Big Sky Country - 6-4--17-11 ~ Clayton, ID and Butte, MT

Week 6-4 thru 10, 2011 - Clayton, ID and Butte, MT areas

Big Hole Valley, near Wisdom, MT

Working in the snow. In June.

Week 6-11 thru 17, 2011 - Butte, MT and Sawtooth Natl Forest, ID

Mosses, warts, etc in full bloom

Historical (ie. 50+ yrs old) sites like this must be protected by federal law as cultural landmarks. Brilliant.

The Sawtooths at Sunset in Stanley, ID

Westbound and Down! Week 5-28--6-3-11

Grand Junction, CO

near Rifle, CO

outside Salt Lake City, UT

near Mackay, ID

the rest in Clayton, ID:

On the Road Again - 5-14 thru 5-27-11

Week 5-14 thru 5-20-11

Strawberry Festival, McBee, SC

Back yard of renowned artists Clyde Jones, Bynum, NC

Virginia

Mosaic mural in process in memory of friend Kevin Cady-Stroman, Phila, PA

Week 5-21 thru 5-27-11 - Westbound road trip commences!

Valley Falls, NY

New Haven, CT

Wilkes-Barre, PA

Cubs game at Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Lees Summit, MO

Kansas

Rooftop pool, Denver, CO

Week ending 5-13-11 - Last full week in McBee, SC

A celebratory weekend in Chapel Hill, NC:

Back to McBee, SC:

Nancy Jordan, refuge wildlife biologist climbing an RCW cavity tree to extract chicks for banding and future monitoring.

7 day old RCW chicks - on days 6-7 their feathers start to form under the skin, creating those dark tracks along their wings and backs.

Max and his girlfriend Zoey

Weeks ending 4-29-11 and 5-6-11 - Washington Island, WI & McBee, SC

Week 4-23 thru 4-29-11: Washington Island, WI

Week 4-30 thru 5-6-11: Back to McBee

Dwarf locust in bloom

A sea of carnivorous pitcher plants

Whippoorwill nest found and flagged out in one of our timber harvest stands