Animals and Fowl - Part 2

These are more of the awesome shots Bob has gotten on this trip. I believe he's taken 500 apiece of bison and elk so I've chosen a few more to show case today.

This little critter is a yellow-bellied marmot also known as rockchucks.










This dude was strutting his stuff along the road. He still had velvet on his antlers so he was practicing his strut and bugling for the "girls."

One morning in Lamar Valley, the bison (buffalo) were close to the road and Bob shot a gazillion pictures.

A few of the males were watching the vehicles closely.










This makes me think of the 'wild wild west' and how the plains might have looked to people that crested a hill and saw hundreds of bison dotting the landscape.









 Here's a calf. The proper name for a new bison is Red Dog. They 'come out' with a deep red coat and it turns brown as they grow.








Here is the prolific Magpie. They are fairly large birds and numerous in Montana/Wyoming. The black feathers are so deep that it looks blue. They are very pretty birds.