Just a few pictures

Pygmy Owl.  Dern near knocked me over but was courteous enough to pose for a picture afterwards.

Grouse Fajitas!  Yum!

One of two Whitetail fawns accompanying a Doe in the Yonderosa Meadow.

Surprisingly this has been a pretty good year for both Deer and Grouse at the Yonderosa.  Spring and a late arriving Summer don't generally favor the 'babes in the woods' but I'm seeing bunches of both.  LOTS of berries too.  The Bears are fattening up nicely.  Grouse crops I've seen are filled with Kinnikinik berries, ants, leafs and needles in their crops.

July, already.

Strawberries in abundance!

Piper enjoying the lake.

Spruce Budworm - The most destructive and widely distributed forest defoliator in the Western USA... and the Yonderosa.  Douglas fir is the preferred host but they were present on Larch, Ponderosa Pine, and Engleman Spruce too.  I saw Pine Siskins feeding on them.  I suspect the damage they do this year will be evident for years to come.