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Some pages contain images from more than one year and the descriptions may refer to other years, but displayed here are only the photos taken in 2023.

Winter 2022-23 - Images from the back yard and trailcams in the woods.
Rough-legged hawk in the back yard, January 2023.
Rough-legged hawk		 Rough-legged hawk in the back yard, January 2023.

Yellowstone, February 2023 - Snowcoach tour to Old Faithful and drive through Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
Yellowstone Bighorn		 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bison, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bison, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bison, Yellowstone, February 2023.
Bison, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bison, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bison, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bison, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bison, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Bison, Yellowstone, February 2023.
Young elk, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Coyotes, Yellowstone, February 2023.
 Coyotes, Yellowstone, February 2023.

Black Hills and Badlands 2023. - Devil's Tower, Custer State Park and Badlands National Park, early spring 2023.
Bighorn on the rocks above Custer State Park Visitor Center, March 2023.
 Bighorns on the rocks above Custer State Park Visitor Center, March 2023.
 Bighorns on the rocks above Custer State Park Visitor Center, March 2023.
 Bighorns on the rocks above Custer State Park Visitor Center, March 2023.
 Bighorn on the rocks above Custer State Park Visitor Center, March 2023.
 Bighorn on the rocks above Custer State Park Visitor Center, March 2023.
Bighorn on the rocks above Custer State Park Visitor Center, March 2023.
 Bighorn on the rocks above Custer State Park Visitor Center, March 2023.
 Bighorn lamb climbing the rocks behind Custer State Park Visitor Center, March 2023.
 Bighorn rams licking the road, southern Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Bighorn ram licking the road, southern Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Bighorn ram, southern Custer State Park, March 2023.
Bighorn ram, southern Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Bighorn lamb (almost a yearling), Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Part of a herd of 44 bighorns, Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Bighorn lamb surrounded by ewes, Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Bighorn, Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Bighorn, Custer State Park, March 2023.
Bighorn, Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Bighorn running down Highway 16A, Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Bighorn, Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Part of the big herd of bighorns, Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Bighorn rams in front of the Custer State Park Visitor Center, March 2023.
 Bighorn ram resting in the Custer State Park Visitor Center parking lot, March 2023.
Bighorn lamb, Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Bighorn lambs trying to figure out how to cross a creek, Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Bighorn lamb jumping a creek, Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Bighorn ram jumping a creek, Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Bighorn ram on the boardwalk, Custer State Park Visitor Center, March 2023.
 Bighorn ram foraging next to the Custer State Park Visitor Center parking lot, March 2023.
Bighorn ram next to the Custer State Park Visitor Center parking lot, March 2023.
 Bison, Badlands National Park, March 2023.
 Young bison on the run, Badlands National Park, March 2023.
 Bison taking a dust bath, Badlands National Park, March 2023.
 Bison on a frosty morning, Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Bison on a frosty morning, Custer State Park, March 2023.
Bison covered with frost after brushing against tree, Wind Cave National Park, March 2023.
 One of five bison who surrounded my truck to lick off the road grime, which apparently contains some essential minerals, Wind Cave National Park, March 2023.
 Bison surveys a bleak winter landscape, Badlands National Park, March 2023.
 Bison, Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Bison, Badlands National Park, March 2023.
 Bison, Badlands National Park, March 2023.
Deer, Badlands National Park, March 2023.
 Deer, Badlands National Park, March 2023.
 Pronghorn, Custer State Park, March 2023.
 Prairie dog in the frost, Wind Cave National Park, March 2023.
 Plover, Wind Cave National Park, March 2023.
 Turkey, Custer State Park, March 2023.
Devilīs Tower National Monument, March 2023.
 Devilīs Tower National Monument, March 2023.
 Devilīs Tower National Monument, March 2023.
 Devilīs Tower National Monument, March 2023, taken with my phone.
 Ice crystals forming on the fence dividing Custer and Wind Cave parks, March 2023.
 Ice crystals from freezing fog, Wind Cave National Park, March 2023.
A dusting of snow on the Badlands, March 2023.
 Freezing fog, Custer State Park, March 2023. Taken with my phone.

Backyard images, spring 2023. - Backyard images, fox, bluebirds and swallows competing for nest box, other local wildlife in the yard and nearby forest, flowers and running stream, spring 2023.
Fox in back yard eating a vole, April 2023.
 Fox took off and jumped the fence when he saw me, April 2023.
 Fox still looking at me, April 2023.
 Bluebirds returning to the nest box in my yard, May 4, 2023. Motion trigger.
 Bluebirds in my yard, May 14, 2023. Remote trigger.
 Bluebird in my yard, May 14, 2023. Remote trigger.
Bluebird bringing nesting material.
 Male bluebird perched on trailcam.
 Female bluebird.
 Bluebirds and swallow competing for the nest box.
 Bluebirds trying to eject swallow from the nest box. Remote trigger.
 Bluebirds trying to eject swallow from the nest box.
Bluebird trying to eject swallow from the nest box.
 Bluebird trying to eject swallow from the nest box.
 Swallows claim the next box.
 Swallows claim the next box. Motion trigger.
 There are more blackbirds in the yard than previous years, perhaps because this feeder is new.
 Sandhill cranes in a nearby field.
We donīt have squirrels, so deer fill the niche of bird feeder raiders.
 Larger deer goes up and over.
 Smaller deer decides not to jump.
 Moose in nearby national forest.
 Moose in nearby national forest.
 Coyote in nearby national forest.
Iīve gotten bad images of bobcats before but havenīt posted one here before.
 Paschal lilies, Red Lodge Fairgrounds.
 Paschal lilies, Red Lodge Fairgrounds.
 Paschal lilies, out in the woods.
 Snow Creek in the national forest. Iīve know how to blur moving water forever, but Iīve never actually done it before. ISO 50, F/22, polarizer filter to cut down the light a bit, I was able to get shutter speed down to 1/3rd of a second with this one and slower with some of the other images. To get even slower I would need to get a neutral density filter.
 Snow Creek in the national forest.
Snow Creek in the national forest.
 Snow Creek in the national forest.
 Snow Creek in the national forest.
 Snow Creek in the national forest.
 Snow Creek in the national forest.
 Snow Creek in the national forest.

Hawaii, April 2023. - Hawaii, April 2023.
View from our hotel overlooking Hilo Bay, the Big Island, April 2023.
 Our first sunset upon arriving in Maui, April 2023.
 USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, April 2023.
 USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, April 2023.
 USS Missouri as seen from the USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, April 2023.
 Nimitz guards the entry to the USS Missouri, Pearl Harbor, April 2023.
The USS Missouri, Pearl Harbor, April 2023.
 The USS Arizona Memorial as seen through the anchor chains of the USS Missouri, Pearl Harbor, April 2023.
 The spot on the deck of the USS Missouri where the Japanese signed the surrender papers and ended World War II, Pearl Harbor, April 2023.
 We didnīt stop at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, but I got this shot of a DC-3 through the bus window as we went by. Not a great shot with some reflections on the left but it is the only DC-3 in my photo gallery. April 2023.
 Cocoa plantation, Maui, April 2023.
 Cocoa plantation, Maui, April 2023.
There are chickens running everywhere in Hawaii, April 2023.
 The Painted Church, the Big Island, April 2023.
 Bird of Paradise in the garden of the Painted Church, the Big Island, April 2023.
 Garden of the Painted Church, the Big Island, April 2023.
 Punaluu Beach (black sand), rainy day on the Big Island, April 2023.
 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the Big Island, April 2023.
Kilauea crater, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the Big Island, April 2023.
 Pulu fiddlehead, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the Big Island, April 2023.
 Lava cliffs, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the Big Island, April 2023.
 Crab, Maui, April 2023.
 Crab, Maui, April 2023.
 Crab spitting water, Maui, April 2023.
Crab, Maui, April 2023.
 Crab, Maui, April 2023.
 Lizard, Maui, April 2023.
 Whale tail slapping, taken from the Maui shore, April 2023.
 Whale tale slapping, taken from the Maui shore, April 2023.
 Whale breaching, taken from the Maui shore, April 2023.
Whale breaching, taken from the Maui shore, April 2023.
 Green Sea Turtle, Maui, April 2023.
 Green Sea Turtle gets flipped over in the surf, Maui, April 2023.
 Green Sea Turtle tries to right itself, Maui, April 2023.
 Kaanapali Beach, Maui, April 2023. Taken with my phone.
 The Road to Hana, Maui, April 2023.
Haleakala National Park, Maui, April 2023.
 The awful Road to Hana, Maui, April 2023.

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