Saturday, June 20, 2015

May highlights, Utah spring, Snake Range, Nevada

 Another spring snowfall. Wheeler Peak, Great Basin NP, Nevada, 5/20.
 Spring at the lower elevations, GBNP, 5/20.
 Great basin rattlenake, wide awake in the Wah Wahs, 5/21.
W. meadowlark proclaiming.

May highlights, Utah, fecundity

 Pregnant(?) elk, 5/11. Wah Wah Mtns.
 Sibling Antelope ground squirrels.
 Desert cottontail, 5/17.
Wild turkey, 5/20.

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

May highlights, Utah, Clear Lake NWR, May 10, 2015.

 Wilson's phalarope, 5/10.
 Cinnamon teal.
 Eared grebes.
American golden plover.

May Highlights, Utah

 White pelicans, 5/5.
 Notch Peak, 5/9.
 Chukar, 5/9.
 Scott's Oriole, 5/10.
Young pronghorn, 5/10.

May 2015, Highlights, Utah

 Leopard Lizard, 5/2.
 Cactus flower, 5/3.
 Scrub jat nestlings, 5/3. The first I've ever seen.
 Am. avocets and Snowy egret in a pounding rain, 5/4. Clear Lake NWR.
Sandhill cranes dancing, 5/5.