South Dakota 8/11-12

 Sharp-tailed grouse, near Maurine, SD. 8/11.

 Prairie sunrise. Maurine, SD. 8/12.

 Sunflower power, SD. 8/12.

GREAT PLAINS crossing, August '15.

 Nebraska, 8/11.

 Bison herd near Crawford, NE. 8/11.

 Sharp-tailed grouse, near Mud Butte, NE. 8/11.

 Painted turtle crossing highway, NE. 8/11.

Painted turtle.

Overland into the Great Plains, Aug. 9 - 12

 Swainsen's hawk, San Luis Valley, CO. 8/9.

 Nighthawk, San Luis Valley, CO. 8/9.

 Northeast Colorado, 8/10

 Meriden, Wyoming, 8/10

Swainsen's, WY. 8/11.

North Uintas, Utah, June 28, 2015

 Heading south into the Uintas from Wyoming.

 Moose habitat, Uintas.

Sandhill crane doing broken wing act to distract me from its chick(s), 6/28. I never saw it/them, so it worked very well.

Bridger Basin, Wyoming

 Bridger Basin, Wyoming, 6/27. View from north to Uintas.

 Pronghorn twins, 6/27.

 Black's Fork, Bridger Basin, 6/27.

View of badlands from clay cave.

Paleo camp, 6/27.

Tracy Aviary, Salt Lake City

 King Vulture, 6/21.

Andean Condor, "Andy" is 56 years old, and a confirmed bachelor, 6/21/15.

Late June, Utah

 Willow Creek, headwaters, 6/23.

 Shooting star Columbine,Willow Creek, 6/23.

 Bull elk in wet meadow, 6/23.

 Stock tank, 6/23.

 Spadefoot toad tadpoles, 6/23.

 Silver Lake, Big Cottonwood Canyon, 6/23.

Red squirrel, Silver Lake.