Monthly Archives: March 2010

Another One

Another sage grouse from yesterday. This one shows the inflated esophageal sac. From Animal Diversity Web: “The display of male Sage grouse consists of struts and tail-fanning. Also, he will inflate his esophageal sac and display the olive-green gular sacs concealed under his feathers. Another component of the display is when the male flaps his [...]

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Sage Grouse

Bob Smith was nice enough to invite me along to photograph sage grouse at a lek near Pinedale. Even though we were there at 6:30 this morning, we were still a little late as we flushed some when we were getting set up. It was amazing to watch and listen as the birds displayed and [...]

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Mountain Goats

I rambled south to the Snake River Canyon today. My hope was to find mountain goats. There was definitely a good number out and about, but the majority of them were in a not very photogenic area. Luckily I spotted this nanny and her kid who were browsing and resting among small cliffs.

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