Wyoming Unite!!!!

[R2elk]

Barking at me

Stomping her foot at me

Pretending to ignore me

Trying to stare me down

 

[R2elk]

With her mother

 

[N F C]

My son has been here for a visit. We spent a few days in NE Wyoming and had such a good time. What a pretty area of the state that is! I'll get my photos uploaded later today to share!

 

[R2elk]

I was confident that the Yellow-billed Cuckoo was still around all summer because I kept hearing this from time to time. I finally spotted it in the driveway a few days ago but it was gone before I could get a camera. Yesterday I was able to capture it again.

As it turns out, this year was not the first time I had a Yellow-billed Cuckoo here. Back in 2013, I found a dead bird in the garden. I never identified it until today when I went back and checked the photos and it indeed was a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Based on where it was found, I believe that it died from hitting the garden fence too hard.

 

[R2elk]

To my knowledge, Maximilian sunflower is the only perennial sunflower. On a good year, I have had the stalks grow as much as 8' tall. This year mine are only 4' tall and many have a "U" in the stalk from the hail damage. The unfortunate part is that they are late bloomers and in years of a hard early freeze they may not get to bloom at all. Their peak blooms are in October. They produce lots of seeds but this is the first year where I have found new plants in a location that they can only have come up from seeds. I believe they also spread by runners and the original location has gone from a 1'x1' bed to a 4'x3' deep bed.

 

[R2elk]

On September the 23, I saw a fox squirrel here. The last time one was here that I know about was Dec. 2014. It didn't last long as it was invited to dinner by a Red-tail Hawk. I am guessing that someone from in town is trying to get rid of their problem squirrels by making them someone else's problem.

It was still here yesterday.

 

[N F C]

Nice photos as always Bob! I especially like the sunflowers...one of my favorite flowers.

 

[red horse ranch]

The fox squirrel made me think of all the squirrel and dumpling meals I used to fix when we lived back east.

There are a few grey squirrels in Buffalo but haven't seen a fox squirrel for years.

 

[N F C]

The fox squirrel made me think of all the squirrel and dumpling meals I used to fix when we lived back east.

There are a few grey squirrels in Buffalo but haven't seen a fox squirrel for years.

Are the black squirrels up around there too? Years ago we were up that way to go to Niagara Falls and saw a couple of them.

 

[red horse ranch]

Are the black squirrels up around there too? Years ago we were up that way to go to Niagara Falls and saw a couple of them.

I don't think I've ever seen a black squirrel that I remember..