Big Sky Country: Recently Added Galleries and Collections

Grizzly Bears

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Wed, 22 May 2013 02:22:47 GMT

]]>Big Sky Country is home to the Threatened (recently downgraded from Endangered) grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) and to black bears.

Grizzly bears are so named because of the "grizzled" appearance that the coats of many members of this species exhibit. Grizzly bears are a sub-species of brown bear (Ursus arctos). Grizzly bears once ranged in western North America from Alaska to Mexico but are now only found in in Alaska, Canada, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho.

Grizzly bears are omnivorous and make use of a wide variety of food sources from winterkill carcasses, elk calves, bison calves, the occasional adult bison or elk, rodents, whitebark pine nuts, cutworm Army moths, fish, grass, roots, berries, etc.

Grizzly bears range in color from blonde to black, but medium brown to dark brown is most common. As mentioned before, many individuals have coats that exhibit the "grizzled" or silver-tipped appearance from which the species name comes. The most diagnostic feature of a grizzly bear is a shoulder hump. Other features by which they can be identified are overall body shape, proportionally shorter ears than a black bear, and a "dish-shaped" face.

All photos in this gallery depict wild & free grizzly bears.

If you want to see an individual photo larger, click on the thumbnail for that photo. While viewing the photo, mousing over the left edge of the photo will present additional options. To see a photo even larger, and with "the lights dimmed," click on it again. While the "lights are dimmed," you can advance to the next photo by using the page advance button on the far right side of the screen or go back to a previous photo by using the page back button on the far left. To exit the "dimmed lights" mode, click the gray X in the upper right corner.

All of the photos displayed in this gallery are available for purchase. Prints (framed & unframed), stretched canvas, fotoflots, wall clings, and greeting cards are available. Print orders are fulfilled by Zenfolio/Mpix. If you don't see the size, aspect ratio, or print medium you desire, please contact me for a custom quote to be fulfilled by me directly.

To purchase a single photo, click the Buy button (shopping cart icon) in the upper right while viewing that photo. You can also select multiple photos for purchase by clicking the Select option on image thumbnails. Then, select your preferred options to configure your purchase (including size and frame options for prints).

More help is provided by video via the Help page.

Yellowstone May 2013

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:43 GMT

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Wild Flowers & Plants

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:49:10 GMT

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When exploring Big Sky Country, if you fail to "stop and smell the roses" you are missing out on a treat. Big Sky Country is graced with an abundance and wonderful diversity of wild flowers adapted for life in all of the wonderful variety of habitats found under the Big Sky.

If you want to see an individual photo larger, click on the thumbnail for that photo. While viewing the photo, mousing over the left edge of the photo will present additional options. To see a photo even larger, and with "the lights dimmed," click on it again. While the "lights are dimmed," you can advance to the next photo by using the page advance button on the far right side of the screen or go back to a previous photo by using the page back button on the far left. To exit the "dimmed lights" mode, click the gray X in the upper right corner.

All of the photos displayed in this gallery are available for purchase. Prints (framed & unframed), stretched canvas, fotoflots, wall clings, and greeting cards are available. Print orders are fulfilled by Zenfolio/Mpix. If you don't see the size, aspect ratio, or print medium you desire, please contact me for a custom quote to be fulfilled by me directly.

To purchase a single photo, click the Buy button (shopping cart icon) in the upper right while viewing that photo. You can also select multiple photos for purchase by clicking the Select option on image thumbnails. Then, select your preferred options to configure your purchase (including size and frame options for prints).

More help is provided by video via the Help page.

Bison

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:35:15 GMT

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Bison, buffalo, tatanka, iiníí, iniwa, Bi'Shee, eneečee, bozheena...

The peoples of Big Sky Country have many names for the great, humped grazer of the plains... Many call them buffalo, technically they are American Bison. To the Lakota Sioux, they are tatanka. The Blackfeet call them iinii, the Chippewa Cree call them iniwa. To the Crow, they are known as Bi'Shee. Among the Gros Ventre, the bulls are eneečee and the cows are byiih. Call them what you will, Big Sky Country would seem vacant without them.

All photos in this gallery depict wild & free bison (or whatever you want to call them).

If you want to see an individual photo larger, click on the thumbnail for that photo. While viewing the photo, mousing over the left edge of the photo will present additional options. To see a photo even larger, and with "the lights dimmed," click on it again. While the "lights are dimmed," you can advance to the next photo by using the page advance button on the far right side of the screen or go back to a previous photo by using the page back button on the far left. To exit the "dimmed lights" mode, click the gray X in the upper right corner.

All of the photos displayed in this gallery are available for purchase. Prints (framed & unframed), stretched canvas, fotoflots, wall clings, and greeting cards are available. Print orders are fulfilled by Zenfolio/Mpix. If you don't see the size, aspect ratio, or print medium you desire, please contact me for a custom quote to be fulfilled by me directly.

To purchase a single photo, click the Buy button (shopping cart icon) in the upper right while viewing that photo. You can also select multiple photos for purchase by clicking the Select option on image thumbnails. Then, select your preferred options to configure your purchase (including size and frame options for prints).

More help is provided by video via the Help page.

Structure & Interior Photos

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:33:30 GMT

]]>If you want to see an individual photo larger, click on the thumbnail for that photo. While viewing the photo, mousing over the left edge of the photo will present additional options. To see a photo even larger, and with "the lights dimmed," click on it again. While the "lights are dimmed," you can advance to the next photo by using the page advance button on the far right side of the screen or go back to a previous photo by using the page back button on the far left. To exit the "dimmed lights" mode, click the gray X in the upper right corner.

All of the photos displayed in this gallery are available for purchase. Prints (framed & unframed), stretched canvas, fotoflots, wall clings, and greeting cards are available.

To purchase a single photo, click the Buy button (shopping cart icon) in the upper right while viewing that photo. You can also select multiple photos for purchase by clicking the Select option on image thumbnails. Then, select your preferred options to configure your purchase (including size and frame options for prints).

More help is provided by video via the Help page.

Canines

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:33:04 GMT

]]>Canine Photos

While often maligned as vicious or varmints, the canines of Big Sky Country -- wolves, coyotes and foxes -- play a critical role in maintaining biodiversity.

All photos in this gallery depict wild & free wolves, coyotes or foxes.

If you want to see an individual photo larger, click on the thumbnail for that photo. While viewing the photo, mousing over the left edge of the photo will present additional options. To see a photo even larger, and with "the lights dimmed," click on it again. While the "lights are dimmed," you can advance to the next photo by using the page advance button on the far right side of the screen or go back to a previous photo by using the page back button on the far left. To exit the "dimmed lights" mode, click the gray X in the upper right corner.

All of the photos displayed in this gallery are available for purchase. Prints (framed & unframed), stretched canvas, fotoflots, wall clings, and greeting cards are available. Print orders are fulfilled by Zenfolio/Mpix. If you don't see the size, aspect ratio, or print medium you desire, please contact me for a custom quote to be fulfilled by me directly.

To purchase a single photo, click the Buy button (shopping cart icon) in the upper right while viewing that photo. You can also select multiple photos for purchase by clicking the Select option on image thumbnails. Then, select your preferred options to configure your purchase (including size and frame options for prints).

More help is provided by video via the Help page.

Land Birds (grouse, pheasants, etc)

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:01 GMT

]]>Land Bird Photos

All photos in this gallery depict wild & free birds.

If you want to see an individual photo larger, click on the thumbnail for that photo. While viewing the photo, mousing over the left edge of the photo will present additional options. To see a photo even larger, and with "the lights dimmed," click on it again. While the "lights are dimmed," you can advance to the next photo by using the page advance button on the far right side of the screen or go back to a previous photo by using the page back button on the far left. To exit the "dimmed lights" mode, click the gray X in the upper right corner.

All of the photos displayed in this gallery are available for purchase. Prints (framed & unframed), stretched canvas, fotoflots, wall clings, and greeting cards are available. Print orders are fulfilled by Zenfolio/Mpix. If you don't see the size, aspect ratio, or print medium you desire, please contact me for a custom quote to be fulfilled by me directly.

To purchase a single photo, click the Buy button (shopping cart icon) in the upper right while viewing that photo. You can also select multiple photos for purchase by clicking the Select option on image thumbnails. Then, select your preferred options to configure your purchase (including size and frame options for prints).

More help is provided by video via the Help page.

Fairy Slippers May 2013

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:17:01 GMT

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Montana Landscapes (including Glacier National Park)

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:07:28 GMT

]]>Montana Landscapes
(including Glacier National Park Landscapes)

From the mountains to the plains, Big Sky Country - Montana, is, indeed, the Treasure State. I am grateful every day that I am blessed to live here in God's Country and The Last Best Place. It is my pleasure to capture and share landscape photos of Montana.

This gallery includes photos from Glacier National Park. Within the boundary of the Waterton/Glacier International Peace Park, an alpine wonderland of glaciers, glacial carved mountains, glacial lakes, glacial streams, and alpine meadows blanketed with wildflowers and prairie grasses is displayed in all its glory. Landforms unique to landscapes shaped by glaciers include arêtes, cirques, hanging valleys, horns and moraines. Glacier National Park is a hiker's paradise.

If you want to see an individual photo larger, click on the thumbnail for that photo. While viewing the photo, mousing over the left edge of the photo will present additional options. To see a photo even larger, and with "the lights dimmed," click on it again. While the "lights are dimmed," you can advance to the next photo by using the page advance button on the far right side of the screen or go back to a previous photo by using the page back button on the far left. To exit the "dimmed lights" mode, click the gray X in the upper right corner.

All of the photos displayed in this gallery are available for purchase. Prints (framed & unframed), stretched canvas, fotoflots, wall clings, and greeting cards are available.

To purchase a single photo, click the Buy button (shopping cart icon) in the upper right while viewing that photo. You can also select multiple photos for purchase by clicking the Select option on image thumbnails. Then, select your preferred options to configure your purchase (including size and frame options for prints). Print orders are fulfilled by Zenfolio/Mpix. If you don't see the size, aspect ratio, or print medium you desire, please contact me for a custom quote to be fulfilled by me directly.

More help is provided by video via the Help page.

Songbirds, etc.

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Sun, 12 May 2013 04:47:50 GMT

]]>Song Bird Photos

Singing sweetly or calling raucously from the tree tops or from the cat tails, the diversity and adaptions of birds for different habitats is astounding. I "discovered" the pleasure of birding just a few years ago. I don't have a very long life list yet -- but it's growing! I am enjoying the process of learning about birds and adding to that list tremendously.

All photos in this gallery depict wild & free birds.

If you want to see an individual photo larger, click on the thumbnail for that photo. While viewing the photo, mousing over the left edge of the photo will present additional options. To see a photo even larger, and with "the lights dimmed," click on it again. While the "lights are dimmed," you can advance to the next photo by using the page advance button on the far right side of the screen or go back to a previous photo by using the page back button on the far left. To exit the "dimmed lights" mode, click the gray X in the upper right corner.

All of the photos displayed in this gallery are available for purchase. Prints (framed & unframed), stretched canvas, fotoflots, wall clings, and greeting cards are available. Print orders are fulfilled by Zenfolio/Mpix. If you don't see the size, aspect ratio, or print medium you desire, please contact me for a custom quote to be fulfilled by me directly.

To purchase a single photo, click the Buy button (shopping cart icon) in the upper right while viewing that photo. You can also select multiple photos for purchase by clicking the Select option on image thumbnails. Then, select your preferred options to configure your purchase (including size and frame options for prints).

More help is provided by video via the Help page.

Waterfowl & Shorebirds

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Sun, 12 May 2013 04:45:44 GMT

]]>Waterfowl & Shorebird Photos

Often overlooked by those not particularly interested in birds, the birds that are found on or near water are remarkably diverse in both appearance and behavior.

All photos in this gallery depict wild & free water fowl and shore birds.

If you want to see an individual photo larger, click on the thumbnail for that photo. While viewing the photo, mousing over the left edge of the photo will present additional options. To see a photo even larger, and with "the lights dimmed," click on it again. While the "lights are dimmed," you can advance to the next photo by using the page advance button on the far right side of the screen or go back to a previous photo by using the page back button on the far left. To exit the "dimmed lights" mode, click the gray X in the upper right corner.

All of the photos displayed in this gallery are available for purchase. Prints (framed & unframed), stretched canvas, fotoflots, wall clings, and greeting cards are available. Print orders are fulfilled by Zenfolio/Mpix. If you don't see the size, aspect ratio, or print medium you desire, please contact me for a custom quote to be fulfilled by me directly.

To purchase a single photo, click the Buy button (shopping cart icon) in the upper right while viewing that photo. You can also select multiple photos for purchase by clicking the Select option on image thumbnails. Then, select your preferred options to configure your purchase (including size and frame options for prints).

More help is provided by video via the Help page.

Freezeout Lake Trip May 10, 2013

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Sun, 12 May 2013 00:48:33 GMT

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April 28, 2013 - Lee Metcalf NWR

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:41:35 GMT

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March 20 - April 23, 2013

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:08:24 GMT

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Elk

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:49:17 GMT

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Elk - Majestic icons of Big Sky Country Elk, sometimes called wapiti, are the second largest member of the deer family.

The largest bull elk sport massive antlers that are shed and grown anew each spring -- a cycle driven by testosterone levels. New antlers begin to grow each spring as increasing levels in daylight trigger increasing levels of testosterone. Antlers are the fastest growing bones in nature. They can grow as much as one inch in a single day! While antlers are growing they are covered with velvet which helps protect the still-fragile growing antlers and carries blood to this growing bone tissue. The growth of antlers ceases in August and bull elk rub off the velvet covering their antlers in preparation for the rut (mating season).

The rut is triggered by photoperiod -- that is the amount of time an animal (or plant) is exposed to sunlight in a 24 hour period. This is true for all members of the deer family. It all has to do with sunlight affecting melatonin, testosterone, etc.

Cloud cover affects the amount of sunlight to which the elk are exposed. Hence, different populations that experience different amounts of sunlight, even at the same latitude, due to regional variations in cloud cover, can have the rut peak at different times.

Following the rut, around October, testosterone levels begin to drop. When testosterone levels reach their lowest point (in early spring), the antlers drop off. The pedicles, the point on the skull from which antlers grow, bleed a bit then heal. Increasing daylight again triggers testosterone levels to climb and the antler cycle continues.

The mating season of elk is referred to as the rut. During the rut, bull elk battle to assemble and protect a harem of cow elk. During the rut, Big Sky Country rings with the bugles of rutting elk. Cow elk remain in estrus for only a couple days. Bull elk monitor the status of the cows in their harem very carefully.

The gestational period of elk is eight and a half months, with the most dramatic fetal development of the calf occurring over the last six weeks of gestation. Cow elk deliver their calves from mid-May through July with variations depending on location. Typical regional peak food availability is the determining factor in the variation of regional differences in calf delivery. Prior to delivery, a cow elk leaves the herd and delivers her calf in seclusion. The cow maintains the secrecy of her vulnerable hidden calf by keeping the area around her calf clean and free of odorous material (placenta, feces) by eating it. So as not to attract predators with her own odor, she stays away from her calf, visiting it only to nurse until the calf has grown stronger. Despite the best efforts of their mothers, elk calves remain very vulnerable to predators including bears, wolves and coyotes.

I hope you enjoy these photos of elk. Among the photos of elk included here are: bull elk in velvet, bull elk in rut, bull elk sparring, bull elk with their harem of cows, cow elk, and elk calves.

Many of these photos were taken in Yellowstone National Park and many others were taken in the National Bison Range.

All photos in this gallery depict wild & free elk (or wapiti, if you prefer).

If you want to see an individual photo larger, click on the thumbnail for that photo. While viewing the photo, mousing over the left edge of the photo will present additional options. To see a photo even larger, and with "the lights dimmed," click on it again. While the "lights are dimmed," you can advance to the next photo by using the page advance button on the far right side of the screen or go back to a previous photo by using the page back button on the far left. To exit the "dimmed lights" mode, click the gray X in the upper right corner.

All of the photos displayed in this gallery are available for purchase. Prints (framed & unframed), stretched canvas, fotoflots, wall clings, and greeting cards are available. Print orders are fulfilled by Zenfolio/Mpix. If you don't see the size, aspect ratio, or print medium you desire, please contact me for a custom quote to be fulfilled by me directly.

To purchase a single photo, click the Buy button (shopping cart icon) in the upper right while viewing that photo. You can also select multiple photos for purchase by clicking the Select option on image thumbnails. Then, select your preferred options to configure your purchase (including size and frame options for prints).

More help is provided by video via the Help page.

Yellowstone Area March 16, 2013

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:27:02 GMT

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Raptors - Birds of Prey

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:00:35 GMT

]]>Raptor - Birds of Prey Photos

While many songbirds and water birds are also predators, ornithologists classify those birds with exceptional eye sight or hearing abilities paired with stong taloned feet and a curved beak optimally shaped for tearing flesh as raptors or birds of prey.

Except where otherwise noted in the keywords (rare exceptions), all photos in this gallery depict wild & free birds of prey.

If you want to see an individual photo larger, click on the thumbnail for that photo. While viewing the photo, mousing over the left edge of the photo will present additional options. To see a photo even larger, and with "the lights dimmed," click on it again. While the "lights are dimmed," you can advance to the next photo by using the page advance button on the far right side of the screen or go back to a previous photo by using the page back button on the far left. To exit the "dimmed lights" mode, click the gray X in the upper right corner.

All of the photos displayed in this gallery are available for purchase. Prints (framed & unframed), stretched canvas, fotoflots, wall clings, and greeting cards are available. Print orders are fulfilled by Zenfolio/Mpix. If you don't see the size, aspect ratio, or print medium you desire, please contact me for a custom quote to be fulfilled by me directly.

To purchase a single photo, click the Buy button (shopping cart icon) in the upper right while viewing that photo. You can also select multiple photos for purchase by clicking the Select option on image thumbnails. Then, select your preferred options to configure your purchase (including size and frame options for prints).

More help is provided by video via the Help page.

Glacier NP & Mission Valley March 9-10, 2013

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:55:52 GMT

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Added Feb 18, 2013

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:50:54 GMT

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Added Jan 27, 2013

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:48:34 GMT

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Deer

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:01:37 GMT

]]>Deer Photos

From the mule deer of the mountains and arid plains to the white tail deer of the river bottoms and irrigated fields, and even urban deer, Big Sky Country enjoys an abundance of deer.

All photos in this gallery depict wild & free deer.

If you want to see an individual photo larger, click on the thumbnail for that photo. While viewing the photo, mousing over the left edge of the photo will present additional options. To see a photo even larger, and with "the lights dimmed," click on it again. While the "lights are dimmed," you can advance to the next photo by using the page advance button on the far right side of the screen or go back to a previous photo by using the page back button on the far left. To exit the "dimmed lights" mode, click the gray X in the upper right corner.

All of the photos displayed in this gallery are available for purchase. Prints (framed & unframed), stretched canvas, fotoflots, wall clings, and greeting cards are available. Print orders are fulfilled by Zenfolio/Mpix. If you don't see the size, aspect ratio, or print medium you desire, please contact me for a custom quote to be fulfilled by me directly.

To purchase a single photo, click the Buy button (shopping cart icon) in the upper right while viewing that photo. You can also select multiple photos for purchase by clicking the Select option on image thumbnails. Then, select your preferred options to configure your purchase (including size and frame options for prints).

More help is provided by video via the Help page.

Night Sky

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:20:58 GMT

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Yellowstone October 2012

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:45:59 GMT

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Added Jan 7, 2013

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Added Jan 1, 2013

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 03:27:45 GMT

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Subterranean Landscapes

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:54:37 GMT

]]>Thus far, this gallery contains photos from Lewis & Clark Caverns in Montana. I look forward to touring more cavern systems and adding to this gallery.

Among the formations to be found in these photos are stalactites, stalagmites, columns, flowstone, straws, curtains or draperies, helictites, etc.

If you want to see an individual photo larger, click on the thumbnail for that photo. While viewing the photo, mousing over the left edge of the photo will present additional options. To see a photo even larger, and with "the lights dimmed," click on it again. While the "lights are dimmed," you can advance to the next photo by using the page advance button on the far right side of the screen or go back to a previous photo by using the page back button on the far left. To exit the "dimmed lights" mode, click the gray X in the upper right corner.

All of the photos displayed in this gallery are available for purchase. Prints (framed & unframed), stretched canvas, fotoflots, wall clings, and greeting cards are available.

To purchase a single photo, click the Buy button (shopping cart icon) in the upper right while viewing that photo. You can also select multiple photos for purchase by clicking the Select option on image thumbnails. Then, select your preferred options to configure your purchase (including size and frame options for prints). Print orders are fulfilled by Zenfolio/Mpix. If you don't see the size, aspect ratio, or print medium you desire, please contact me for a custom quote to be fulfilled by me directly.

More help is provided by video via the Help page.

Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:49:39 GMT

]]>Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Photos

Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep...
..."Ram Tough"

Big Horn Sheep are found in the Rocky Mountains ranging from southern Canada to Nevada, Western Texas, eastern California, and northern Mexico. The species is comprised of three subspecies: Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep, Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep and Desert Bighorn Sheep. The Bighorn Sheep of Big Sky Country are Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep. Dall Sheep, found in Alaska, are considered a separate species.

Ewes, females of the species, bear the appearance of wise and crafty individuals -- an appearance that suits their behavior.

Lambs, the young of the species, are exceedingly cute little fellows.

The appearance of the adult males of the species is so dramatic and imposing that their image has been adopted by Dodge to invoke the impression toughness. The large curving horns on the sides of a ram's head, which grow throughout the ram's life, can weigh as much as 30 pounds!

During the fall rut (mating season) males engage in combat to establish breeding rights. In combat, the rams will run at each other at high speeds, up to 20 miles per hour, and ram their heads together. It is not uncommon to see a ram with horns damaged by these vioent contests. These dramatic battles can last for hours. Having won breeding rights, the dominant male then puts on a show of playing hard to get -- running from a female that chases him before mating with her. Sometimes he'll kick a female to prompt this game of chase. As violent as the rut combat is, during winter and spring, rams get along quite well. During those seasons, it is not uncommon to see a bachelor herd comprised of rams of varying age and size.

Bighorn Sheep are exceedingly agile. They can walk on the slopes of canyon walls or loose slopes as casually as you and I can walk on a sidewalk. This ability allows them to elude predators. In fact, ewes deliver and hide their lambs on the steep loose walls of cliffs or canyons to keep them safe from predators. Just days old, lambs can negotiate this tricky terrain just like they were born for it -- which, in fact, they were!

Among the images featured in this gallery are photos of bighorn rams, photos of bighorn ewes and photos of bighorn lambs.

All photos in this gallery depict wild & Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep.

If you want to see an individual photo larger, click on the thumbnail for that photo. While viewing the photo, mousing over the left edge of the photo will present additional options. To see a photo even larger, and with "the lights dimmed," click on it again. While the "lights are dimmed," you can advance to the next photo by using the page advance button on the far right side of the screen or go back to a previous photo by using the page back button on the far left. To exit the "dimmed lights" mode, click the gray X in the upper right corner.

All of the photos displayed in this gallery are available for purchase. Prints (framed & unframed), stretched canvas, fotoflots, wall clings, and greeting cards are available. Print orders are fulfilled by Zenfolio/Mpix. If you don't see the size, aspect ratio, or print medium you desire, please contact me for a custom quote to be fulfilled by me directly.

To purchase a single photo, click the Buy button (shopping cart icon) in the upper right while viewing that photo. You can also select multiple photos for purchase by clicking the Select option on image thumbnails. Then, select your preferred options to configure your purchase (including size and frame options for prints).

More help is provided by video via the Help page.

Yellowstone National Park Landscapes

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:47:54 GMT

]]>Yellowstone National Park Landscapes

America's first and best (okay, I'm prejudiced) National Park...

Within the borders of Yellowstone National Park, the heart of which is a massive volcanic caldera, are found the wonders of over 10,000 geothermal features -- including more than 500 geysers, hundreds of waterfalls & cascades, a myriad of lakes, including the largest body of fresh water in North
America - Yellowstone Lake.

I hope you enjoy this peek at the wonders of Yellowstone National Park. It is always a joy for me to witness and capture the beauty of Yellowstone National Park and its inhabitants. This gallery contains Yellowstone landscape photos. Wildlife, wild birds and wild flowers photographed in Yellowstone can be found in galleries categorized by subject.

If you want to see an individual photo larger, click on the thumbnail for that photo. While viewing the photo, mousing over the left edge of the photo will present additional options. To see a photo even larger, and with "the lights dimmed," click on it again. While the "lights are dimmed," you can advance to the next photo by using the page advance button on the far right side of the screen or go back to a previous photo by using the page back button on the far left. To exit the "dimmed lights" mode, click the gray X in the upper right corner.

All of the photos displayed in this gallery are available for purchase. Prints (framed & unframed), stretched canvas, fotoflots, wall clings, and greeting cards are available. Print orders are fulfilled by Zenfolio/Mpix. If you don't see the size, aspect ratio, or print medium you desire, please contact me for a custom quote to be fulfilled by me directly.

To purchase a single photo, click the Buy button (shopping cart icon) in the upper right while viewing that photo. You can also select multiple photos for purchase by clicking the Select option on image thumbnails. Then, select your preferred options to configure your purchase (including size and frame options for prints).

More help is provided by video via the Help page.

Lewis & Clark Caverns - candlelight tour 2012

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:46:24 GMT

]]>For several years I wanted to do the Christmas season candlelight tour at the Lewis & Clark Caverns. In December of 2012, that was finally achieved. It had been many years since my last visit to the Lewis & Clark Caverns and I had forgotten just how marvelous that subterranean wonderland is!

Great Gray Owl December 16, 2012

katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:25:23 GMT

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