This not so little bullsnake was sunning itself in freshly cut alfalfa hay
Tag: nature
Monarch Butterflies in Wyoming
Wyoming Monarch populations may prove important for the survival of the species
Autumn Wyoming Milky Way
My modest rookie luck should be credited to Wyoming’s beautiful, light-pollution-free night skies.
Mountain Goats of Wyoming
The goats’ ability to easily traverse treacherously steep terrain is legendary.
Carrying the Silence
…an unfathomable silence that has the power to re-form you…
Owl Attack
My sister was out for an evening jog the other night, when a large bird swooped down on her head. She said it was like getting hit with a brick. She called me soon after it happened. I could hear a little shake in her voice. We wondered about what kind of bird it was….
Curious Pronghorn
During the Pronghorn’s brief mating season in September, they are a little less wary and getting a decent photo is a bit more likely. Even so, they are usually heading over the hill by the time I get my camera out. A quick little whistle can often make them stop and look back.
Falling Yellow
As summer winds down and fall approaches, the majority of wildflowers are shades of yellow.
Beautiful Simplicity
There is a beautiful simplicity in the way a horse moves across the land.
Day in the High Country
The mountain treeline is my favorite place to be on a hot summer day. Temperatures are at least 15 degrees cooler up there and any reprieve from the high nineties is welcome. I had plans to hike a trail to a destination, but once I got there I just wanted to wander across the open…
Pronghorn: Icon of Wyoming
Perfectly adapted to the sage brush steppe, Pronghorn, Antilocapra americana, is an iconic wildlife species of Wyoming. Visitors are often surprised when they see pronghorn, saying they “look like something from Africa.” Pronghorn are the second fastest land mammal on the planet, able to reach speeds exceeding 50 mph. Sagebrush is a staple of their…
Water is Life
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, Wyoming is a headwater state. Straddling the continental divide, Wyoming feeds four major river basins: the Missouri-Mississippi, Green-Colorado, Snake-Columbia, and Great Salt Lake.1 Given the low rainfall in Wyoming’s lower elevations, we all keep a close eye on the mountain snowpack. The mountain snowpack will, for the most part,…
Wyoming Life 