Idaho May 2016

 Hatched Sharp-tailed grouse eggs, 5/25, Rockland Valley.

 Ruffed grouse displaying on boulder, Deep Cr. Mtns, 5/25. My first ever!

 Hungarian partridge, Rockland Valley, 5/26.

"Hun".

Bear Lake, IDAHO, May 2016

 American White pelican with injured wing, Bear Lake, 5/13.

 Spotted sandpiper displaying, 5/13.

 Rough-winged swallow, 5/20.

 Cliff swallow making nest, 5/24.

LUNCH! Grackle and road-killed gopher snake.

Greater Sandhill cranes with chicks, Idaho May 2016

 Twins, 5/12.

 A single chick with adult, 5/25.

Its a precarious life for a flightless chick.

SNAKE AND SNIPE, Idaho May 2016.

 Garter snake on road, 5/3.

 "Winnowing" snipe, (courtship display), 5/5. One of the great sounds of spring.

 Cock snipe all puffed up, 5/12, near Paris, ID.

Snipe calling from post, Paris, ID. 5/12.

May 2016, Idaho.

 Crabapple(?), Malad, ID 5/5.

 Redtwig dogwood, 5/5. It seems like spring was just yesterday!

 The once mighty Snake River, below one of many dams, 5/6.

Shoshone Falls at low flow, 5/6/16.

IDAHO MAY 2016

 Killdeer chick, 5/8.

 American bittern, 5/13, near Paris, ID.

 Sharp-tailed grouse at sunset, 5/16. Taken with a camera trap.

Sharp-tailed grouse chick, 5/30, Rockland valley.

Rockland Valley Idaho, April-May 2016

 White Pelicans at American Falls, 4/14/16.

 White pelicans and Red-breasted mergansers at American Falls, 4/28.

 Grays Lake, Idaho, a place I've wanted to see for many years. Where many of the Greater sandhill cranes that winter in NM go to breed.

 A leucistic redtail hunting near Grays Lake, 4/29.

Five months behind! April to May in Idaho.

Its been a busy spring, summer and now fall. My last post was in May and I still have some images from then that were not posted, so I'll try to catch up......

 Top of Cow Canyon 4/18/16.

 Rockland Valley, 4/18.

 May 26, Rockland, Idaho.

 4/27 Fresh snow, Rockland Valley.

April 27 snow.