Sandhill Cranes landing in field
March 18 – Evening: Sandhill Cranes flying over
March 18 – Evening: Sandhill Cranes in stubble field
March 18 – Morning: Sandhill Cranes taking off
March 18 – Morning: Sandhill Cranes landing
March 17- Evening: Sandhill in a farmers field
March 13 – Barred Owl in middle of the afternoon
March 13 – Blue Jay in Julie’s backyard
March 13 – Red-bellied Woodpecker in Julie’s backyard
March 1 – Female and Male Green-winged Teal Ducks
Feb 28 – Brown Pelican sunning at a marina
Feb 28 – Brown Pelican flying along jetty
March 2 – White American Pelicans telling pelican jokes
Feb 28 – Long-billed Dowitchers
Feb 28 – Blue Heron at the Rockport Rookery
Feb 28 – 2 Blue Herons at the Rockport Rookery
Feb 28 – Blue Herons at the Rockport Rookery
Feb 28 – White morph of a Reddish Egret
March 8 – Tufted Titmouse at Glennie’s House
March 8 – Turkey Vultures grounded during 18 hour rain
March 1 – Spoonbills at Aransas Pass
March 1 – Alligator at Aransas Pass
March 1 – Brown Pelican floating near the jetty
Feb 24 – Julie’s backyard birds
Feb 20 – Redhead Ducks on the river at Giant Springs
Feb 19 – Our very own Sharp-shinned hawk, called Bill
Feb 15 – One black cow
Feb 15 – String of black cows
Feb 15 – Square Butte in dappled afternoon
Feb 15 – Prairie Dog on Sunriver-Cascade road
Feb 15 – Pair of Huns in late afternoon
Feb 12 – Square Butte, late afternoon
Feb 9 – Black cows with white snow noses
Feb 12 – Short-eared owl with vole
Feb 10 – Square Butte at sunset
Feb 9 – American Coots have the best feet
Feb 9 – Shorty on the raptor route around 5pm
Feb 9 – Ring-necked Pheasant in snow
Feb 9 – Male Gadwall
Feb 9 – Bachelors, Canvasback and a Ring-necked Duck
Feb 8 – Female Common Goldeneye
Feb 8 – Northern Flicker preening
Feb 8 – Golden Eagle near nest
Feb 6 – Male House finch with yellow
Feb 6 – Gray-Crowned Rosy Finches
Feb 6 – Horned Lark floof on 10 mile road
Jan 24 – Pgymy Owl at Yellowstone
Feb 5 – Subadult eagle steals fish from adult
Nov 11 – Frost on Yellow leaves
Feb 2 – Flicker on the ground
Feb 1 – Young antelope bucks
Jan 28 – Juvenile Bald Eagle and Magpies
Jan 28 – first Short-eared owl of the year
Jan 28 – Sub-adult Bald Eagle with breakfast
Jan 28 – Bald Eagles on a fence
Jan 26 – Frost on tree
Jan 25 – American Dipper with insect
Jan 25 – Raven flyover
Jan 25 – Wilson’s Snipe, Lamar Valley
Jan 24 – Bison with snow on nose
Jan 23 – Eagle leaving tree
Jan 20 – Frost on a tree
Jan 20 – Sharp-shinned hawk in tree
Jan 20 – Frost on Branches
Jan 18 – Dark-eyed Junco floof in a lilac bush
Jan 17 – Young Barrow’s Goldeneye
Jan 15 – Friendly Chickadee
Jan 14 – Female Mallard landing
Jan 14 – Raven and Eagle with a carcass
Jan 14 – Rough-legged hawk on a sprinkler
Jan 14 – Moonset over Freezeout
Jan 13 – Rough-legged hawk near Ulm
Jan 8 – First time Hairy woodpecker in our backyard
Jan 6 – Juvenile Bald Eagle at Giant Springs
Dec 31 – Favorite view of West Bank Park
Dec 31 – Refinery
Dec 31 – Western Grebe after a bath
Dec 30 – Chickadee at Giant Springs
Dec. 29 – Squirrels at the cabin
Dec 24 – Canada Jay gets a Christmas peanut
Dec 20 – Crow at West Bank
Dec 20 – Snow geese from above
Dec 20 – Snow geese at West Bank Park
Dec 19 – Crows at West Bank
Jan 30, 2022 – high key aspen forest
Dec 14 Gray crowned Rosy finch at Kitty’s house
Dec 11 – Rainbow Dam leading lines
Dec 8 – Herman’s Flowers – White Poinsettia and a Thanksgiving cactus
December 5 – Rough-legged hawk
Dec 2 – Pheasant
Dec 2 – Hooded Merganser
Nov 27 – Sharp-tailed Grouse on high wire
Nov 26 – Rough-legged Hawk
Nov 26 – Geese at grain field in the morning
Nov 28 – Golden Eagle on top of Grain bin
Nov 26 – American Kestral at the corner of River Rd and 10 mile road
Nov 26 – Sharp-tailed grouse at Kitty’s house
Nov 24 – Gray Crowned Rosy Finch at Kitty’s home
Nov 24 – Sharp-tailed grouse in a row
Nov 24 – Dark morph Rough-legged hawk
Nov 19 – Tundra Swans at Benton Lake NWR
Nov 19 – Female Northern Harrier at Benton Lake NWR
Nov 19 – Sky and Snow Clouds near Benton Lake NWR
Nov 16 – Sharp-tailed Grouse
Aug 26 – Teacup Lichen
Nov 10 – Old Ponderosa
Nov 7 – Still 75 Tundra Swans at Benton Lake NWR
Nov 7 – Snow Geese from 1 mile because of hunting season.
Nov 6 – Swan conversation
Nov 6 – Swan and ducks
Nov 4 – Juvenile Bald Eage on pivot sprinkler
Nov 4 – Gray Partridges, known as Huns (Hungarian Partridges)
Oct 31 – First Bufflehead of the year
Oct 30 – Snow Geese show up at Benton Lake
Oct 30 – American Tree Sparrow
Oct 30 – Pintails lifting off
Oct 28 – Sandhill Cranes
Oct 27 – Winter Red-tailed Hawk
Oct 27 – Northern Shrike on Cascade backroads
Oct 26 – Black Rosy Finch in the Judith mountains