Birds, Bikes & Bison

 Around here, birds, bikes and bison are definitely signs that Spring has sprung....

Spring biking season in Yellowstone is short, but VERY sweet. We try to take advantage every year. After the roads have been plowed, but before they are opened to vehicle traffic, they are opened to bikes. We rode to Indian Creek in Yellowstone this year. It's so much fun to have Yellowstone 'to yourself on a beautiful spring day'....

 

With Spring, we've been thinking BIRDS. John has a couple great bird sculptures 'in the works'...

 

kingfisher in clay - (to be bronzed)

kingfisher detail

osprey dive in clay - (to be bronzed)

osprey detail

 

 

Our Yellowstone Zoo

- photos from our windows -

 

Some great birds have been around our property lately. I saw my 'first crane of the year' on the property this week and we had a couple herons visiting. Also, the osprey are back fishing in the Yellowstone River. We've seen them catch a few fish already - always an amazing sight!

Some of my better bird photos from this week....

A Great Blue Heron

fishing in the Yellowstone River

 

catching 'a big one'!

and swallowing that big fish whole -
look close, that's the tail sticking out of his bill!



My 'first sandhill crane of the year' flying by our property...

 

An osprey flying by - they've been fishing here a lot lately!...(and I WILL get a good photo of a dive)

 

And much easier to capture in a photo than birds flying by -

but still VERY exciting to see around the property - LOTS of bison....

 

 

 

We had a small bison herd making it's way right through our driveway earlier today. This time of year you need to check first before you run outside!