Honeycroft Village ~ Around the Yard

 

Intermediate Morph Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Common Whitetail Dragonfly

Chipmunk on the back deck

Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird

This bunny thought he was hiding behind the marigolds as he snacked on them.

Huron, Ohio ~ Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve

Wild Geraniums

While at the bird festival I arranged to meet and bird with a FB friend who camps in an RV.  We met online about a year ago when I was researching the possibility of purchasing a Cassita Rv to do some traveling around the country.  Jenny also happened to be a birder.  Today we decided to go to bird over in the Huron, Ohio area.

Veery

This Red-headed Woodpecker was among the 1/2 dozen we saw during the day.

Wood Duck ~ Drake

Chipmunk

WY ~ Exploring Yellowstone NP

I moved over to Island Park, ID for the next few nights to another AirBnB.  This now has me driving to and from the park via the West Yellowstone Entrance.  One of the first things you hear about Yellowstone is"if you see a traffic jam it is usually due to animals being on the road or nearby." I also heard that along the stretch of road coming in the West Entrance were small herds of elk. Going out of the the park yesterday I saw some elk but the crowds were large and the rangers were not letting anymore people stop.  This morning I got up early so that I would be able to stop and view them from one of the parking areas along the road.  I was able to see a group of about 10 elk including the male who was bugling.  It was a great experience.  Then I spent the day exploring the park and doing some hiking.  On my explorations, I found life bird #416 Barrow's Goldeneye.

Along the road in the park

Barrow's Goldeneye #416 Life Bird

Muskrat

Cabo ~ early morning birding

When leaving the village this morning I saw several of the chipmunks I've been seeing and today I was able to get a pictures of one of them.  They sure are quick little devils.  Then I saw more of the Gilded Flickers (below) that I have seen so many of this week.  This was another life bird for me.

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher

Greater Roadrunner