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

Blog Entries for Black Hills and Badlands 2023.:
March 2023
3/28/2023 Bighorn Bonanza - Dozens of bighorns in the Black Hills. bighorn

Blog Entries for other Spring 2023:
January 2024
1/1/2024 Photo of the Year - A fox in the back yard is the Photo of the Year 2023. fox
July 2023
7/15/2023 Flowers - Montana Wildflowers. flower
June 2023
6/17/2023 Backyard brawl - Swallows defending their nest box from blackbirds and magpies. bird
6/14/2023 Fun with neutral density - Blurring running water with filters and long exposure. photography, scenic
6/11/2023 Spring wrapup - Fox, bluebirds versus swalows, trailcam images. fox, bluebird, moose
April 2023
4/25/2023 Hawaii - Maui before it burned, Oahu, the Big Island. scenic, memorial, turtle
4/1/2023 Contenders - Photo of the Year contenders after three months. fox, bison, bighorn, coyote, hawk

 
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