Coyotes & Burrowing Owls.

[tamrock]

I went looking for artifacts today, because the weather man says it's maybe going to snow tonight. The place I go looks like nothings out there, but look closer and you'll see things. I road my bike out there and had to give up the hunt due to the drop in temperature stronger winds and rain coming my way. I don't think I want to get struck by lighting out there. Didn't find any artifacts, but still enjoyed a wonderful early afternoon.

 

[VTColonialDigger]

Wow! That's some great photography!

 

[Jim in Idaho]

Gotta love those little Burrowing owls.....must be all of 6 or 7" tall. Great pics, Grant!
Jim

 

[tamrock]

Wow! That's some great photography!

Thanks! that little burrowing owl made me work for a decent shot. Both the Coyote and little owl were taken from quite a distance and with max zoom, so the camera lost some sharpness, but still it's better then any smart phone will do for ya.

 

[tamrock]

Gotta love those little Burrowing owls.....must be all of 6 or 7" tall. Great pics, Grant!
Jim

Yeah they're pretty short and they fit in a prairie dog burrow...This is the first time I've seen them around here. I'm going to work on getting some better pictures of these guys later. Hopefully they'll be staying in this area for a while.

 

[ronwoodcraft]

Awesome captures as usual Grant!! I saw my first burrowing owl a couple of weeks ago in Nevada. It was sitting on a fence along side US95. Same problem as always, even if there is a shoulder to park on, it takes about a half mile to get stopped. I've missed lots of photo ops for that reason. Just this last week, I saw a red fox, and lots of coyotes and antelope in Wyoming. Also some bighorn sheep in the Columbia Gorge in Oregon.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Fantastic photos! Jealous in New York!!!

 

[Jim in Idaho]

Yeah they're pretty short and they fit in a prairie dog burrow...This is the first time I've seen them around here. I'm going to work on getting some better pictures of these guys later. Hopefully they'll be staying in this area for a while.

There are quite a few in a valley I frequent. First saw them about 30 years ago. That's the only place I"ve seen them around here. I like to see them perched on a gopher mound, just looking around. You can tell the mounds they're using by the flies buzzing around....LOL
Jim

 

[tamrock]

There are quite a few in a valley I frequent. First saw them about 30 years ago. That's the only place I"ve seen them around here. I like to see them perched on a gopher mound, just looking around. You can tell the mounds they're using by the flies buzzing around....LOL
Jim

If you notice you'll see all the white bird droppings on the prairie dog mound this little owl is on. I'm thinking that's a way you maybe tell a burrowing owl has occupied an old vacated prairie dog hole?. I saw quite a few burrowing owls in some vacant lots when I lived in Sacramento. They were City slickers, as it wasn't​ in the country where they were.

 

[tamrock]

Awesome captures as usual Grant!! I saw my first burrowing owl a couple of weeks ago in Nevada. It was sitting on a fence along side US95. Same problem as always, even if there is a shoulder to park on, it takes about a half mile to get stopped. I've missed lots of photo ops for that reason. Just this last week, I saw a red fox, and lots of coyotes and antelope in Wyoming. Also some bighorn sheep in the Columbia Gorge in Oregon.

You know Ron if I was in your line of work and could operate a camera with the skills you have, I'd try and get shots of those night sky's out there at night on I80 on the divide between Rawlings & Wamsutter or out on a moonless night 100 miles west of Green River, Utah on I70. I don't have the gear or knowledge how they photo the milky way like that, but it's sure a sight to see when you find yourself out under a night sky like those fare from any town. I love your long exposure photography. Ture I do have moments with a little 4 wheeler to hit the breaks when I see something unique, but there's so much else I wish I could photograph if I had the know how and equipment. I think this picture was taken in Wyoming?

 

[tamrock]

Fantastic photos! Jealous in New York!!!

I thought you moved to the desert down in Congress Arizona? I'm gonna to visit with a fella who worked at the Congress mine this week hopefully. I sold him a bit grinder he hasn't figured out how to work yet. I need to find that photo of you with all those core samples and see what he knows about them.

 

[ronwoodcraft]

You know Ron if I was in your line of work and could operate a camera with the skills you have, I'd try and get shots of those night sky's out there at night on I80 on the divide between Rawlings & Wamsutter or out on a moonless night 100 miles west of Green River, Utah on I70. I don't have the gear or knowledge how they photo the milky way like that, but it's sure a sight to see when you find yourself out under a night sky like those fare from any town. I love your long exposure photography. Ture I do have moments with a little 4 wheeler to hit the breaks when I see something unique, but there's so much else I wish I could photograph if I had the know how and equipment. I think this picture was taken in Wyoming?

I have been thinking about trying the milky way for a long time. Where I live in in North Central Idaho, it's very visible at certain times of the year. Just never got around to trying some pics of it. Will try sometime if I end up at the right place and have time.

 

[old digger]

Nice Pictures!
That area that you are hunting looks promising. Looks like some of the areas that I hunt. Always check out those hard pans, but don't forget to check out in between them.

 

[tamrock]

Nice Pictures!
That area that you are hunting looks promising. Looks like some of the areas that I hunt. Always check out those hard pans, but don't forget to check out in between them.

Those dry hard pans is where I look. To much vegetation now between them to get a good look, but that improves after the hot summer and the grass drys up. I just started looking at a pan area in the flat ground horseshoe area of the creek and found flakes here and there. The ant hills also are loading with very small and thin jasper flakes from what I believe was much Flint knapping going on. Gotta be some good stuff a foot below the surface I'm thinking. I feel pretty positive there was a much used campsite of a 3rd acre piece of ground in the shape of a kidney bean from the top of the bluff down to the horseshoe flat on the banks of the creek.

 

[BosnMate]

Check those dog mounds. In a former life, long long ago and far far away, the prettiest gal I ever dated was a Cherokee girl,raised on the reservation in Oklahoma. I met her mother, and she was wearing a diamond ring with a rock large enough to throw at a dog. It was found on a prairie dog mound.

 

[tamrock]

Check those dog mounds. In a former life, long long ago and far far away, the prettiest gal I ever dated was a Cherokee girl,raised on the reservation in Oklahoma. I met her mother, and she was wearing a diamond ring with a rock large enough to throw at a dog. It was found on a prairie dog mound.

I always look to see what a prairie dog may have dug up hoping it be a perfect 4 plus inch Clovis point, but all I've ever found was old bones unearthed on a few. My grandpa did find a mid 19th century 18K gold ring with 5 old mine cut diamonds digging in his garden back in the depression-era. He never sold it even though the extra cash would have helped in those days. I have it now.