It's awful early to be in a winter doldrums frump, but I confess that I am...sigh...the sun's out today so I'm thinking I need to high-tail it over to the pond to see what's about.....anyway, I never did post the photos from my last two outings before the trip to CA/first snowfall, so now's a good time to get that caught up with too.....
In late Oct., I took a drive to Bear Butte Lake, but there weren't any migrating water fowl as yet except a few Canada geese...I did get shots of some song sparrows, tho...and this empty bird house...
One of those song sparrows on fencing...a golden tree in the background...
A closer shot of the same sparrow...
Under foot, a late thistle and its visitor...
Another song sparrow...or the same one?...seeing me off at the gate...
And the same one, having moved as I crept along past the gate towards the road...
Later still in Oct., I made a trip to Custer State Park...
Not far beyond the E entrance there's a picnic area w/ French Creek running thru it...I found this squirrel gathering food...
Bulrush growing beside the creek...
A chipmunk with a full mouth spiraled around a tree as I followed it...
On to the wildlife loop road, a female antelope basked in the sun...
...Timing...I came upon five large bull buffalo meandering towards the road from across a field...
Three of them closer up...they headed south and out of sight before reaching the road...
Another stop along French Creek where there's a foot trail...and this beautifully textured oak tree...
My favorites were the cute little cjipmunk and the antelope basking in the sun!
ReplyDeleteOh I remember those balmy late autumn days......and all that lovely light :-)
ReplyDeleteI am still jealous of your pronghorn pictures. I only get to see them from about a half mile away. One of these days though I'll get a shot to post.
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