On Labor Day (4 Sept) we headed out on the road. Our immediate destination was western Montana and a nephews wedding on the 9th.
After the wedding festivities were over, we began the meat of the trip. Our first destination was Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), just to the west of Yellowstone National Park, our second destination. We spent five nights in Yellowstone and then wildlife refuge hopped back east.
We visited C.M Russell NWR, Bowdoin NWR, and Medicine Lake NWR all in Montana, Lostwood NWR, Des Lacs NWR and Upper Souris NWR in North Dakota and Agassiz NWR in Minnesota. We also visited the International Crane Foundation and the Aldo Leopold Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin before heading home.
We arrived home yesterday (Saturday, 30 Sept) having driven just over 7,400 miles in total.
Of course, I made one or two photographs along the way! Here is the first installment… wildlife photographs.
More to follow over the next few days.
Birds
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Mammals
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Birds were amazing – topped only by those mammals – especially those bison!
Glad you are back safely.
looking forward to pix of lakes followed by trees and then rocks!!
Comment by Joe Kennedy — 2 October 2017 @ 8:46 PM
Hello, my old friend! Miss seeing you and Joan and hope all is well. I love that bluebird!!!
Comment by Maryjo — 4 October 2017 @ 6:05 PM