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January
Composite from 10 PM New Year s Eve 2024 to 1 AM New Year s Day 2025, Northern Lights and star trails, Red Lodge, MT.
January 1, 2025		 Elk, Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, Iowa.
January 2, 2016		 Owl, Parker River NWR, Massachusetts, 2007.
January 3, 2007		 Deer in a frosty field.
January 4, 2025		 The Liberty Bell 7 Mercury capsule was on a national tour when I visited the Kansas Cosmosphere in 2005, bit it was there when I stopped again in 2007 and got this image. I was back at the Cosmosphere in 2018, but once again the capsule was touring. As of 2020, Liberty Bell 7 is again on display at the Cosmosphere, which owns it.
January 5, 2007		 Coyote.
January 6, 2017
Not all wildlife is in the parks. Red Lodge, MT is overrun with dozens of turkeys.
January 7, 2019		 Deer, Luther, MT.
January 8, 2019		 Juvenile bald eagle yanks the fish out of the water, 6 of 13 in sequence, Lock and Dam 18, Illinois.
January 9, 2018		 Bald eagle eating fish, 2 of 7 in sequence, Keokuk, Iowa.
January 10, 2018		 Panda at National Zoo.
January 11, 2004		 Bighorn sheep, Cleghorn Canyon, Rapid City, SD.
January 12, 2011
Golden eagle along the road north of Winner, SD.
January 13, 2011		 Bald Eagle along the Mississippi River.
January 14, 2006		 Bald Eagle, Keokuk, Iowa.
January 15, 2012		 Bald Eagle along the Mississippi River.
January 16, 2005		 Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache NWR, New Mexico.
January 17, 2007		 Bald eagles on the frozen Mississippi River shore, Ft. Madison, Iowa.
January 18, 2013
Bald eagle, Ft. Madison, Iowa.
January 19, 2013		 Rough-legged hawk in the back yard.
January 20, 2023		 Bald eagle roosting along the Mississippi River in Keokuk, Iowa.
January 21, 2009		 Bison, Neal Smith NWR, Iowa.
January 22, 2008		 Bald eagle on the frozen Mississippi River.
January 23, 2008		 Bald eagle, Mississippi River.
January 24, 2008
Coyote atop fallen tree, Yellowstone National Park.
January 25, 2019		 Yellow-crowned night heron (juvenile) catching little crabs, Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida.
January 26, 2013		 Ibis, Big Cypress Bend, Florida.
January 27, 2013		 I don t have a photo for January 28, so I m substituting this image from January 25, 2019 of a coyote crossing the road, Yellowstone National Park.
January 28, 2019 *		 Bald eagle with fish, Lock and Dam 18 on the Mississippi River in Illinois.
January 29, 2014		 Bighorn in the Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park.
January 30, 2019
Bighorn in the Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park.
January 31, 2019
February
Bald eagle landing, Keokuk, Iowa, 2004.
February 1, 2004		 Deer hiding in residential spruce tree, Red Lodge, MT.
February 2, 2019		 Moon one day past full with 500mm lens and 1.4x extender on DSLR.
February 3, 2007		 Snow melt dripping off my downspout chain. In the droplet is a tiny inverted view of my back yard.
February 4, 2024		 Bald eagle in the snow, Keokuk, IA.
February 5, 2010		 Bald eagle, Ft. Randall dam.
February 6, 2008 *
Los Angeles City Hall, as seen from the memorial in Little Tokyo for Challenger astronaut Ellison Onizuka.
February 7, 2016		 Elk on trail camera, Wind Cave National Park, SD.
February 8, 2014		 Cardinal, Credit Island, Iowa.
February 9, 2011		 Moose, Yellowstone.
February 10, 2022		 Coyote in the national forest.
February 11, 2023		 Elk on trail camera, Wind Cave National Park, SD.
February 12, 2014
My trail cameras were located at the bottom of this hill in Wind Cave National Park 2012-18.
February 13, 2018		 Cabrillo National Monument overlooking San Diego Bay.
February 14, 2016		 Bighorn sheep, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone.
February 15, 2023		 Coyotes, Yellowstone.
February 16, 2023		 Bald eagle checks out its catch, Mississippi River.
February 17, 2007		 Bald eagle on the Mississippi River ice.
February 18, 2007
This image of the Houston Astrodome was taken during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in 2000, but I did attend a baseball game there back in 1976. The Astros moved to their new field in 2000, and the livestock show moved to the new football stadium in 2002. Although there have been some redevelopment plans, the historic structure sits empty and unusable as of 2024.
February 19, 2000		 Random street scene in downtown Los Angeles. I have no idea why these guys were carrying around a giant dino balloon.
February 20, 2016		 Pronghorn scratches on a dry weed, Custer State Park, South Dakota.
February 21, 2008		 Rocky Mountain Bighorn ram jumping a highway guardrail, Custer State Park, South Dakota.
February 22, 2008		 Burros, a non-native invasive species, Custer State Park, South Dakota.
February 23, 2008		 Fox in the back yard.
February 24, 2023
Moose in the national forest.
February 25, 2023		 I don t have an image for Feb. 26, so I m substituting this from March 1, 2021, bison, Yellowstone.
February 26, 2021 *		 Elk, trail camera in Wind Cave National Park.
February 27, 2012		 Heron at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland.
February 28, 2004		 Sunspots on Leap Year, glass (neutral) filter, colorized.
February 29, 2024
March
Bison, Yellowstone.
March 1, 2021		 Bison, Yellowstone.
March 2, 2021		 Elk on trailcam, Wind Cave National Park.
March 3, 2015		 I don t have an image from March 4, so I m substituting this from March 2, 2021, bighorn, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone.
March 4, 2021 *		 I don t have an image for March 5, so I m substituting this from March 2, 2021, bighorn, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone.
March 5, 2021 *		 Bison, Neal Smith NWR near Des Moines.
March 6, 2008
Heritage Flight, F-15 Eagle and P-51 Mustang. Florida 2003.
March 7, 2003		 Bee.
March 8, 2003		 P-51 Mustang Donald Duck takes off. Florida 2003.
March 9, 2003		 Egrets cocooning.
March 10, 2003		 Brown pelican, Cedar Key waterfront.
March 11, 2003		 Ski Joring National Championships, Red Lodge, MT.
March 12, 2022
Egret, St. Augustine Alligator Farm.
March 13, 2008		 Pheasant, Bosque del Apache.
March 14, 2005		 P-51 Mustang, TICO Warbirds Air Show, Titusville, Florida.
March 15, 2008		 Cranes forage as geese pass overhead, Bosque del Apache.
March 16, 2005		 St. Patrick s Day Parade, Chicago.
March 17, 2012		 Brown Pelican splashing for fish, "Ding" Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, Florida.
March 18, 2008
Two coyotes on trailcam, Wind Cave National Park.
March 19, 2015		 Great Horned Owl fledgling and mother, Honeymoon Island State Park, Florida. This image available for licensing.
March 20, 2008		 Bighorn ram, southern Custer State Park.
March 21, 2023		 Butterfly, Lower Suwannee NWR, Florida.
March 22, 2008		 Butterfly, Lower Suwannee NWR, Florida.
March 23, 2008		 Bighorn on the rocks above Custer State Park Visitor Center.
March 24, 2023
Butterfly, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix.
March 25, 2005		 Bison on a frosty morning, Custer State Park.
March 26, 2023		 Blackbird, Squaw Creek NWR, Missouri.
March 27, 2008		 Moose in nearby national forest.
March 28, 2023		 Early season bluebird, Red Lodge, MT.
March 29, 2024		 Turkey in yard.
March 30, 2006
Weird plant in Houston.
March 31, 2002
April
Fox in back yard eating a vole.
April 1, 2023		 Lincoln Memorial.
April 2, 2001		 Coyote, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota.
April 3, 2014		 Cherry blossoms, Washington, DC.
April 4, 2001		 Bluebird on trailcam.
April 5, 2024		 Elk.
April 6, 2017
Snowy Egret, St. Augustine Alligator Farm.
April 7, 2006		 Black-necked stilt, Merritt Island NWR, Florida.
April 8, 2006		 Bluebird on trailcam.
April 9, 2022		 Butterfly, Sertoma Butterfly House, Sioux Falls, SD.
April 10, 2011		 USB tether shot, tufted titmouse with Canon S45.
April 11, 2004		 Deer, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota.
April 12, 2014
Daffodils start blooming in my lawn in Massachusetts. This one was picked and photographed inside. This is the very first image I took with a Canon digital camera, a Powershot S330 ELPH, and I ve been using Canon digital cameras ever since.
April 13, 2002		 Moose near Grand Teton NP.
April 14, 2022		 Yellow-bellied marmot, Shoshone Falls, Idaho.
April 15, 2022		 Arlington National Cemetery.
April 16, 2000		 The USS Missouri, Pearl Harbor.
April 17, 2023		 Cocoa plantation, Maui.
April 18, 2023
Bison baby in Custer State Park.
April 19, 2017		 Finch eating the flowers, Ethel M Cactus Garden, Las Vegas.
April 20, 2022		 Crab spitting water, Maui.
April 21, 2023		 One of the weirder wildlife encounters I ve had. This duck seemed to be considering building a nest in the rosemary plant on my deck.
April 22, 2017		 U.S. Marine Corps Iwo Jima Memorial, Arlington, Va. looking across toward the National Mall.
April 23, 2003		 This is an old one! In April 1999 I was working in Chicago for a week. I snapped this morning fog over downtown Chicago with a Kodak DC210+, my first usable digital camera.
April 24, 1999
Osprey with a fish, Blackwater NWR, Maryland.
April 25, 2003		 Radio City Music Hall, NFL Draft.
April 26, 2012		 The Space Shuttle Enterprise heading up the Hudson River on April 27, 2012 during its transport from Washington to New York, where it will be displayed at the Intrepid museum.
April 27, 2012		 Reminded me of pine needles in snow, Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
April 28, 2012		 American Avocet, Quivira NWR, Kansas.
April 29, 2008		 Bluebird, motion trigger.
April 30, 2022
May
Bluebird, Red Lodge, Montana.
May 1, 2021		 Bison with baby, Custer State Park, May 2016.
May 2, 2016		 Smithsonian Castle.
May 3, 2000		 Deer in the yard.
May 4, 2022		 Bluebird in the morning light, remote trigger.
May 5, 2022		 Butterfly Conservatory, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
May 6, 2012
Nobska Light, Woods Hole, Mass.
May 7, 2000		 USS Constitution, Charleston, MA.
May 8, 2000		 Egret, Venice, Florida.
May 9, 2007		 The old pronghorn buck (left) chases a member of its herd, Custer State Park.
May 10, 2019		 Bighorn on the peak above Ancient Hunters Overlook, Badlands National Park.
May 11, 2019		 Burrowing owl south of Pierre.
May 12, 2017
Pronghorns sprinting across the prairie, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota.
May 13, 2009		 Burrowing Owl, Lower Brule, South Dakota.
May 14, 2009		 Moose on trailcam, Red Lodge, MT.
May 15, 2022		 Hummingbird in back yard.
May 16, 2022		 Mating bluebirds have dinner.
May 17, 2022		 Elk in nearby national forest.
May 18, 2023
Mama griz with three cubs near Old Faithful, Yellowstone. Photo by Sue.
May 19, 2022		 Black bear cubs cross the road near Tower Falls, Yellowstone. White spots are falling snow.
May 20, 2022		 Weird tree growths, Olympic National Park, Washington.
May 21, 2021		 A gray seal checks out the tour boat, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Cape Cod
May 22, 2004		 Pronghorn, Custer State Park.
May 23, 2018		 Goldfinches.
May 24, 2022
Svartifoss.
May 25, 2003		 Chickadee, S330 on a tether, my back yard.
May 26, 2002		 Rainbow at Skútustaðir.
May 27, 2003		 An Artic Tern on a fencepost near Myvatn, Iceland.
May 28, 2003		 Water Lily, New York Botanical Garden.
May 29, 2010		 Lighthouse at the entrance to Eyjafjörður fjord, Iceland.
May 30, 2003
The peak of the annular eclipse at 4:04 a.m., May 31, 2003, Iceland. Exposure 2 seconds at f/8.
May 31, 2003
June
Viking ship sculpture in Reykjavík, Iceland, 2003. Scanned from 6x9 medium format slide.
June 1, 2003		 A typical Icelandic church.
June 2, 2003		 One of the Juniors III spreads his wings.
June 3, 2004		 Meadowlark, Red Lodge, Montana.
June 4, 2021		 Transit of Venus, taken in New York City, June 5, 2012. I was on extended assignment and didn t have my big scopes or camera, so I took this with a small handheld camera through my binoculars, which were covered by a solar filter. I have some somewhat better photos from the 2004 transit. Transits come in pairs separated by long gaps, so the next transit will not occur until 2117.
June 5, 2012		 Wildflowers and an ant, Montana.
June 6, 2023
Faraway lightning, Luther, MT.
June 7, 2013		 No mistaking where to look. Venus Transit.
June 8, 2004		 Bison, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota.
June 9, 2008		 Mt. Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota.
June 10, 2002		 Bluebird, Red Lodge, Montana.
June 11, 2021		 Upland sandpiper somewhere in western South Dakota.
June 12, 2008
Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
June 13, 2024		 Snow Creek in the national forest,. Exposure 10 seconds, neutral density filter.
June 14, 2023		 Deer in the yard.
June 15, 2023		 Chicago Botanic Garden.
June 16, 2012		 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
June 17, 2024		 Heritage Flight, Rhode Island ANG, F-86 Sabre, F-15 Eagle, F-16 Falcon.
June 18, 2005
Blue Angels solo fliers meet, Rhode Island ANG.
June 19, 2005		 I got a new squirrel-proof bird feeder in 2004. However, this little fellow proved that it is not chipmunk-proof.
June 20, 2004		 Bee on flower, Clark s Fork Waterfowl Production Area near Bridger, MT
June 21, 2023		 Hummingbird.
June 22, 2024		 Baltimore Oriole, Newton Hills State Park, SD.
June 23, 2014		 Red-tailed hawk pants on a hot day.
June 24, 2003
Deer in back yard.
June 25, 2023		 Magpie in back yard. Remote trigger.
June 26, 2023		 Daisy.
June 27, 2023		 This time both planes are inverted as they meet. 300mm, 1/800 at f/8.
June 28, 2003		 Blue Angels in a tight line. 100-400mm (400mm), 1/500 at f/10.
June 29, 2003		 A tree swallow and a barn swallow compete for a landing spot, Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Marshfield, Mass.
June 30, 2004
July
Cowboy goes flying, PRCA Xtreme Bulls, Red Lodge, MT.
July 1, 2023		 Bareback Bronc, Home of Champions Rodeo, Red Lodge, MT.
July 2, 2023		 Rodeo clown tries to distract bull by grabbing the horn, Red Lodge 4th of July rodeo.
July 3, 2022		 Fireworks, Red Lodge, MT.
July 4, 2019		 Robin nest under the deck.
July 5, 2009		 Burrowing Owl, Badlands National Park.
July 6, 2020
Deer leaping fence.
July 7, 2023		 Inside B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft," waist guns, Wings of Freedom tour. This photo is on page 97 of the book Witchcraft B-24 Liberator by Kenny Kemp, 2017.
July 8, 2008		 Bee, Kansas City.
July 9, 2005		 Deer, Red Lodge, MT.
July 10, 2021		 Apollo Lunar Excursion Module, Johnson Space Center, Houston. A replica, of course.
July 11, 2017		 Deer in back yard.
July 12, 2023
P-51 Mustang Janie, Flying Legends, Duxford, England.
July 13, 2002		 Latter-day WACs walk the flight line.
July 14, 2002		 Deer, Red Lodge, MT.
July 15, 2021		 Dragonfly, Stony Brook Audubon Refuge with Canon G6 camera.
July 16, 2006		 Marmot at the top of the pass, Beartooth Highway, Wyoming.
July 17, 2023		 Mountain Bluebird fledgling, Red Lodge, MT.
July 18, 2021
Icebergs float out to sea. Scanned from film.
July 19, 2003		 While we were watching the bears in Anan Creek, Alaska, this black bear snuck up behind us and took a sniff. This was from about 10 yards away.
July 20, 2003		 Hummingbird, Red Lodge, MT.
July 21, 2021		 Bluebird.
July 22, 2022		 Heritage Flight, F-16 and P-38.
July 23, 2016		 Dragonfly, Canon 100 macro lens.
July 24, 2006
Heritage flight, F-22 and P-38, Sioux Falls Air Show.
July 25, 2009		 Blue Angels, Sioux Falls Air Show.
July 26, 2009		 Union Station, Kansas City.
July 27, 2005		 Magpie, remote trigger.
July 28, 2022		 Milestones of flight, clockwise from top, the X-1 that broke the sound barrier, the X-15 rocket plane that flew at Mach 6, the Wright Flyer, the Apollo 11 command capsule Columbia, a replica of the Viking Mars lander, and the Spirit of St. Louis, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.
July 29, 1999		 Sphinx Moth, Newton Hills State Park, SD
July 30, 2015
Bluebirds at the bird bath, remote trigger.
July 31, 2022
August
The Moon almost full
August 1, 2015		 Lighthouse, Mackinaw, Michigan.
August 2, 2021		 Butterfly, Newton Hills State Park, SD
August 3, 2015		 Fort Mackinac, Michigan.
August 4, 2021		 Deer.
August 5, 2017		 Mount Desert Rock, an isolated outpost which has a lighthouse, research station and a seal colony.
August 6, 2004
"Little Brothers", puffins on Machias Seal Island, Gulf of Maine. This photo is featured on the cover of the book "Nothin' But Puffins: And Other Silly Observations," available at Amazon.com.
August 7, 2004		 I am Puffin, hear me roar.
August 8, 2004		 Mountain Bluebirds jousting, trailcam, Red Lodge, MT.
August 9, 2021		 Right after I got my digital SLR, this dragonfly let me test it out by taking an extended rest in my back yard.
August 10, 2002		 A chickadee jumps a sunflower seed in my back yard birdfeeder.
August 11, 2002		 Backyard chipmunk.
August 12, 2006
Mountain Bluebird, Red Lodge, MT.
August 13, 2021		 Female Cardinal.
August 14, 2004		 Elk on trailcam, Wind Cave National Park.
August 15, 2016		 USAF Thunderbirds, Sioux Falls Air Show.
August 16, 2019		 A little toad takes up residence in my back yard.
August 17, 2001		 Blue Angels, Chicago Air and Water Show.
August 18, 2012
Blue Angels, Chicago Air and Water Show.
August 19, 2012		 Moose in the neighborhood, Red Lodge, MT.
August 20, 2023		 Solar eclipse, Aug. 21, 2017, a processed version of the previous image. Very fast shutter speed (1/2500) reveals prominences rising from surface of the sun.
August 21, 2017		 Bighorn lamb at the edge of a cliff, Badlands National Park.
August 22, 2020		 Fawn in deep brush next to the road.
August 23, 2022		 Coyote on trailcam, Wind Cave National Park.
August 24, 2016
Mountain Bluebird, Red Lodge, MT.
August 25, 2021		 Bighorn, Badlands National Park.
August 26, 2020		 Deer fawn.
August 27, 2017		 Cranes.
August 28, 2022		 Elk on trail camera, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota.
August 29, 2013		 Deer grotesquely shedding its velvet.
August 30, 2023
Third attempt at star trails, 300 stacked 30-second images. Facing west this time instead of north.
August 31, 2024
September
Deer on trailcam, Red Lodge, MT.
September 1, 2023		 Sunspots, M100 camera, glass solar filter on 100-400mm lens. Processed to show texture.
September 2, 2024		 Buckingham Fountain, Grant Park, Chicago.
September 3, 2011		 Bunny in my yard
September 4, 2015		 Kylemore Abbey, County Galway, Ireland.
September 5, 2005		 Looking south from Dun Aonghasa, Inis Mór, Ireland.
September 6, 2005
Cooper s Hawk dining on some other bird in front of my house, South Dakota.
September 7, 2013		 Thatch-roofed cottage, Inis Meáin, Ireland.
September 8, 2005		 Arrival at Knight Inlet Lodge, Minstrel Island, British Columbia.
September 9, 2004		 Grizzly bear mother, Knight Inlet, British Columbia.
September 10, 2004		 Cork pub painted its windows in support of the local hurling club playing in the All-Ireland championship that weekend, Ireland.
September 11, 2005		 Grizzly bear yearling cub, Knight Inlet, British Columbia.
September 12, 2004
Pronghorns sparring, Custer State Park.
September 13, 2007		 Stellar Sea Lion, British Columbia.
September 14, 2004		 St. Kevin's kitchen, Glendalough, Ireland.
September 15, 2005		 Squirrel, British Columbia.
September 16, 2004		 Rocky Mountain Bighorn, Custer State Park, SD.
September 17, 2008		 Bull elk scans the horizon in Yellowstone.
September 18, 2003
Cat-faced spider on my driveway.
September 19, 2023		 Just north of Yellowstone Park.
September 20, 2003		 A pronghorn keeps on eye on the intruder, Montana.
September 21, 2003		 A bull elk bugles at an opponent across the Madison River west of Madison Junction, Yellowstone. The two decided against crossing the river to joust and this one eventually wandered back to his herd. Scanned from slide.
September 22, 2003		 Grand Teton National Park.
September 23, 2003		 Wings of Mackinac Butterfly Conservatory, Mackinac Island, Michigan.
September 24, 2012
Wings of Mackinac, Michigan.
September 25, 2023		 Elk being rude, Simmons Wildlife Safari, Nebraska.
September 26, 2008		 Badger, Conata Basin, South Dakota, screen grab from video.
September 27, 2017		 Brown University's Chas Gessner catches a long touchdown pass in stride.
September 28, 2002		 A solitary bison looking for a spot to graze along the rim above the Badlands, South Dakota.
September 29, 2017		 Elk resting in Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park.
September 30, 2020
October
Almost-full Moon setting over Red Lodge Mountain.
October 1, 2020		 Harrier hawk roosting in back yard.
October 2, 2022		 UMass-Dartmouth TE Cameron Barker reaches up into the raindrops to grab a TD pass.
October 3, 2001		 A bull moose shows himself for just a few seconds near Baxter State Park, Maine.
October 4, 2003		 Arches National Park.
October 5, 2016		 Backlit hoodoos outlined against the cliffs of Bryce Canyon.
October 6, 2016
Three Patriarchs, Zion National Park.
October 7, 2016		 Aerial skiers at U.S. Olympic Training Complex in Park City, UT.
October 8, 2016		 Elk on trail camera, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota.
October 9, 2013		 Before dawn, Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
October 10, 2004		 Bighorn sheep on a sheer cliff in the Badlands.
October 11, 2016		 Point Imperial, Grand Canyon North Rim.
October 12, 2023
Very Large Array, National Radio Astronomy Observatory near Socorro, New Mexico.
October 13, 2004		 Annular solar eclipse, film solar filter on 100-400mm camera lens, 1.4x extender, Canon R10 camera.
October 14, 2023		 The Pluto Discovery Telescope, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona. Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto by analyzing photos from this telescope in 1930.
October 15, 2002		 Red-winged blackbird, Bosque del Apache NWR, New Mexico.
October 16, 2004		 White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.
October 17, 2004		 Northern Harrier, Bosque del Apache NWR.
October 18, 2004
Rocky Mountain Bighorn, Custer State Park, SD.
October 19, 2008		 Point Prim Light, Prince Edward Island.
October 20, 2024		 The light was fading at Saguaro National Park near Tuscon when I spotted this fellow ambling along.
October 21, 2002		 Commemorative Air Force B-17 Sentimental Journey, about to take off from the Arizona Wing facility in Mesa, Arizona.
October 22, 2004		 Partial solar eclipse. Last good shot I got before the clouds got in the way.
October 23, 2014		 Cap au Leste lighthouse in Saguenay Fjord, Quebec.
October 24, 2024
Bighorn sheep in South Dakota Badlands after an October snow. I was on the wrong side of the car so I passed the camera to my future spouse Sue, who took this shot.
October 25, 2012		 A late October fog and snow storm flocks the spruce tree in my yard.
October 26, 2023		 Elk on trailcam, Wind Cave National Park.
October 27, 2014		 Bighorn, Badlands National Park.
October 28, 2019		 Elk wanders past old miner s cabin in the national forest near Red Lodge, MT.
October 29, 2021		 This is from Cooperstown, New York. Some autumn I will return to Cooperstown and try again. The Kodak DC210+ was a "focus-free" camera and this is not real sharp.
October 30, 1999
Elk on trail camera, Wind Cave National Park, SD.
October 31, 2013
November
Moose near Red Lodge, MT.
November 1, 2017		 Roadrunner, Bosque del Apache NWR.
November 2, 2007		 Bighorns, Badlands National Park.
November 3, 2019		 Meadowlark.
November 4, 2005		 Sandhill crane, Bosque del Apache NWR.
November 5, 2005		 Bald Eagle, Squaw Creek NWR
November 6, 2007
Woodpecker, Squaw Creek NWR.
November 7, 2007		 Orion Nebula, Seestar S50.
November 8, 2024		 Bighorn, Badlands National Park.
November 9, 2016		 Elk along the highway, Wind Cave National Park.
November 10, 2016		 Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep, Badlands National Park.
November 11, 2016		 White Sands NM, New Mexico.
November 12, 2011
Tufted titmouse in the snow.
November 13, 2004		 Snow geese, Bosque del Apache NWR, New Mexico.
November 14, 2011		 Moose near Red Lodge, MT.
November 15, 2017		 Young moose near Red Lodge, MT.
November 16, 2017		 An elk on trailcam in Wind Cave National Park, SD.
November 17, 2016		 Prairie dogs in the Black Hills, South Dakota.
November 18, 2017
Bighorns in the Badlands, South Dakota.
November 19, 2017		 Snow geese, Bosque del Apache NWR, New Mexico
November 20, 2015		 Leucistic (white) sandhill crane, Bosque del Apache NWR, New Mexico
November 21, 2015		 Deer in the back yard, Montana.
November 22, 2023		 Deer on trailcam in the Black Hills. A poor choice for photo of the day, but it s all I have for Nov. 23.
November 23, 2017		 Bald eagle on a muskrat hut, Squaw Creek NWR, MO.
November 24, 2008
Deer, Luther, MT.
November 25, 2018		 Bobcat on trailcam near Red Lodge, MT.
November 26, 2021		 Trailcam image from Wind Cave National Park in November 2015, coyote in the snow.
November 27, 2015		 Duarte family mausoleum, final resting place of Evita, Roceletta Cemetery, Buenos Aires.
November 28, 2003		 Snow geese, Loess Bluffs NWR, Missouri.
November 29, 2021		 Bald Eagle, Squaw Creek NWR, Missouri.
November 30, 2005
December
Chinstrap penguins, Robert Island.
December 1, 2003		 Chinstrap penguin with a rock for nesting, Hannah Point.
December 2, 2003		 Gentoos, Cuverville Island.
December 3, 2003		 Gentoo penguins greet each other, Jougla Point.
December 4, 2003		 Gentoo with a rock, Neko Harbor on the Antarctic continent.
December 5, 2003		 Bald eagles, Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri.
December 6, 2018
Red-bellied Woodpecker at Mason's Neck National Wildlife Refuge south of Alexandria, Virginia.
December 7, 2002		 Rockhopper chick under parent, New Island, Falklands.
December 8, 2003		 Rocky Mountain Bighorn among the thistles, Cleghorn State Fish Hatchery, SD.
December 9, 2008		 Pronghorns among the grass, Custer State Park, SD.
December 10, 2008		 Rocky Mountain Bighorns in the snow, Custer State Park, SD.
December 11, 2008		 Sea lion uses a rock as a pillow, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos.
December 12, 2004
Black-necked Stilt at sunset, Floreana Island, Galapagos.
December 13, 2004		 Marine iguana, Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos.
December 14, 2004		 Vermillion Flycatcher on Galapagos Tortoise, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos.
December 15, 2004		 Nazca booby, Genovesa Island, Galapagos.
December 16, 2004		 Brown Pelican, Bartolome Island, Galapagos.
December 17, 2004		 Fox behind my new house, Red Lodge, MT.
December 18, 2020
An elk on trailcam in Wind Cave National Park, SD.
December 19, 2016		 Blue jay in back yard.
December 20, 2006		 Ibis.
December 21, 2002		 Yellow-crowned night heron, 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Florida.
December 22, 2002		 A butterfly in the swamp.
December 23, 2002		 A little lizard called a Green Anole walks the boardwalk in Grassy Waters Preserve, West Palm Beach.
December 24, 2002
Today's butterfly, a Common Buckeye.
December 25, 2002		 Wood Stork.
December 26, 2002		 Historic rockets at the Space Center, lit up at night.
December 27, 2002		 Stork flips his meal up in the air to swallow it.
December 28, 2002		 A heron knifes through the water to snare a fish.
December 29, 2002		 Bobcat in Custer Gallatin National Forest south of Red Lodge, MT.
December 30, 2023
Blue jay cracking corn.
December 31, 2006
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