Bucks, Grouse, GGO on Sunday Morning 121007

As we were going to to be having Thanksgiving Dinner together, Jamie and Zel joined Len and I "out at the ranch for a morning run.  The idea was to stay out of the way of the ladies getting dinner ready. Len and I started out with a couple of Whitetail bucks, then a small herd of elk made an appearance.

Then Bucks just seemed to keep coming.

This is one of two others tht were in an open field.

We spotted a distant cow moose, so it was an ungulate morning to be certain! Of course the were a lot of femails around too.  We met up with Zel and Jamie, they had collected a Great Grey, and we were going to go after that until. Then just like someone switched a switched the Birdie's took over. We spotted the first Rough Legged Hawk of the season. Here is a Ruffed Grouse we grabbed on the same road that Jamie and Zel had come out, just shows you that you never know when something is going to show.

As we were coming out I had Len in the bed of the truck for a better view. Just as he started banging on the roof, I spied the same item. It was Jamie and Zel's GGO

I then took Len over to one of my favourite "mountain view" areas for a couple of those shots. It was then off to the pub for some grub, not too much though, we have turkey dinner later today.
I hope that everyone has a great "wildlife" week!
Turbo