We took a spur-of-the-moment field trip to the National Bison Range today, which is about an hour away from us. Got some cool pictures, including these white-tailed deer with the Mission Mountain range in the background. In addition to the deer, we also saw bison, pronghorn antelope, bald eagles, rough-legged hawks, even some turtles. I think I got a pretty good picture of some pronghorn, but it's on Rick's camera. He and Nichelle both got some really good ones of the turtles in the pond. We only saw the bison from really far away this time. The upper part of the loop road is still closed because of ice. I hope we can get back in May when the entire road is open. We walked through the nature trails by the river and saw lots more birds. I also found a really cool picture book about bears in the visitor center, so I'll blog about that soon. Rick always has 3-day weekends, so it's nice to get out and do something on Mondays. We hadn't been on an official field trip in awhile, so it was about time we did.
This probably sounds odd, but it's so strange to reconcile your picture (and "knowing" you through your posts and comments and such) with the photographer of such a breathtaking nature shot. You are very talented : )
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and KLo is right - a lot of talent there in those fingers of yours
ReplyDeleteCO is such a beautiful state. So photogenic. You'll have to post that pic of the pronghorns.
ReplyDeleteWow, Montana is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThose mountains look like they were painted! Great shot!
That picture is so beautiful its almost surreal.
ReplyDeleteI bet that is a breathtaking place to visit.
ReplyDeleteWow - that is a beautiful picture! You live in an awesome area Rena! And I love spur of the moment trips, somehow they always end up more fun than the planned ones!
ReplyDeletea great picture and I love the mountains.
ReplyDeleteOne word- STUNNING!
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