Wyoming Photos

Truckin'

2012-02-10T21:27:00.001-07:00

North of Powell. February, 2012.

Anti-crepuscular rays

2012-01-31T07:50:00.002-07:00

Polecat Bench. January, 2012

The term for rays cast by the setting sun is crepuscular--associated with twilight. They are caused by light passing through holes in the clouds, and they are actually parallel. It's a trick of perspective which makes it appear they originate from a single point. This photo was taken at sunset; it faces mainly to the east. Since the rays appear to be opposite the setting sun, they are called anti-crepuscular rays.

Bald eagle

2012-01-28T07:33:00.002-07:00

North of Powell. January, 2012.

Ice fishing on Deaver Reservoir

2012-01-25T06:13:00.003-07:00

January 2012.

Kestrel

2012-01-19T08:05:00.003-07:00

East of Powell. January, 2012.

Dinner at the fence post cafe

2012-01-13T05:54:00.002-07:00

Polecat Bench. January, 2012.

Canada geese

2012-01-09T07:05:00.003-07:00

Taking flight.

Coming in for a landing.
North of Powell. January, 2012.

Horse and starlings

2012-01-05T08:03:00.003-07:00

North of Powell. December, 2011.

Bald eagle

2011-12-30T21:42:00.002-07:00

South of Powell. December, 2011.

Chukar

2011-12-26T16:07:00.004-07:00

Polecat Bench. December, 2011.

Kestrel

2011-12-25T21:53:00.002-07:00

East of Powell. December, 2011.

Golden Eagle

2011-12-23T09:49:00.002-07:00

Polecat Bench. December, 2011

Winter

2011-12-19T07:15:00.002-07:00

North of Powell. December, 2011

Frosty eagle

2011-12-16T07:47:00.000-07:00

Near Powell. December, 2011.

Three eagles

2011-12-15T20:53:00.003-07:00

North of Powell. Dec., 2011.

Bald eagle

2011-12-14T20:48:00.003-07:00

East of Powell. December, 2011.

Winter

2011-12-11T09:26:00.001-07:00

North of Powell. Dec. 2011.

Red-tailed Hawk

2011-11-27T20:15:00.002-07:00

North of Powell. Nov., 2011.

Northern Harrier

2011-11-20T09:35:00.002-07:00

North of Powell. November, 2011.

Golden Eagle

2011-11-13T18:37:00.001-07:00

North of Powell. November, 2011.

Past and present

2011-11-06T07:27:00.002-07:00

One room school and oil pumper. In the Bakkan field near Stanley, North Dakota. October, 2011.

October leaf

2011-10-28T22:07:00.002-06:00

Powell, 2011.

Along the Yellowstone River

2011-10-24T21:06:00.003-06:00

Eastern Montana. October, 2011.

Pheasants

2011-10-19T06:29:00.002-06:00

North of Powell. September, 2011

First snow of fall

2011-10-08T22:57:00.002-06:00

Pryor Mountains. 8 Oct. 2011

Pure Wyoming

2011-10-01T10:51:00.003-06:00

Pure Wyoming -- brown grass, sage brush, drilling rig, shot gunned road sign, an antelope in the road, no traffic and no trees. Polecat Bench. September, 2011.

Feral Turkeys with Styrofoam Owl

2011-09-26T21:10:00.001-06:00

North of Powell. September, 2011.

Nighthawk

2011-09-13T20:29:00.002-06:00

Powell. August, 2011.

Pheasant

2011-09-03T12:40:00.002-06:00

North of Powell. September, 2011.

Starlings

2011-08-28T09:42:00.002-06:00

North of Powell. August, 2011

Sunrise during fire season

2011-08-25T08:10:00.003-06:00

The west end of Polecat Bench. August, 2011

Sunset during fire season

2011-08-24T06:56:00.004-06:00

Sunset over the Beartooths. Smoke plume is from a fire near Clark. August, 2011.

Mourning Doves

2011-08-23T08:22:00.003-06:00

North of Powell. August, 2011.

Sunflowers

2011-08-14T09:06:00.003-06:00

North of Powell. August, 2011.

Leafcutter bee "hive"

2011-08-09T21:05:00.010-06:00

Leafcutter bee hive. North of Powell. June, 2011.

The rectangular shelters located in the occasional alfalfa field around Powell house leaf cutter bees. Smaller than honey bees, leafcutter bees are used to pollinate seed alfalfa crops. Leafcutter bees are not social; they don't gather in hives, although female leafcutter bees will nest close to one another. The shelters house boards which have been grooved and fitted together to form small "tunnels" where the bees lay their eggs. The bees then pack the eggs in with leaf fragments they have chewed off. The boards are protected during the winter, and the next season the eggs hatch out and the cycle starts again.

Plains, planes, and trains

2011-08-05T20:12:00.003-06:00

Early morning, just south of Frannie. August, 2011.

Clarks Fork Canyon through Sunlight Basin

2011-07-24T21:44:00.002-06:00

From Chief Joseph scenic highway. July, 2011.

Clarks Fork River

2011-07-23T07:03:00.004-06:00

Leaving the canyon. July, 2011.

Mouth of the Clarks Fork Canyon

2011-07-22T06:56:00.003-06:00

Northern face. July, 2011.

Mouth of the Clarks Fork Canyon

2011-07-21T06:51:00.002-06:00

Southern face. July, 2011

Mouth of the Clarks Fork Canyon

2011-07-20T09:04:00.004-06:00

July 2011.

(Note: it pains me to leave the apostrophe out of Clarks, but that is the official spelling of the river. It is impossible to capture the scale or the variety of the canyon with a few photos, but I'm going to run a brief series of photos on the canyon over the next few days.)

Three uneasy antelope

2011-07-17T21:27:00.001-06:00

Polecat Bench. July, 2011.

Wide open spaces

2011-07-09T10:30:00.003-06:00

Southern Montana, northern Wyoming. July, 2011.

Western Kingbird

2011-07-08T07:46:00.002-06:00

Near Powell. May, 2011.

Shield pictograph

2011-07-05T11:01:00.003-06:00

Southern Montana. July, 2011.

Fledgling owl

2011-07-03T07:19:00.003-06:00

Great Horned Owl. May, 2011.

Morning clouds on Polecat Bench

2011-06-28T07:54:00.004-06:00

June, 2011.

Polecat Bench, eastern face

2011-06-25T14:31:00.002-06:00

June, 2011

American Avocet

2011-06-19T09:39:00.002-06:00

North of Powell. June, 2011.

Heart Mountain and Trout Peak

2011-06-12T08:49:00.005-06:00

Foreshortening courtesy of a telephoto lens.

June, 2011.

Yellow-headed black bird

2011-06-11T17:05:00.002-06:00

South of Powell. June, 2011.

Western Tanager

2011-06-08T06:04:00.003-06:00

Cody. June, 2010.

Osprey with fish

2011-06-05T07:06:00.002-06:00

Sandbridge, Virginia. May, 2011.

Great horned owl in flight

2011-06-03T07:40:00.002-06:00

Powell. June, 2011.

Atlantic sunrise

2011-06-02T09:38:00.000-06:00

Sandbridge, Virginia. May, 2011.

Wild turkey

2011-05-31T17:20:00.002-06:00

Shenandoah National Forest,Virginia. May, 2011.

Surfer at sunrise

2011-05-30T11:21:00.003-06:00

Sandbridge, Virginia. May, 2011

Meadowlark

2011-05-14T08:15:00.002-06:00

North of Powell. May, 2011.
It's nice to have the meadowlarks back.

Magpie

2011-04-27T06:58:00.002-06:00

North of Powell. April, 2011.

Red-winged blackbird

2011-04-25T08:12:00.001-06:00

East of Powell. April, 2011.

Red-tailed hawk

2011-04-18T22:06:00.001-06:00

Near the Shoshone River. April, 2011.

On the South Fork

2011-04-16T08:22:00.002-06:00

January, 2011

Moose

2011-04-14T07:47:00.002-06:00

North Fork of the Shoshone. April, 2011.

Absaroka Mountains from Polecat Bench

2011-04-10T08:19:00.002-06:00

April, 2011.

Cow elk

2011-04-05T19:26:00.003-06:00

North Fork of the Shoshone. April, 2011.

Mountain Bluebird

2011-04-02T19:37:00.002-06:00

North Fork of the Shoshone. April, 2011.

Guard llama

2011-04-01T06:20:00.003-06:00

North of Powell. January, 2011.

Sandhill Cranes & March snow

2011-03-22T22:20:00.000-06:00

Near Ralston. March, 2011.

Sage Grouse

2011-03-18T17:02:00.002-06:00

South of Cody. March, 2010.

Canada geese

2011-03-14T08:59:00.001-06:00

North of Powell. March, 2011.

Canada geese

2011-03-05T21:12:00.001-07:00

North of Powell. March, 2011.

Golden eagle

2011-03-04T06:38:00.000-07:00

Near Powell. March, 2011.

Prairie falcon and crow

2011-03-02T21:26:00.001-07:00

Well, at least part of a crow. February, 2011

Summer bee

2011-02-25T12:52:00.003-07:00

I'm just a little tired of posting photos of snow and cold.
Virginia, 2010.

Red-tailed hawk with dove

2011-02-22T19:05:00.002-07:00

North of Powell. February, 2011.

Snow splattered tree

2011-02-19T16:53:00.003-07:00

Polecat Bench. February, 2011.

Buffalo & bike

2011-02-17T20:40:00.004-07:00

Yellowstone. 2008.

Spring

2011-02-13T18:13:00.004-07:00

February, 2011.

(Actually, these guys have been here all winter.)

Golden eagle and snow

2011-02-09T07:42:00.004-07:00

North of Powell. February, 2011.

Crows mobbing a bald eagle in a snow squall

2011-02-06T09:36:00.001-07:00

North of Powell. February, 2011.

Frosty husky

2011-02-03T07:14:00.003-07:00

January, 2011

Wind farm

2011-01-30T09:17:00.003-07:00

Shirley Basin. October, 2010.

Belted kingfisher

2011-01-27T07:25:00.002-07:00

North of Powell. January, 2011

Elk Basin townsite

2011-01-23T07:50:00.005-07:00

Originally located in Elk Basin near the first oil and gas wells, the community which had sprung up for workers included homes, a general store, a post office, a restaurant, and a Sunday school. Because of the presence of hydrogen sulfide gas, which is highly toxic and can settle in low lying areas, much of the community was moved several miles away to higher land on Polecat Bench. In 1955 the "camp" for workers in Elk Basin was closed. Many of the houses were moved to Powell. Traces of streets and a few trees remain on the site.

Merlin

2011-01-22T05:35:00.003-07:00

North of Powell. January, 2011.

Taking flight

2011-01-17T07:14:00.001-07:00

North of Powell. January, 2011.

South Fork of the Shoshone

2011-01-14T05:59:00.002-07:00

December, 2010.

House finches

2011-01-11T08:30:00.001-07:00

North of Powell. January, 2011.

Bison

2011-01-07T08:15:00.002-07:00

North Fork. January, 2010.

Bighorns

2011-01-05T21:56:00.003-07:00

North Fork of the Shoshone. January, 2011.

South Fork of the Shoshone

2011-01-03T06:42:00.001-07:00

December, 2010.

Waiting out the storm

2011-01-02T08:59:00.002-07:00

North of Powell. December, 2010.

American Kestrel

2010-12-29T10:36:00.001-07:00

North of Powell. December, 2010.

Golden eagle

2010-12-27T11:53:00.002-07:00

North of Powell. December, 2010.

Drilling in the Silver Tip Basin

2010-12-26T20:06:00.004-07:00

West of Polecat Bench. December, 2010.

Merry Christmas

2010-12-24T06:46:00.002-07:00

Bald Eagle. North of Powell. December, 2010.

Winter colors #3

2010-12-22T08:14:00.004-07:00

December, 2010.

Lunar eclipse

2010-12-21T07:18:00.005-07:00

Powell, December 21, 2010.

Winter colors #2

2010-12-19T22:12:00.001-07:00

December, 2010.

Winter Colors #1

2010-12-19T07:07:00.002-07:00

Powell. December, 2010.