Tim, Zel, and I headed out to the ranch in search of the GGO's, with three of us, and having left early we messed around with a pile of Swainson's hawks to kill some time.
We found this Ruffed Grouse in a heavy spruce area, a difficult situation for light.
With all the birds trying to get ready for the flight south, it is nice to see all the grasshopers getting bigger so the birds have something to feed on.
Also caught this golden shaded dragonfly.
On a second pass through the area a Luecistic Magpie made an appearance.
Here is the light bird, with two regular coloured Magpies to show how light this individual is!
Here is a shot of the bird standing still.
A pretty uncommon occurance, so a great opportunity.
After some serious questioning of where the owls were, we decided to give another area a shot. We spoke with a couple of locals and found the right area. While we were out there, it was nearly dark, we found three separate herds of elk. This thin antlered 6x6 was high on the hill with his herem.
Then we found this monster bull on the flats. One of the largest bulls I have seen yet.
So although we did not get what we set out for, we had a great outing with some great sightings!
Have a great Wildlife week.
Turbo
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